4/25 EOC Review

Common analogy types and practice
Lit term review

4/24 Poetry Review

Poetry Review: analyze the following texts for the themes, how the authors develop the theme, and how the texts treat the idea of freedom differently.

EOC Review

EOC Study Guide--memorize this!!
Lit Term Review
Poetry Types Review

4/16: Commonly confused words

Remember, your complete rough draft and planning sheet are both due tomorrow!

Confusing word list
Confusing word practice

Persuasive speech rubric

4/12: Persuasive Speech

Please select your partner and topic by Monday.

Persuasive speech information.
Rubric

4/10: Rhetoric & Logic

Identify and analyze the rhetorical devices in the arguments that are presented. Then, identify any logical fallacies. Finally, evaluate which argument is the most persuasive and which argument is the most logical.
The Great Debaters clip
The Great Debaters text

If you are required to do homework, please write ONE logically sound deductive argument and ONE logically sound inductive argument.

4/9: Logic

Logic information and practice

4/8: More Agreement

More agreement practice
Homework: Write a short story that contains 7 underlined foreign phrases. The topic of the story: aliens and sloths (like the cute furry animal...not lazy people).

Lit Circle Groups by Period

Please purchase your book NO LATER THAN 4/15 (bring to class that day).

1st Period
Divergent: Lisa, Katherine, Mounika, Caroline
Uglies: Dani, Danielle, Lawrencia, Khara, Elizabeth, Desmond
Feed: Joe, Jerad, Tyler, Roger, Yibo, Dale
Hitchhiker's Guide group 1: Gray, Bushra, Cathy, Susannah, Sam
Hitchhiker's Guide group2: Kris, Stephen, Bryan, Able, Jake
The Road: Isaac, Chris

2nd Period
Brave New World: Lara, Sharon
Uglies group 1: Kelly, Doris, Lauren, Ana, Carly
Uglies group 2: Akeilo, Ehsan, Josh, Logan
The Road: David, Christopher, Efrain, Jonathan
Cats Cradle: Camron, Emma, Alex
Hitchhiker's Guide: Max, Akan, Acacia, Tyler
Feed: Sarah, Andi, Jack, Nadia

3rd Period
The Road: Frank, Thomas, Dalton, Jessica, Christian
Hitchhiker's Guide: Bryan, Michael, Sarah, Josh, Andrew
Snow Crash: Gabe, Jose, Yaman, Farhan
Feed: Jalen, Xavier, Carter, Andriana, Abrena
The Uglies: Kayla, Brianna, Molly, Kyrionna
The Host: Asha, Aliya, Pooja, Reagan

4th Period
Feed: Dedric, Brandon, Luke, Zaviera
The Uglies group 1: Anna, Madison, Nadia, Rubie
The Uglies group 2: Chelsea, Claire, Jordan, Justice
World War Z: Grace, Jeremiah, Aubrey, C. Reynolds, Ryan, Josh, Emma
Hitchhiker's Guide: Adair, Belinda, C. Ramos, Sydney, Akhila
Brave New World: Ethan, Sam, Zoe

4/5 Sci-fi story + agreement practice homework

2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. + analysis questions
Agreement practice homework (due Monday)

4/4 agreement

Agreement powerpoint
Agreement cheat sheet
Agreement practice (due Friday)

4/3 Rhetoric

1) Review the rhetorical devices from yesterday
2) Identify each rhetorical device in the Julius Caesar speech
3) In-class 300 analysis + individual reflection questions + secret-homework-eliminating question
4) TV Homework #2

4/2 Rhetoric

Sci-fi Lit Circle List (list due 4/5; book due 4/15)
Rhetorical Appeals and Devices
Julius Caesar Speech--analyze for rhetorical appeals
TV Assignment #1 (due 4/3)

4/1 foreign phrases

Complete the pictures and memory tricks for the foreign phrases. There will be a quiz at the end of next week over the foreign phrases.

(Example memory trick: priMA DONA...Madona is a diva, or a prima dona)