Saturday, March 24, 2012

Week 8 Second Semester 10 B


Week 8
Class work
Homework
Monday
(Print out syllabus and turn in by Tuesday at beginning of class for 100 points extra credit).

Objectives:
·      To synthesize information from more than 1 source and develop your own ideas on the topic
·      Use clear research questions and suitable research methods (e.g., library, electronic media, personal interview) to elicit and present evidence from primary and secondary sources.
·      Evaluate the credibility of an author’s argument or defense of a claim.
·      Recognize and use elements of classical speech forms (e.g., introduction, first and second transitions, body, conclusion) in formulating rational arguments and applying the art of persuasion and debate.

Vocabulary Words:

Academic Language
Arguments
Rhetorical devices
Argument by causation
Analogy
Appeal to authority
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic
Coherent
Deductive pattern
Inductive pattern
Inductively
Aphorism

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The Rhetorical Devices
Allusion
Alliteration
Diction
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Repetition
Rhetorical question
Parallelism
Syntax
Synecdoche



Semi-Formal Debate on Internet privacy

Resolved: People have the right to control their information on the internet.


Complete Peer Evaluations

Moving on to Literary Analysis Unit

Diagramming

Julius Cesar Pp. 762-772


Quick write questions P 774
Answer questions 1-5
Tuesday
·      Explore how power can corrupt even the seemingly incorruptible.

·      Read Act 1
Vocabulary

Exposition
Puns
Iambic pentameter
Hyperbole
Character
Foreshadowing
Historical
 Connections
Protagonist
Making inferences
Hypothesizing
·      Answer first Thought’s question pp. 796
5 paragraphs back your claim up with evidence.
Cite your sources.
Wednesday
Puns- a word or phrase that means two different things at the same time.
Homophones- words that sound alike but that have different meanings.

Answer in groups: Shaping Interpretations 1-7
Answer the following questions in preparation for class discussion:


Ambition or Honor?

Discuss how Cassius veils his ambition?

Do Cesar’s actions strike you as those of an ambitious persons or those of an honorable person?


Thursday
Develop a Character Table in your reader’s writer’s notebooks to track how Shakespeare’s characterization of Cesar changes.
Read Act II Pp. 799-
Answer questions 1-8 pp. 818

1st AR Exam on Tuesday, April 10th.
Friday
Vacation
Read Act II Pp. 799-
Answer questions 1-8 pp. 818

1st AR Exam on Tuesday, April 10th.
Vacation
Read Act II Pp. 799-
Answer questions 1-8 pp. 818

1st AR Exam on Tuesday, April 10th.




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