mrs. bowles

Monday, Sept 21

PSAT Visit (sign up by Oct 2!!)

1^st 5: My first victim was a woman

Tuesday, Sept 22

1^st 5: Write the following: “It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness--an American, a Negro; two warring souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”

-W.E.B. DuBois, "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" Respond (at least 5 sentences)

DUE: Open Hands, Open Heart WS

HO: "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Spaces" by Brent Staples

HW: Annotate (Message-what?, Strategies-how?, Purpose-why?), try SPARSE

Wednesday, Sept 23

1^st 5: Staples begins his essay by discussing the effect of his presence on another person. However, others' reactions to his presence affect him in return, and he spends much of the essay explaining the emotional and practical effects he experiences as a consequence of his interactions. How is the complication and paradox of these situations expressed by the last sentence about Staples's whistling classical music being the "equivalent of the cowbell that hikers wear when they know they are in bear country" (par 12)?

Discuss JWB, SPARSE in groups
HW: do SPARSE again in a different color

Thursday, Sept 24

1^st 5: choose 20 vocab from JWB and define

"Just Walk on By" SPARSE discussion

HW: questions on rhetoric and style to TII, finish 20 vocab, by next Thurs Ch 1-6 Into the Wild

Monday, Sept 28

DUE: JWB questions on rhetoric/style to TII by 7:59 a.m.
Check out Little, Brown Handbook

HO/HW: Outline ch 6-7 LBH

Tuesday, Sept 29

1^st 5: write terms/tones for JWB test

Discuss questions on rhetoric/style for JWB

Wednesday, Sept 30

1^st 5: draw a pic in comp book of "Just Walk on By" (whole page, color if you want)

JWB Vocab/APMC tests

Read Into the Wild OR work on LBH outline ch 6-7

Thursday, Oct 1

DUE: Ch 1-6 Into the Wild
1^st 5: get ready for Into the Wild Quiz

HO/HW: Green Prompt (complete 1-5 by tomorrow)

Friday, Oct 2

DUE: Green prompt completed (wish week carnival)

1^st 5: none

HO: Body Human Project (DUE Oct 20)

Monday, Oct 5

LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR PSAT!

DUE: Ch 7-12 Into the Wild, Green prompt completed

1^st 5: Write your thoughts, ideas, commentary, etc. about Into the Wild thus far ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.

"Everything had changed suddenly-the tone, the moral climate; you didn't know what to think, who to listen to. As if all your life you had been led by the hand like a small child and suddenly you were on your own, you had to learn to walk by yourself. There was no one around, neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute-life or truth or beauty-of being ruled by it in place of the man-made rules that had been discarded. You needed to surrender to some such ultimate purpose more fully, more unreservedly than you had ever done in the old familiar, peaceful days, in the old life that was now abolished and gone for good." -Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

Into the Wild Quiz

Write purpose and strategies on Smartboard

HO: Student essays for Green prompt

WS/HW: Becoming Familiar with the Scoring
HW: submit Green precis to TII discussion board by 7:59 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct 6

DUE: Green Precis, 1st page of Becoming Familiar with the Scoring

1^st 5: List some of your favorite writing experiences (movies, songs, pieces of writing, etc.). What are their arguments (explicit or implicit)? Analyze them a bit...what makes them effective?

What are some of the most persuasive arguments you've heard?

Discuss Green Essays

HO: Student Essays

HW: Green Essays highlighted: paraphrase/concrete detail-green; analysis-blue; purpose-pink; faulty analysis-orange COMPLETE WS!

Wednesday, Oct 7

DUE: Green Essays highlighted and WS filled out (hand in WS)

1^st 5: Identify as appeals to logos, pathos, or ethos:

Addiction, Approval, Compassion, Consequences, Culture, Curiosity, Death, Desire, Desperation, Empathy, Envy, Ethics, Facts, Fear, Graphs, Greed, Grief, Guilt, Hate, Humor, Insecurity, Jealousy, Joy, Love, Lust, Morals, Music/entertainment, Other people, Peer pressure, Pride, Regret, Religion, Revenge, Rewards, Self-pity, Social class, Social expectation, Statistics, Temptation, Trends, Trust

Discuss Green Essays

Read Into the Wild

Thursday, Oct 8

1^st 5: Represent the Alfred M. Green piece by drawing a pic and accompanying with a quote in your comp book.

Lincoln Prompt (rhetorical analysis)
Finish Into the Wild

Friday, Oct 9

DUE: Ch 13-Epilogue Into the Wild
1^st 5: In your comp book, draw a pic of Into the Wild accompanied by a quote.

