1. Updated…

2. Addiction Issues? Is your cell phone in your backpack?

3. Recognition, Happy Birthdays and Congratulations!

4. AP Language and Composition It’s Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Time will pass; will you? 6 school days remain in the fall semester.
Today’s Objectives:
Students will:
Read and critique argumentative essay introductions

5. Housekeeping
I can show you your final grade if you want—minus the introduction points.
I am not rounding up. Don’t ask. This is not a discussion. This class carries a weighted grade, and you have to earn an A. An 89.9 is a B.
AP exam registration has begun! Deadline is February 15, before late fines begin… the link to register is on the class website.
Competitive Submissions/Active Writing contests (posted on the class website): 5 (poetry added yesterday)
You may earn a one-time, 50-point optional assessment credit for submitting.
Keep abreast of the Daily Course Calendar. This is a fluid document…
Last updated November 1

6. Coming Due—do not squander time—that’s the stuff life’s made of!
Tomorrow:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Part III, Chapters 31-end. Groups 1 and 2 write questions. Assessment. —tii upload required.
SIX questions from these even or odd chapters
ONE question from the criticism: Jane Smiley’s “Say It Ain’t So, Huck”
ALL questions must be higher-level (see the chart on the class website)
Monday:
Introductions to your research argument
Tuesday:
Portfolio archiving. This is a one-shot assignment.
Wednesday:
Final Test: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

7. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Who’s in the Socratic Discussion tomorrow?
Everyone should have been on the inside circle once, and should have written two sets of questions (these had to be uploaded to tii for credit).
Distribute ancillary reading and study guides for test
Printer Problems? Just it to me as an attachment.
If you have questions due tomorrow, and you do not turn in a printed copy, you will receive a zero. No late work (excused absences excepted) or “re-writes” will be accepted.

8. NO CELL PHONES, unless you’re listening to the novel
Today’s Class: Students will read an analyze for satire: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .
NO CELL PHONES, unless you’re listening to the novel
You may read either
The novel
The criticism—one focused argument—agree or disagree with one of Smiley’s claims.
You may write
Questions/answers for the assignment

9. Remaining Short Satires
Period 0
Period 1
Period 3
Shaun
Kenneth
Harshra
Akshay
Ben
Vivian
Avi
Naga
Tracy
Tearra
Hannah
Charleigh
Shaun

11. Research and Credibility—where are the facts?
Class Website
Reviewing CARS—your “bible” for research
The CARS Checklist for Research (Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support)
Be SAFE when you research—look for Statistics, Anecdotes, Facts and Expert Opinions
Check your Works Cited entries at OWL—the On-line Writing Lab at Purdue

12. Whose idea was this rhetoric thing?
Socrates: B.C.E.
Father of Western philosophy and Mentor to Plato. Epistemology and logic.
Plato: B.C.E.
Student of Socrates and founder of “The Academy” Philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric and mathematics.
Aristotle: B.C.E.
Student of Plato, and teacher to Alexander the Great.

13. AP one-word scoring descriptors for timed writing essays:
Effective and Adequate Essays
Ineffective Essays
A 9 is “unique”
An 8 is “sophisticated”
A 7 is “effective”
A 6 is “adequate”
A 5 is “uneven”
A 4 is “inadequate”
A 3 is “unsuccessful”
A 2 is “confusing”
A 1 is “ugh?”

14. The “checked practice” assignments
I would rather reward you for effort than punish you with a grade for some assignments. We will do a number of “practice” assignments of varying levels of difficulty. I don’t always expect you to have the “right” answers; indeed, there may be many “right” answers as a matter of opinion. What I look for is thought and effort. I can tell by looking at your work approximately how much thought and time was put into the assignment.  Did you attempt to complete the assignment when you got to class, for example? This would definitely not demonstrate effort.
 If you would like to contest a grade, simply bring the assignment in to me, with proper reasons, and we’ll discuss it.
+: A range (90-100%): Excellence and Effort. Time, effort, and diligence are apparent. All the work is completed; full support is offered for all answers; examples are given when needed. (25 = )
 : B range (80-89%): Adequate work and effort. The work was completed, but more support and effort and development should be apparent. You understood the assignment, but might have done better. (25 = )
 -: C range (70-79%): Average work and effort. An attempt was made to complete the assignment, but your understanding of it is not clear, effort may not be apparent and the work may be sloppy. (25 = )
U: D range (50-69%): unacceptable work. Your work is incomplete, rushed, or simply incorrect. This level or work in unacceptable for an AP-level class. (15)

15. Facts do matter—understand the point of credibility

17. Rhetoric Rhetoric: Close Reading: Rhetorical Analysis:
The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, and embellished over the centuries by scholars and teachers, is that rhetoric is the art of observing in any given case the “available means of persuasion.”
Close Reading:
Reading to “develop an understanding of a text, written or visual, that is based first on the words and images themselves and then on the larger ideas those words suggest.”
Rhetorical Analysis:
Defining an author’s purpose, then identifying and analyzing the techniques and strategies employed to achieve that purpose.

18. Today’s Class Vocabulary log out
Today’s Class Vocabulary log out? Objective: To review and begin to learn the basics of synthesis writing.
What is synthesis writing?
From a Greek root which means “to put together,” synthesis is the process of bringing together information from various sources, written or visual, to develop a position on a particular topic and form a new whole.
Explanatory Synthesis: brings together sources to illustrate a subject (encyclopedias, textbooks, brochures, museum guides, music performance notes, etc.)
Argumentative Synthesis aims to persuade, to convince readers of a claim. Some evidence (sources) is provided to support the claim, while other evidence (sources) may be used to represent views the writer rejects (commonly known as refutation).

19. Evaluation The 9-point rubric
9-point descriptors
The Anchor Papers—these are “samples”— responses vary
Camera Shots (these are worth 50 points)
Scoring…

20. Why Goals and Objectives?
Course Goal—broad, long-term
To understand the elements of argument and other genres or writing, and apply them in both writing, and analysis.
Daily Objective—accomplishing “pieces” of the “goal,” one step at a time
To understand and evaluate the finer elements argument