1. Hi, AP Lang! You need: Journal Pencil/pen Journal (4/23/15): We’re discussing enlightenment today. What examples have you read, experienced, or observed of someone transitioning from “being in a cave” to understanding?

2. Agenda: Journal: Enlightenment “The Allegory of the Cave” – What’s an allegory? – Read, annotate – Grounds, Warrants, Claims Review (Toulmin Model) – Syllogisms Prompt Practice HOMEWORK: – Practice Test Saturday! RSVP! When you leave you will have: -analyzed rhetorical techniques within Dillard’s “Living Like Weasels”

3. When you’re finished reading… Turn and talk with people around you. Discuss the following prompts: What I think it means… What questions I have…

4. Quotables “In the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort” “The power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already; and that just as the eye was unable to turn from darkness to light without the whole body, so too the instrument of knowledge can only by the movement of the whole soul be turned from the world of becoming into that being.”

5. Toulmin Model

6. Syllogism

7. April 23 Journal: After adultery, should couples maintain their relationship or should they end it? Agenda: -Collect Theme Bubbles -Journal -Read Act 2, scene 2 -J’xplode work time

8. Journal Explodes REQUIREMENTS 5 paragraphs – Introduction – Conclusion 3 middle supporting paragraphs – Evidence – Examples – Personal stories/anecdotes Thesis statement RUBRIC Each paragraph = 5 points Thesis statement = 5 points Details/evidence to support/explain thesis statements = 5 points GREAT vocab = 5 bonus points 40 points total

9. Reflection: How is Fences ambiguous, complex, thought provoking, and/or provocative so far?

10. How can self-imposed barriers prevent people from growing and experiencing their dreams?

11. Fences Fences are good because…Fences are bad because… Divide you from neighbor problems Provide privacy Create boundaries Protection Keep pets contained A sense of style (decorate them) Create boundaries Restricts exploration A symbol of disagreement Creates a limited space Doesn’t allow anything new

12. Thesis Statements Includes topic & claim: – Maryland should not change its law because children must learn responsibility and independence when left home alone. Does NOT include phrases like: – I think – You should – (really, anything with personal pronouns)