Discuss Just Walk on By test

Discuss bonus assignment: AmericanRhetoric.com

Study LBH (QUIZ Monday)

HO: bonus assignment, PSAT prep

Saturday, Oct 10

8 am-12 pm EXCELLENT body human experience! :)

Capps Middle School on north side of 39th and MacArthur

Planting garden to raise money for free/reduced lunch program (Starbucks donates per volunteer/per hour)

Monday, Oct 12

DUE: LBH Outline Ch 6-7, PSAT prep (BONUS)

LBH Quiz

1^st 5: Study for quiz

Discuss 9 wks exam: Handouts/notes you’ve received, •Acronyms (ACTRAPS, SPARSE, REHUGMO), •Into the Wild, Literary terms/Argumentation terms given for AP Exams, •Rhetorical Précis , •How to annotate , •Rhetorical triangle, Tone Words from green tone packet, articles/essays we've experienced

Discuss PSAT: optional handouts for Written Expression

Optional Handout: Rhetorical Precis

Tuesday, Oct 13

DUE: PSAT prep (BONUS), XC AmericanRhetoric (tii, 11:59 p.m.)

9 weeks exam 2nd, Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are 5th, PSAT prep, Guess Who?

Wednesday, Oct 14

9 weeks exam 5th

2nd: PSAT 1st-4th hours

Have a glorious fall break. I can't wait to hear about your adventures. ;)

Monday, Oct 19

DUE by Sunday (optional) Children's Story Text to TII if you want it on this quarter

DUE WEDNESDAY: BODY HUMAN (BE CREATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL)! Remember, GENRE IS OPEN, but create something you'd be proud to upload to youtube, read aloud, and place in your room. Don't waste precious time. If you write (which is absolutely fine), it better be good (and know that essays outside of Jane Schaffer style not only exist, but are in print all around you...write something you'd like to submit to be published). If it's boring, it's your fault. I'll still love you deeply, though.

Highly recommend buying Great Gatsby from half.com by this Friday... :)

1st 5: If you were to ascribe to yourself 10 qualities, what would you say they were? What has "made" you this way? What are some major events in your life that have shaped who you are?

HO: none-go to discussion board and assignments on turnitin.com

Library: Work on ITW project part 1, work on Into the Wild questions, Into the Wild pair work, check out a lit book from Mrs. Prentice/Mrs. Blurton

Tuesday, Oct 20

DUE today, 10:59 p.m.: pair work from your section on discussion board on TII (only one person must submit)

DUE WEDNESDAY: BODY HUMAN (BE CREATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL)

Online Discussion questions: Into the Wild Write 3 level 2 and 3 level 3 questions and post to discussion board on TII You will not receive credit for repeat questions, so read all posts prior to yours! It goes without saying (but so do many things) that better questions receive better credit. level 1: fact (can be answered by accessible information in any source: text, reference book, etc.; these are concrete details) level 2: inference (require analysis/interpretation; use text as evidence that suggests one's opinion; these are generally "why do you believe..." questions about author/character motivation, decisions, occurrences, specific elements in text, etc.) level 3: open-ended beyond the text (these are usually questions that deal with any subject matter/abstract idea/issue present in the text and how/why it is relevant [or irrelevant] to us/our culture/the world/any microcosm/any macrocosm, etc.)

Work on project and discussion board

Come to World Awareness Club Meeting today after 7th hour in my room! We're preparing for the bake sale/woven bracelet sale that begins TOMORROW to support Hunger Awareness Month!

Wednesday, Oct 21

DUE TODAY: BODY HUMAN (BE CREATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL), part 1 of ITW project

Turn in ANY text (spoken or written) for your body human project to TII by 7:59 a.m. (If you do a video or podcast, I want whatever you say typed up, but it does not have to be verbatim, meaning it can be main ideas and key quotes.)

Part I due 11:59 p.m.

Discuss purpose of rhetoric/rhetorical analysis, good (logical)/bad (fallacious) arguments, body human experiences

Thursday, Oct 22

DUE: discussion board 6 questions (by 10:59 p.m.) Look at these and make comments.

Discuss body humans (in class and on line)

Friday, Oct 23

Discuss body humans & project part 2 (due Tuesday, 11:59 p.m.)

HO: Into the Wild part 2

Saturday, Oct 24: Aaron Zentz Memorial Run at the YHS track at 9:00 a.m. Please come run! I might even be inclined to give you bonus if I see you! :)

Monday, Oct 26

HO: 10 favorite quotes Act I/II; BONUS Packet on The Crucible

Watch The Crucible Act I

Tuesday, Oct 27

DUE: Into the Wild Part 2 draft to TII 11:59 p.m.

