1. #25 Prose 9/22
Summarize the argument that Prose presents in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read.” How does she support her argument?
Choose one of the other writers you have analyzed. How would they respond to her?
Alexie “Superman and Me”
Baldwin “Talk To Teachers”
Sedaris “Me Talk Pretty One Day”
Douglass “Narrative”
Cisneros “Eleven”
PLEASE HAVE HOMEWORK OUT- PROSE ASSIGNMENT

2. Caged Bird Cannot Read
Discuss.
Turn in double entry journal.

3. Vocabulary Current Event: Related to Education. A,B,C.
obscure
frenetic
superfluous
astute
tenuous
Current Event: Related to Education. A,B,C.
Please turn in revised Baldwin paragraphs.

4. THIS WEEK…
Today: discuss Rhetorical Analysis Prompt, look at some samples.
Tuesday: Try a timed Rhetorical Analysis Prompt. BRING A PEN.
Weds: 10th grade PLAN testing. 2nd period- meet in library. Bring your TEXTBOOK. 5th- meet in classroom like normal.

5. What the prompt looks like…
Take a look at the prompt, text, and rubric.
A 5 is considered “adequate.” Below a 5- you have problems. Above 5- very good.
Same 9 point rubric for all AP Language essays.

6. Read the text carefully. How would you plan?
Annotate the text. Think about the method we discussed and practiced.
Focus
Diction/ Imagery suggests…
Label devices you see.
Circle diction, underline details, (figurative language)
Draft a thesis.

7. Let’s look at some student samples.
What do you notice?
All three are good examples- a 9, 8 and 7. Which do you think is which?