Today we read "About the Author", an interview with Marjane Satrapi, and discussed it in groups of 4. In first period students had the novel Persepolis checked out to them. If you were absent you should read this on your own (shared in Google Drive).
I highly recommend that you consider purchasing your own copy of this novel, as you will be examined on it in May in the IB Paper 2 exam, and you can't write in the novel unless you purchase it!
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Today you had the opportunity to ask questions about the FOA (I handed out FOA packets with instructions on Friday. If you were absent both Friday and today, see your Google Drive for a copy of the packet.)
You had time to work on your FOA proposal, which is due by 7 PM either by email or Google Share (10 pts.) on the day of your block class. Moving forward, you are expected to put in 30 minutes at home each night plus do focused work in class this week to finish a draft of your FOA by Friday. Click here to access annotated Executive Order 13769.
Today you took the first part of a practice Paper 1. If you were absent today you may need to go after school next Wednesday to make up the time. We will finish this test on Block day.
Today I went through the Power Point called Paper 1 Practice (shared in Google Drive.)
I also went over the Comparative Essay Formats handout and the Paper 1 Rubric. If you were absent you should read over all these items. Students will be allowed to use all of these items on the paper 1 exam tomorrow. Today we worked on the Graphic Novel jigsaw, discussing these novels with the mindset that they are a type of political speech.
Tomorrow I will teach you how to do a Paper 1 exam. Friday and Monday will be spent taking the Paper 1 exam. If you miss class Friday or Monday you will need to attend the test make up on Wednesday after school next week to finish the exam. Today your WT 1/2 draft was due to turnitin.com. This is the draft I will comment on.
We continued looking at language and politics by reading and annotating two political documents from WW 2 with a close look at the language of the documents. (Shared in Google Drive: Executive Order 9066 and Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1). Then we did an exercise in connotations of words looking at pairs of words, one of each pair used by the government and the other used by those who experienced Japanese internment. Lastly we began a graphic novel jigsaw. Each person was assigned a chapter from the graphic novel Fighting for America and asked to look closely at language and images as well as read the story. Tomorrow you will meet in jigsaw groups to teach each other what you learned. Today you discussed the use of rhetorical devices in Michelle Obama's speech using appointment discussions.
If you were absent you can make this up by typing up 500 words, double spaced, properly paragraphed, in which you analyze the rhetorical devices in Mrs. Obama's speech. Tape this into your comp book. HW: WT 1/2 due to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM on Block Day. Draft 2!! Happy Thanksgiving! Today you peer edited your written tasks one and two.
I handed out a sample WT 1, scored, and a sample WT 2, scored for you to look at as well. Your revised WT is due Monday Nov. 27 to turnitin.com, and that is the draft I will edit. Then you read Chapter 3 up through 3.5.5. I asked you to highlight key terms as you read, then copy these terms and definitions into your notes. Finally I gave you a speech by Michelle Obama. The instructions are at the top of the speech. I asked you to read it, annotate it thoroughly, identify and label the rhetorical techniques she is using in the speech, then write a healthy paragraph analyzing her use of one of the techniques. This is due Wednesday. |
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