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Journal: Write down the SO WHAT of your thesis statement. (Does your outline PROVE that your So What is true? Why or why not?) Agenda: Outline work time Homework: Rough Draft 1 due Tomorrow (11.2) at 8am. Rough Draft 2 due Friday (11.5) at 8am. 11.2 Journal: Write a thoughtful Animal Farm multiple choice test question. Agenda: Embedding quotes - PPT on the right Homework: Rough Draft 2 due Friday (11.5) at 8am. 11.3 Journal: Suggest a new system for collecting journals that could help Ms. Gilpin grade more efficiently. :) Agenda: Intro/conclus; Essay work time Homework: See schedule 11.4 Journal: Test reflection – How’d it go? Agenda: AF Test / work time Homework: See schedule 11.5 Journal: Friday Free Write (5 Minutes) Agenda: Rough Draft Work Time Homework: See schedule :) |
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Journal: Who is your favorite character in Animal Farm? Why? Agenda: Body Thesis Statements Homework: The only homework from now until Thanksgiving is working towards your various essay due dates, so check the schedule often! Up next: Outlines, due Wednesday 8:00am! 10.2 Journal: Reflect on the origin of the word essay. Agenda: Outlining Homework: The only homework from now until Thanksgiving is working towards your various essay due dates, so check the schedule often! Up next: Outlines, due Wednesday 8:00am! 10.3 Journal: How are you doing? Agenda: Quotes, Analysis (Slides are in the new, combined "Literary Essay PPT" to the right). Homework: The only homework from now until Thanksgiving is working towards your various essay due dates, so check the schedule often! Up next: Rough Draft 1, which is now a full, complete OUTLINE! 10.4 Journal: Draw a flower. Agenda: Lab work time on outlines Homework: "Rough Draft" 1 (Complete Outline) |
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Journal: Imagine you are a sweet, simple sheep listening to Old Major’s speech. How would you, a sheep, feel about Old Major’s speech? Agenda: Rhetoric in Old Major's Speech Homework: Piggy Packet and Reading Ch 1+2 due Wednesday 7.3 7.2 Journal: Why do you think revolution occurs? What circumstances would lead people to overthrow the political and economic structure of their daily lives? What circumstance would need to happen for YOU to be willing to risk your life through revolution? Agenda: Rhetorical Devices Continued Homework: Piggy Packet and reading Ch 1+2 due Wednesday 7.3 7.3 Journal: Imagine you are a sweet, simple sheep listening to Old Major’s speech. How would you, a sheep, feel about Old Major’s speech? Agenda: Allegory - PPT for absent students to review coming asap! Homework: Stay up to date by using our Unit Schedule, please! 7.4 Journal: Who created the Seven Commandments, and what is their purpose? In your opinion, which is the most important with regards to Old Major’s vision? Agenda: Characterization - PPT for absent students to review coming soon! Homework: Stay up to date by using our Unit Schedule, please! 7.5 Journal: How is Russia characterized in this political cartoon? Check your answer: did you give only evidence? Did you give analysis? Agenda: Discussion on AF Ch 1-3 Homework: Animal Farm Literary Analysis Paper - See button on right - Stay up to date on reading and Piggy Packet by using our Unit Schedule, please! |
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Journal: •On Friday, I admitted to you that things might seem a little bit jumbled as we went through my connotation/rhetoric lessons. What was Ms. Gilpin’s reason for admitting her difficulty? Agenda: Continue Rhetorical Devices Homework: Finish your metaphor for Ethos/Logos/Pathos 6.2 Journal: What does propaganda mean? Agenda: Propaganda mini-unit Homework: Finish your Graphic Organizer (see Documents) 6.3 Journal: •On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident do you feel about identifying propaganda techniques? Agenda: Special schedule for PSAT 6.4 Journal: •Is advertisement evil? Is propaganda evil? Explain your answers. Agenda: Gilpin out - Propaganda activity 6.5 Journal: Respond to this quote: “Propaganda is making puppets of us. We are moved by hidden strings which the propagandist manipulates.” Agenda: Gilpin out - Begin Animal Farm Homework: Animal Farm Ch 1 |
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Journal: Test reflection Agenda: Unit test Homework: None! 5.2 Journal: Write down something fun and interesting about your new table group members. Agenda: Denotation and Connotation Homework: None (Bring worksheet tomorrow) 5.3 Journal: Write a pair of words that have the same denotation but different connotations. Agenda: Denotation and Connotation continued Homework: None - Worksheet finished in class tomorrow - If absent please watch first 7 minutes of video. 5.4 Journal: Write a letter or speech to persuade your parents to let you have a puppy or kitten. Agenda: Finish video; Test passed back; Connotation/Denotation Homework: Read and annotate "Other Men's Flowers" 5.5 Journal: Friday Free Write Agenda: Persuasion, intro to Rhetorical Devices, influence of media Homework: None, apparently :P |
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