November 11 - 15

It's November and we're making progress in reading Frederick Douglass and writing out the first rhetorical analysis essay! Due to the short week, there won't be a vocabulary quiz. Here's what's on the agenda this week:


MONDAY: Veteran's Day Holiday - no school. 

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Frederick Douglass check-in, slave songs, reading. /View sample essays. Write rough draft introductory paragraph and body paragraphs of rhetorical analysis essay in class on Chromebooks. 

Due: Read Frederick Douglass Chapter 8 and look for at least 2 rhetorical devices utilized by Douglass to persuade his audience that slavery should be abolished.

Homework: Finish reading Chapter 9. Be sure that rough draft of essay includes introductory and body paragraphs and is accessible online.

(No vocab quiz this week!)

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Frederick Douglass check-in and reading. Share drafts of essay so far. Conclusions, examples. Sign up for Turnitin.com on Chromebooks (see sidebar for class codes.) Time in class to type body paragraphs and conclusion on Chromebooks. Upload full draft to Turnitin.com by the deadlines below.

Due: Finish reading Chapter 9. Be sure that rough draft of essay includes introductory paragraphs and is accessible online.

Homework: Finish full rough draft of rhetorical analysis essay and upload to Turnitin.com on the following schedule: 

1st and 2nd period: by Sunday night, November 17. 
6th period: by Monday night, November 18.