Justifying your Actions...

Today's Goal: Analyze the ways in which Brutus uses rhetorical strategies to defend his actions toward Caesar.

The Plan:

1. Read!
2. Read and annotate Brutus' speech to the Romans after Caesar's death
3. Write! (in your English Journal)

English Journal Questions (There are 4. Take your time on these.):

1. What argument is implied in Brutus' speech? What is Brutus' goal/purpose? 
2. Which appeal (ethos/logos/pathos) does Brutus use most effectively? How? Why?
3. Give an example of a rhetorical device (rhetorical question/ repetition/circumlocution/etc.) that Brutus uses, and explain which rhetorical appeal (ethos/logos/pathos) it supports. How does the device use make that appeal more effective?
4. How does Brutus introduce Antony before he speaks? What is the purpose of stating that Antony has been allowed to speak "by our permission?" (III.ii.64).

HOMEWORK/Important Dates to remember:

• Vocab Root Practice: CLICK HERE for the Vocab Root CHRON Slides
• Finish revising your essay before tomorrow night (Tuesday) at midnight. (Also, if you haven't turned it in on turnitin.com, you should probably do that. There are only a couple of you.)
• Complete the writing from today. You should have had time in class. If you didn't finish, you're still responsible for that.
• Vocab Root Quiz on Friday
• Book Love Book Review due Monday, November 16 on turnitin.com by midnight.

A SIDE NOTE:

If you rate yourself below a 5 in your English Journal, that means you should go back to your English Journal and turn it into a 5. It's not final until it's graded! Know this before the end of the trimester, and use it to your advantage.

Drafting - Body Paragraphs

Last week you wrote a thesis. Many of you have small revisions to make, and I have commented on your document if you are one of those people.

Now we start working on the essay draft. This DOES NOT mean we start with the introduction and write until we get to the end. No! The middle is too important!

Today, you start with the body paragraphs. They will be two-chunk analysis paragraphs. There should be at least TWO of these paragraphs. Both of them should be specifically related to the thesis you wrote. (You know those "two-prongs?" Essentially, each paragraph elaborates on one of those prongs.)

A NOTE ABOUT EVIDENCE: Your quotes, in your essay, should not be longer that 10-15 words. You have to choose carefully.

Our agenda:

1. Read!
2. Revise thesis, if necessary.
3. Begin working on body paragraphs by (STEP 3/4 on your document)
4. Vocab - VERT/VERS (this is homework)

CLICK HERE for the Vocab Slides

I'm giving your some paper today that should go in your English section of your binder, and you'll need to keep it all year (for English 2B). It's has some great information for writing essays, and the English 2 Essay Rubric.


Homework:

• Rough Draft COMPLETED (in the Google Document) by the time you walk in the door on Thursday Oct. 8
• VERT/VERS Practice due Wednesday Oct. 7
• Book Love! You should have plenty of reading time this week. Use that to your advantage. Your book should be done NEXT WEEK!

One more Socratic Seminar Preparation Day

Okay. So I know you walked in today intending to participate in a Socratic Seminar.

For a variety of reasons, I would like us to take one more day before we do that. 

This will mean that it will be HIGHLY important that you are present tomorrow.

Here's today's agenda:

1. Read!
2. Answer a question in your English Journal about Chapter 9 
3. Test out a new tool called Socrative to discuss your English Journal entry
4. Finish your preparation guide if you haven't already, turn it in by the end of the period.
5. Either work on Vocab or listen to Chapter 10 on audio if we have time: your choice.

CLICK HERE for the Vocab Root PowerPoint for your Vocab Root Homework


In-class English Journal Prompt: 
What is the “beast” that the boys kill? How and why did this occur? How is this event ironic and especially tragic (not only for the “beast,” but for everyone on the island)? How is it symbolically significant?

Basically: What happened, and why does it matter?


HOMEWORK:

• Read Chapter 10 in Lord of the Flies (Here is the audio)
• Complete your Vocab Root LUS Practice
• Continue reading your book.
• Tomorrow you will have a quiz on Chapter 9 and 10 before the Socratic Seminar. Make sure you have an solid understanding of both chapters.

