Monday September 21st JA #7 What is your purpose in answering this prompt? I can answer the journal and maybe share my response I can have my OPTIC assignment handed in and hand in my vocab practice I can do my best on the Vocab quiz I can copy the new set of vocab words for a quiz in two weeks I can read and listen and discuss the syllabus and class expectations I can understand and ask questions for clarification about the 3Ps of grading and behavior I can practice doing a rhetorical analysis of my op ed piece using SOAPSTone and highlighting at least 3 compound sentences in the piece – I can do it as a goggle doc and share it with Mr. Norton on classroom.google nx2aam5 next slide - due Thursday I can sign the syllabus agreement I can do take away #9

Vocab list #2 Avarice – Corroborate – Elude – Satiate – thwart – Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Corroborate – A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence. John Foxe Elude – If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail. Anna Quindlen Satiate – From abundance springs satiety. Titus Livius thwart – We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack. Bill Nelson

SOAPSTone The Speaker of the text The Occasion of the speech The Audience (both present and after it was distributed) The Purpose The Subject matter discussed The Tone of the piece Source and more detail: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/preap/teachers_corner/45200.html

Tuesday September 22nd JA #8 What do you think prosopopeia means Tuesday September 22nd JA #8 What do you think prosopopeia means? Practice analyzing Heyman’s quote from the image in this slide. I can do SSR #4 identifying diction per SOAPSTone diction A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking. I can respond to both journal questions and maybe share my response with the class. I can do Voice Lesson #2: Review diction I can read with my reading group pages 17 – 25 and make notes on patterns of development, share doc w/Norton I can with my reading group do the assignment from page 26, and will apply SOAPSTone. - share doc w/Norton I can do an analysis of Priam’s speech to Achilles (page 12-13) – and identify its rhetorical effectiveness (color code or columns may be used to demonstrate the aspects of rhetorical effectiveness) and have it ready for tomorrow. I can do take away #10

Voice lesson #2: Diction Consider: “Meanwhile, the United States Army, thirsting for revenge, was prowling the country north and west of the Black Hills, killing Indians wherever they could be found.” --Dee Brown, Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee Discuss: 1. What are the connotations of thirsting? What feelings are evoked by this diction? 2. What are the connotations of prowling? What kind of animals prowl? What attitude toward the U.S. army does this diction convey? Apply: Use an eating or drinking verb in a sentence which expresses anger about a parking ticket. Do not use the verb to literally express eating or drinking. Instead, express your anger through the verb. Use Brown’s sentence as a model. Share your sentence with a friend.

Wednesday September 23rd JA #9 What makes something a piece of art? I can answer the journal and maybe share my answer I can take notes on the structure of an argument – claim data warrant and evaluate my response to the journal – argument or not? I can review the notes on clauses etc from the next slides I can take notes on Grammar from page 704 doing exercises 2 & 3 in class with a partner, and doing on my own p. 705, doing exercise 5 for tomorrow I can have my editorial analyzed and clauses identified for tomorrow. I can do take away #11 Are these pieces of art? The Arguments of Heisenberg and Einstein Weighed by a Partial Observer by Dave Martsolf

What is a CLAUSE? A clause is a group of related words that has both a subject and a predicate (verb). A clause can be a complete sentence or a part of a sentence.

Independent Clauses An independent clause forms a complete thought. Independent clauses can stand alone as simple sentences. (noun) (verb) Tess called Fredrick a nincompoop. independent clause – simple sentence

Dependent Clause A dependent clause depends on the rest of the sentence to make sense. Dependent clauses cannot stand alone, even if they have a subject and a predicate (verb). They do not form complete sentences.

Dependent Clauses Although the Bulldogs tried, they lost the game. Dependent clause – not a simple sentence Norman visits Fiji twice a year because he loves it. dependent clause – not a simple sentence

Dependent Clauses A comma sometimes separates one clause from another. While she waited at the light, Sam did her nails. Dependent clause independent clause

Thursday September 24th JA #10 Today is national punctuation day – how will you celebrate it? SSR #5 I can read and identify and explain the use of a semicolon in my reading selection. http://tiny.cc/SSRlog I can copy and answer the journal and then hand in journals set A I can hand in my editorial practice after identifying 1) claim 2) ev. 3) Warrant in it and the dominant pattern of development it incorporates. I can read with my reading group pages 17 – 25 and make notes on patterns of development, share doc w/Norton I can with my reading group do the assignment from page 26, and will apply SOAPSTone. - share doc w/Norton I can do an analysis of Priam’s speech to Achilles (page 12-13) – and identify its rhetorical effectiveness (color code or columns may be used to demonstrate the aspects of rhetorical effectiveness) and have it ready for Monday. I can do take away #12

SOURCE: http://online. wsj

Compound Sentences 1. Before the gate broke 1. clause A clause is a group of words having a subject and a verb. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause is always used as some part of speech. It can be an adjective, adverb, or noun. It cannot stand alone as a sentence. A phrase is a group of words used as a sentence part. It does not have a subject and a verb. It can be a noun, adjective or adverb. We have studied the following phrases: prepositional, gerund, participial, and infinitive. Tell whether each group of words is a clause or a phrase. 1. Before the gate broke 1. clause 2. After having eaten 2. phrase 3. In answer to your question 3. phrase 4. How I will mark the reports 4. clause 5. Made of sweat and blood 5. phrase 6. Upon whom the blame lies 6. clause 7. By remaining totally still 7. phrase 8. Why did you stop 8. clause 9. After everyone ceased shouting 9. clause 10. To take me home 10. phrase

Friday September 25th FWF #3(7minutes) I can do Free Write Friday and share or listen I can do the mini-AP MC test and reflect on the results for Monday placing my answers on socative.com I can bring in an editorial and apply evidence of close reading and SOAPSTone to it on Monday. I can meet with my project group in lab 502 and work on the modes of discourse booklet and the patterns of development – Due Tuesday September 29th! I can do take away #13

Friday September 25th FWF #3(7minutes) I can do Free Write Friday and share or listen I can with my reading group do the assignment from page 26, and will apply SOAPSTone. - share doc w/Norton I can do an analysis of Priam’s speech to Achilles (page 12-13) – and identify its rhetorical effectiveness (color code or columns may be used to demonstrate the aspects of rhetorical effectiveness) and have it ready for Monday. I can take notes on Grammar from page 704 doing exercises 2 & 3 in class with a partner, and doing on my own p. 705, doing exercise 5 for tomorrow I can do take away #13

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