1. February 3

2. February 13 Vocabulary practice Test (first part of pre-test) again
What am I learning?
What is the effect of rhetoric and persuasion? How do authors express ideas in texts?
What am going to do?
Learn and implement new vocabulary and concepts.
Examine and evaluate texts for persuasive techniques and rhetoric.
How will I show I learned it?
I will implement my analysis skills to identify rhetorical appeals and persuasive techniques and devices in a text.
February 13
Vocabulary practice
Test (first part of pre-test) again
Claims and Images
REMINDER: Patrick Henry work and narrative are DUE.
HW: Grammar (due Friday)

3. February 14 Happy Valentine’s Day!
What am I learning?
What is the effect of rhetoric and persuasion? How do authors express ideas in texts?
What am going to do?
Learn and implement new vocabulary and concepts.
Examine and evaluate texts for persuasive techniques and rhetoric.
How will I show I learned it?
I will implement my analysis skills to identify rhetorical appeals and persuasive techniques and devices in a text.
February 14 Happy Valentine’s Day!
Vocabulary practice
Claims and counterclaims
Aphorisms on p. 149
REMINDER: Grammar (due Friday)

4. From Claim to Thesis
Thesis is a statement that will contain your claim but is more specific about what you intend to argue. You will use the article to make a thesis with a claim that states your position about the following: A person that has made poor personal choices should be able to run for public office because… Or A person that has made poor personal choices should NOT be able to run for public office because... Make sure you include at least one evidence from the article that supports your claim.

5. COUNTER AN ARGUMENT That is not true because…
That does not matter because…
Make sure you include evidence from the text or your experiences/knowledge

6. Ticket-out-the-door—FOR A GRADE!!!
In your own words, explain claim and counterclaim or counterargument!
Write it down and put it in tray 1.

7. Look at the visuals and jot down your observations about each one
Share your observations with people around you

12. February 15 Vocabulary practice (5 min) Counterclaim continued.
What am I learning?
What is the effect of rhetoric and persuasion? How do authors express ideas in texts?
What am going to do?
Learn and implement new vocabulary and concepts.
Examine and evaluate texts for persuasive techniques and rhetoric.
How will I show I learned it?
I will implement my rhetorical appeals and skills of persuasion skills to compose a short persuasive speech collaboratively.
February 15
Vocabulary practice (5 min)
Counterclaim continued.
Group claim work.
REMINDER: Vocabulary Quiz is on Friday!!!
HW: Grammar (Due Friday)

13. Group task: Writing a short speech (3-4 paragraphs)
Dropout Alexa — Your friend Alexa has lost interest in school and her grades are suffering. As a result, she'll be repeating 11th grade. Alexa has decided to quit and work more hours as a waitress to support herself. She says she'll eventually get her diploma on her own. Compose a logical argument convincing Alexa to stay in school, with reasons why it is to her benefit.

14. Group task: Writing a short speech (3-4 paragraphs)
Many schools in California have changed their school calendar so that they are now year-round schools. They still have time off in the summer, but they don't have the traditional 2-month break. Some Georgia schools are considering following in California's footsteps. Compose an argument either in support of the year-round school calendar or in support of continuing the traditional school calendar.

15. February 16 Vocabulary practice (5 min)
What am I learning?
What is the effect of rhetoric and persuasion? How do authors utilize persuasion to express ideas in texts?
What am going to do?
Learn and implement new vocabulary and concepts.
Compose, examine, and evaluate texts for persuasive techniques and rhetorical appeals.
How will I show I learned it?
I will implement my knowledge of rhetorical appeals and skills of persuasion to compose a short persuasive speech collaboratively.
February 16
Vocabulary practice (5 min)
Rhetorical appeals and SOAPST review
Write a persuasive speech.
REMINDERS: Vocabulary Quiz is Tomorrow!
Grammar is due tomorrow.
We are going to 2048 lab tomorrow.