August 27 -31

It's the second week of school and the last week of August. It's been a pleasure to meet everyone, and I look forward to starting our first novel as a class, The Grapes of Wrath, as well as learning the basics of rhetorical analysis (an important 11th grade English unit, and the skills needed for the SAT essay).

MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Collect Letter to Freshman Self. A Step Toward Falling (summer reading) discussions and activities. Notes: Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle. 

Due: Letter to Freshman Self.

Signed syllabus and Turnitin.com form. 

Homework:  Summer reading written homework, (if you haven't already turned it in).

Please read pages 1-3 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet. 

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day - read and annotate two opposing viewpoints. Discuss and debate, vote. Outline the majority opinion in a synthesis/ACT-style outline response based on the discussion

Due: n/a

Homework: (same as Monday)

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz: syllabus quiz and summer reading questions. Receive Vocabulary list #1 for next week. Gallery Walk: The Grapes of Wrath.  Intro to Grapes of Wrath. Begin reading.

Due: Summer reading written homework.

Homework: Please read The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 1- 2. Think about how the dialect of the characters affects how believable it is.

Enjoy the three-day weekend!