Saturday, February 26, 2011

Friday, February 25 (E10)

For today's classes, all tenth grade sections will present their team posters.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Thursday, February 24 (E10)

For today's classes, all tenth grade sections will take their final exam on their first novel of the third quarter.

After the exam, students will break into teams and begin work on their movie poster assignment, which will then be presented at the conclusion of our next class meeting.

Thursday, February 24 (E9)

Today's Objective: Students will review rhetorical strategies in order to continue discussion of methods of persuasion.


Today's SAT Word: Rhetorical (adj.): dealing with persuasion.

In today's class, we reviewed three different rhetorical strategies in order to help strengthen our arguments.


Today's Warm-Up Question: If a teenager commits a crime, should the teenager AND his/her parents be held accountable for their actions? Or should the teenager ALONE be held accountable for their actions?


Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.


Tonight's Homework: Read the first letter to the board of education (additional copies of this letter are posted in your class's folder in the back of room 209).

When you read the letter, identify four things:

1) One example of PATHOS in the letter

2) One example of LOGOS in the letter

3) One example of ETHOS in the letter

4) What rhetorical strategy does this letter use? Judicial, Epideictic, or Deliberative? DEFEND YOUR ANSWER.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wednesday, February 23 (E10)

For today's classes, all tenth grade sections will take their final exam on their first novel of the third quarter.

After the exam, students will break into teams and begin work on their movie poster assignment, which will then be presented at the conclusion of our next class meeting.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Waiting for Godot, Day 6 (E10 4B)

Today's Objective: Students will review themes while finishing their first Q3 text.


Today's SAT Word: Theme (n.): the main idea or the moral of the story in a work of fiction

"The Interlopers" by Saki deals with themes of greed, vengeance, and power.


Today's New Vocabulary Terms:
Zenith
Quibble
Indescribable
Menial (n)
Desists
Astride
Abominable
Mimic
Incoherent
Lingeringly


Tonight's Homework: Finish reading the book. There will be an exam featuring questions from the entire book for your next class.