This weekend: Finish Stiff and chapter responses. Read this article and think about Stiff (and basketball!). Read annotated version of "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Write one original post and one response to a second issue on the Florida blog (by the end of the week--this is your POW). AP Prompt due Tuesday.
Monday: DUE: Finish Stiff and chapter responses. DUE: Read annotated version of "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Discuss... HW: Color-code "The Gettysburg Address" and Judge Sweat's "Whiskey Speech." Also, if you haven't written it yet, complete the AP Prompt.
Tuesday: DUE: AP Prompt. Discuss persuasive elements of "The Gettysburg Address" and Judge Sweat's "Whiskey Speech." HW: Read samples. Score and analyze own essay.
Wednesday: DUE: Scored essay. Discuss RFK speech. HW: Due Monday: Response to Postman speech.
Thursday: View and discuss St. Crispin's Day speech. Compare to Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury speech.
Friday: In-class Writing: AP Prompt
Saturday: Full-length PRACTICE TEST! See you at 8 AM!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Snow day!
Check your email for a message with updates for the rest of the week and the weekend.
Enjoy your day!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Week of 3/21-3/25
Monday: Meet in computer lab 318. First, register on Mr. V's student blogs. We will be joining the St. Augustine, Florida, group to debate current issues. Go here and click on register. Use your FIRST NAME, LAST INITIAL and then NJ as your user name. Use your HP email address. You will be sent a password via email.
Work on "You Decide" assignment. Complete worksheet showing the effectiveness of various points. This is preparation for Wednesday's debates.
Tuesday: Day 2 in room 318. Continue to explore issues. Go to Mr. V's site to post responses to his students.
Wednesday: Extemporaneous debates
Thursday: In-class AP prompt: argument
Friday: Review samples; score own essays.
Work on "You Decide" assignment. Complete worksheet showing the effectiveness of various points. This is preparation for Wednesday's debates.
Tuesday: Day 2 in room 318. Continue to explore issues. Go to Mr. V's site to post responses to his students.
Wednesday: Extemporaneous debates
Thursday: In-class AP prompt: argument
Friday: Review samples; score own essays.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Week of 3/14-3/18
Monday: In-class AP Prompt. Woo hoo!
Tuesday: Review of samples; scoring own essay.
Wednesday: Analysis of issue: Danish cartoons
Thursday: Two different situations: Should he and should she have been expelled?
Friday: Chapters 2-6 of Stiff due, including responses to the three questions for each chapter.
Tuesday: Review of samples; scoring own essay.
Wednesday: Analysis of issue: Danish cartoons
Thursday: Two different situations: Should he and should she have been expelled?
Friday: Chapters 2-6 of Stiff due, including responses to the three questions for each chapter.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
March 7-11
Monday: DUE: Response to videos; see Ning. In-class writing.
Tuesday: Analysis of sample responses to in-class writing. HW: Score own essay; write rationale. HW: POW!
Wednesday: Stiff: Read introduction together. Discuss responsibilities during reading.
Thursday: Read and analyze Ruskin prompt. Discuss multiple ways to address passage.
Friday: Stiff: Chapter one response DUE. Discuss.
Tuesday: Analysis of sample responses to in-class writing. HW: Score own essay; write rationale. HW: POW!
Wednesday: Stiff: Read introduction together. Discuss responsibilities during reading.
Thursday: Read and analyze Ruskin prompt. Discuss multiple ways to address passage.
Friday: Stiff: Chapter one response DUE. Discuss.
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