Beginning to Look at Characterization

Here's the agenda for today:

1. Book Love
2. Chapter 6 Quiz
3. Vocab Root: TUR
4. Four corners activity
5. Catch up on character chart/discussion guide

CLICK HERE for the Chapter 6 Quiz - You won't be able to take it until I give you the password, though.

CLICK HERE for the Vocab Root Powerpoint - Use this to copy your definitions and parts of speech for your homework.

CLICK HERE for the Vocab Root Homework (if you lose your copy).

HOMEWORK:

• Read Chapter 7
• Turn in your MLA formatted symbolism paragraph if you don't want a zero. If you have a zero and don't know why, you should probably email me about that on School Loop. You can even use Remind to message me if that works better for you 
• TUR Vocab Practice due Wednesday 9/23 at the beginning of class. It will not be accepted late.

Digging in: Is Jack a snake?

Why (our essential question(s) of the day; why we're here): How does Golding use imagery to illustrate his beliefs about human nature?

How (how we're going to work to answer the why): We'll look closely at a few paragraphs from Chapter 3 about Jack.

What (what exactly you're going to do today; the agenda):

1. Book Love
2. Root Vocabulary - VOC
3. Two-Chunk/MLA review of homework
4. Close reading activity and in-class writing assignment
5. Chapter 3 Quiz (last ten minutes)

Today you'll need access to:

• your Carlsbad Gmail to log into the Chromebook. (For the three of you that couldn't log on before, I have a solution for you.
• A new Google Document that I sent you called your English Journal! (We'll talk about it.)
• Illuminate online:
• your username is the first part of your email (ex: blacka386)
• your password is Csd12345 (the numbers are your student number)
• you should write this information on your tech cheat sheet.

Homework:

• Book Love (As always. Also: Literacy Letter tomorrow. You should have made some progress in a book (i.e. probably at least 70-100 pages.) It's your first one, so don't worry too much, but you need to make sure you're reading.
• Read Chapter 4 in Lord of the Flies
• Submit your two-chunk paragraph to turn item.com AND revise your paper version for MLA structure so that it is PERFECT. (You get a zero until MLA on this is perfect.)
• Finish the in-class English Journal writing for today: What is Golding's view of human nature? How do you know? What imagery supports this? (If you were absent, we'll catch you up on this.)
• VOC Homework due Wednesday (front and back, including synonyms/antonyms)
• Click here for the classwork/homework grading rubric
• Vocab Root Quiz on Friday: PRO/VOC

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And now, a short video for your amusement because it's what I think of when I think of snakes. You're welcome:

In case you don't know, this is from "A Very Potter Musical." Some high schoolers wrote their own Harry Potter Musical and put it on at their school. Darren Chris is Harry Potter, back when he wasn't famous and on Glee. (You can find it on Youtube.)

Six Word Memoirs and Vocab Introduction

We have a quite a few goals today:

1. Book Love
2. Learn quiz procedures by taking a quiz. (Don't panic about this. It'll be okay.)
3. Learn about our Lord of the Flies reading schedule.
4. New vocabulary root: PRO
5. Six Word Memoirs

Six Word Memoirs: Tell your story in six words exactly.

1. Think of important memories/milestones in your life.
2. Write one down.
3. Whittle it down to six words. Don't be afraid to play with word choice and punctuation, but it must be grammatically correct.
4. Fill your blank paper with your memoir (BIG WORDS.). Add drawings/color/etc. as you see fit.

Ms. Black wrote this one last year.

Examples: 

Famous:

“Well, I thought it was funny.” – Stephen Colbert  
“Everyone reads what’s in my diary.”– Taylor Swift

Not so famous:
“Cursed with cancer. Blessed with friends.”  
“I colored outside of the lines.”
“Got three sisters and no dad.”

Other examples from teens like you can be found at the official six word memoir site.

Homework:

1. Complete your Six Word Memoir. Due Tuesday September 8 when class starts. Put your name on the back (or front, if you'd like).
2. The "PRO" vocab sheet I gave you due Tuesday September 8 when class starts.