Student book talk & Indie read.  Rhetorical Analysis:  Intro & Assignment preview.

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

Example paper – “A Not So Modest Proposal” by Mrs. C.  Video: A Hip-Hop Modest Proposal

Suggested:  Read Chapter 6 – Rhetorical Analysis in Everything’s an Argument

Deadlines:

• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21

Student book talk & Indie read.  SUB#3 info (instruction sheet). Work in partners to find appeals in “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift.

Deadlines:

• Revisions (optional) for SUB#2 until end of Friday 11/10.
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• SUB#3 (QW or MB) “teacher-ready” in Dropbox end of day 11/12.
• Quotable mentions last names H – O due Nov. 13 – Nov. 21

Student book talk & Indie read.  Post-it Board activity. Review: ‘ (apostrophes) . Overview:  logos (text ch. 4).  Work with group to share finds in “do the math”  (look for the appeals & other RLaW elements).

Assignment:  Read “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift.  You’ll be looking for the rhetorical appeals in this text tomorrow.

Upcoming:  SUB#3 (QW or MB) will be due “teacher-ready” in Dropbox end of day 11/12.

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9 (that’s this week!)
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Revisions (optional) for SUB#2 until end of Friday 11/10.

Student book talk & Indie read.  Review:  ethos (text ch. 3).  Quickwrite #28:  We Need Diverse Books Campaign Video find & explain the ethos.  RLaW:  “Do the Math” by Penny Kittle and watch for ethos & pathos throughout.

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9 (that’s this week!)
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Revisions (optional) for SUB#2 until end of Friday 11/10.

Student book talk & Indie read.  Review:  ; (semi-colons) & : (colons) . Quickwrite #27:  unlimited power.  Discussion/presentation Unlimited Power – Manipulation through Revision 

Assignment:  Read text ch. 3 Ethos & make some notes

Deadlines:

• Skyward Quiz:  commas closes end TODAY!
• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9 (that’s this week!)
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Revisions (optional) for SUB2 until end of Friday 11/10.

 

Student book talk & read aloud.  Anne Lamott’s “Sh*@#y First Drafts” from Bird by Bird.  WRITE CLUB (w/ process questionnaires). Disclaimer letter for upcoming rhetorical analysis RA Disclaimer.  Info on SUB2 – college papers – revision window until end of day 11/10.

Deadlines:

• Skyward Quiz:  commas closes end of Monday 11/6
• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30
• Revisions (optional) for SUB2 until end of Friday 11/10.

Student book talk.  Read:  Dave Barry’s “Ugly Truth About Beauty” for pathos. Quickwrite #26:  Phil Kaye – “Camaro”  Process questionnaire.  Lab & reading time.

Deadlines:

• New paper for this week’s WRITE CLUB – QW or MB your choice – due in WCDraft folder TOMORROW + process questionnaire.
• Skyward Quiz:  commas closes end of Monday 11/6
• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Student book talk & Indie read. Review:  reasons/rules for commas quiz practice.  Pathos:  textbook ch. 2 Quickwrite #25:  Finding and explaining pathos in a magazine ad.  Read:  Lawrence Otis Graham’s “The ‘Black-Table’ Is Still There” for pathos.

Deadlines:

• Skyward Quiz:  commas closes end of Monday 11/6
• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Upcoming:

• New paper for this week’s WRITE CLUB – QW or MB your choice – draft due on Friday. (“Lab” day tomorrow).

Student book talk & Indie read. Review:  reason for commas #5 – conventional/technical uses.

 

Review main points w/ a partner:  “5 Paragraph You-Know-What” by Tom Romano.  Rhetoric of Horror – Quickwrite #24:  RLaW The Walking Dead vol. 2 afterword by Simon Pegg.

The Scariest Story Ever Told by Colin Nissan (The New Yorker)

Deadlines:

• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30

Upcoming:

• TOMORROW – a look at pathos – textbook chapt. 2 (pp. 30 – 40)
• New paper for this week’s WRITE CLUB – QW or MB your choice – draft due on Friday. (“Lab” day on Thursday).

Student Book talk & Indie read.  Review:  reason for commas #4 – to set off non-essential interrupters or closers. Rhetorical Analysis overview.

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS slides

Rhetoric of Horror – video Why is being scared so fun? – Margee Kerr & Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Quickwrite #23:  What does Thriller (the song/video) say about the thriller (scary movie genre)?

Deadlines:

• Read & Annotate “The Five Paragraph You Know What” by Tom Romano for TOMORROW
• Quotable mentions last names A – G Oct. 30 – Nov. 9
• Book talks (with blogpost) by sign-up starting Oct. 30