Check out literature book in library

Discuss communism, second red scare, blacklisting, Salem witch trials

Watch The Crucible Act II

Wednesday, Oct 28

DUE: Quotes Act I/II

HO: Quotes Act III/IV

Watch The Crucible Act III

HW: Watch the Salem Witch Trials Video in my "links" section of this website (scroll to bottom and follow directions) ~30 minutes, take any notes you would like, COMPLETE BY FRIDAY

Thursday, Oct 29

DUE: Quotes Act III/IV

HO: Lit Lenses

Discuss body humans that haven't been discussed yet (2nd hour)

Watch The Crucible Act IV

Friday, Oct 30

DUE: Anything Crucible that you haven't turned in (including bonus)

Discussion: The Crucible, Communism, Blacklisting, Life, Love, Truth

HW: The Crucible Literary Lenses Take-home Test; be working on your into the ___ part 2 project

Intro: A piece of literature serves as a microcosm, and we can explore various aspects of it in order to better grasp not only the intent/effect of the author, but the complexities of the macrocosm in which the author subsisted (or, if contemporary, subsists). Explore viewing the work through the lenses to enhance your perceptions. When you answer the following questions (and investigate others equally pertaining), you will gain insight into both worlds. The goal is diving deep in order to truly ascertain clarity.

Lenses:

Biographical: consider heritage, experiences, economic circumstances...key events/people in the author's life? social/economic circumstances? what shaped the author? what philosophies did the author subscribe to? is the author blatantly reflected in the story? how?

Historical: consider elements of history...what's going on in the country/world at the time? attitudes, trends, priorities that characterize the period? how are those events/attitudes (and the author's reaction to them)--reflected?

Cultural: elements of culture...beliefs, customs, practices, social behavior of the microcosm? how is the piece suggestive of place, class, and time? (don't just repeat historical lens/bio lens-isolate the culture)

Social/Political: author's purpose/effects of piece on society...did the author have any social/political purpose in producing this piece? explain. did it have any significant social/political impact at any point in time? explain. (this is generally a section identifying rhetorical purpose)

Literary Lens: author's style, literary elements...all that you've looked at about literature for the past 6 years of your life...think 'literary terms'--figurative language, imagery, irony, detail, diction, syntax, structure, plot, setting, character, theme, etc. what is unique about this author's style? how do literary elements assist in communication of the author's message/theme?

Psychological/Philosophical/Moral: motivations of character, ethical choices/behavior/actions...what motivations might influence the characters? are they ethical/honest? explore.

Directions: Explore answers to the questions for each "critical lens." It's like looking at something under a different microscope or with different glasses; often times, one is able to view an entirely new facet of an organism. Bullet-pointed information and complete thougthts (but incomplete sentences) are fine; diving deep and swimming far are highly encouraged. Don't repeat information; if you identify the overlapping of two "lenses," simply put "[see bio lens]" or something like that. DO THE BEST YOU CAN. YOU KNOW I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT IF YOU'RE TRYING. Use any resource available: textbook, film, internet, family, etc. I don't mind if you work together, but I will expect to see DEEPER CONTENT if you do (meaning research and thought).

Since we are dealing with an allegory, address the lenses in the following format:

Biographical: Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

Historical: 1692

Cultural: Salem (American colonies), 1692

Social/Political: America, 1940s-1950s

Literary: play AND film (the latter implies you might look at 1996 a bit as well)

Psychological, Philosophical, Moral: play/film AND 'real' history

Monday, Nov 2

HO: Puritanism/theme packet/3 level 2-3 questions

Discuss body human projects, The Crucible lit lenses, etc.

DUE: 5th hour Lit Lenses

Tuesday, Nov 3

HW: discussion board: The Crucible

Graded discussion (3 level 2/3 questions)

DUE: 2nd hour lit lenses

Wednesday, Nov 4

HW: discussion board: The Crucible

Graded discussion (3 level 2/3 questions)

Thursday, Nov 5

HW: highlight DDD & F pink: purpose, blue: analysis, green: concrete detail, orange: faulty analysis

Look at Lincoln prompt, write precis and submit online, discuss strategies in 2nd Inaugural/relate to purpose on TII discussion board

DUE: precis & strategies on TII discussion board

Friday, Nov 6

HW: discussion board: comment on body human project; read ch 1-3 Great Gatsby

Read DDD, F, NNN, O

HW: highlight your Lincoln essay, finish highlighting student essays, discuss on TII Lincoln discussion board

Monday, Nov 9

HW: discussion board: comment on body human project

Great Gatsby Quiz Chapters 1-3

Pass/Fail test (don't worry...you can take this as many times as you'd like this nine weeks until you pass)

Thursday, Nov 12

DUE: Hard copy of Into ____ Project (3 test grades)

Printable Version

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