TUESDAY 9.2.14

• Quickly go over Policies and Procedures for this class (10-15 minutes)

• Set up Composition Notebook (10 mins)

• Journal #1—Junior Year Reflection (10 mins)• Write for 5-10 minutes about your first week of your junior year--highs, lows, favorites,

least favorites, expectations, goals for the year, etc.

• Start the “Books” section for Huck Finn—due in 2 weeks (10 mins)

• Homework— (5 mins)• Read and Annotate the Huck Passage for Rhetorical Devices—in-class timed essay on

Thursday

• Continue to work on Assertion Short Write—due 9/8

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR WRITER’S HANDBOOK IS? If not, print it off my Handouts page and bring it to class tomorrow!!!

WEDNESDAY9.3.14

• Journal #2 What is Rhetoric?• What is rhetoric? • What is rhetorical analysis? • What is a rhetorical device and what is a rhetorical strategy and how are

they different?• What do you remember from last year about how to write a timed

rhetorical analysis? • What do you remember from last year about just good writing in

general?

• Talk through rhetorical analysis annotation

• From WS to Essay—How do I get there?

• In-class timed essay tomorrow!!!

• HW: Work on Assertion Short Write—due Monday

WEDNESDAY 9.4.13• You need 1-2 sheets of notebook paper and a blue or black pen

• You may use your Vade Mecum this one time ONLY

• No title is needed

• Start with a quick two sentence intro:• Sentence #1• A-author• T-title• T-time period or setting• T-topic or theme• Sentence #2—Thesis that ANSWERS the prompt

• You do not have to document your text evidence--(Twain 45) on an AP timed write

• It is graded as a ROUGH DRAFT—you do not have time to rewrite it

• Only discuss the passage you are given

• You only have 40 minutes; write as much as you can. If you run out of time just write a one sentence conclusion

• Follow the rules of a stylistic analysis—you should know how to do this already

THURSDAY 9.4.14

• In-class timed rhetorical analysis essay over Huck Finn• You may use all of this week’s resources and your

Writer’s Handbook• No prepared essays or drafts or full paragraphs

FRIDAY 9.5.14

• Get the laptop that corresponds with your seat #• And a hand out from the top of cart

• Current Events and Critical Issues Assignment—due at the end of class

• Work on Assertion Short Write—due Monday

• I’ll return graded Summer Reading Quizzes at the end—come see me if you have any questions