January 14 - 18 Finals Week!

It's finals week! We'll continue reviewing, take the final, and then enjoy a three-day weekend. As noted in the special post below, there is a Study Guide with all of the answers/notes filled in posted on the right-hand sidebar of this website under "class handouts".

MONDAY: (B-day) Journal warm-up. Context and SOAPS for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, which is generally rated the #1 speech in the United States in the 20th Century. We'll look at it with a rhetorical analysis lens, reading the text and watching the speech. Next, we'll get into groups and do exactly what you'll do for Part II of the final: pick out rhetorical devices and outline a response to a prompt about which rhetorical strategies King utilizes in the speech to make an effective argument for the audience to join the fight for civil rights.

Due: Study the Study Guide and fill in any blank spaces, and bring it with you to class.   

Homework: Study for the final.

TUESDAY: (0 period final, special schedule, all periods meet) Journal warm-up. Review "baseball" in teams.

Due: Study for the final using the Study Guide.

Homework: Study for the final using the Study Guide.

WEDNESDAY: 8:00 - 9:55 First period final, 10:05 - 12:00 Second period final.  

THURSDAY: 8:00 - 9:55 Fourth period final, 10:05 - 12:00 Third period final.

FRIDAY: 8:00 - 9:55 Fifth period final, 10:05 - 12:00 Sixth period final. 

Enjoy the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday!
I'm looking forward to Spring Semester with you.