November 13 - 17

It's the last full week before Thanksgiving!  Thank you for submitting the rhetorical analysis essays; there are still some missing, but the ones that were uploaded are really well done.  We'll work on Frederick Douglass and gear up for the next essay, an in-class paper, next week.

MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over essay results: general feedback, how to find your comments/rubric score in Turnitin.com.  Slave songs and hidden meanings.  Begin reading Chapter 10 in class.

Due: Please read and annotate Chapters 8 and 9 of Frederick Douglass.

Homework: Study for quiz. Please read and annotate the rest of Chapter 10 of Frederick Douglass for Thursday/Friday.  Did you expect the violent showdown in Chapter 10?

WEDNESDAY: (3rd period only) Journal warm-up.  Healthy survey.

Due: n/a

Homework: Study for quiz.

Please read and annotate the rest of Chapter 10 of Frederick Douglass for Friday.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up.  Quiz covering vocabulary #8, grammar, and Frederick Douglass.  Work on grading 3 sample essays - activity.  Finish reading Frederick Douglass, Chapter 11, for next class.  

Due: Please read and annotate the rest of Chapter 10 of Frederick Douglass.

Homework: Finish Frederick Douglass, Chapter 11 (finish the book). 

Please be sure to bring your book , notes, and/or annotations to class with you on Monday/Tuesday!  No electronic devices will be allowed during the in-class essay next week. 

Note: you'll have just over an hour to write out the essay and it will be due at the end of the class after we review the steps to take to write a rhetorical analysis essay.  It's an in-class essay, but open note and open book.  Rough outlines and notes are fine; please do not write out an entire essay that you bring with you and simply copy, either in notes or written in the book.  You'll turn in any notes along with your essay, and show me the book (if used) as you turn it in.  I'm asking that the essay be written in class so that you get practice with supports first and you're confident when you're writing the SAT and/or ACT essays.