Terms Test Vocab.com

Thank you to the student who made this terms test vocab.com activity!
Tomorrow we will have a Kahoot review.
https://vocab.com//lists/2030489

HW Due Thurs. 11/30

Complete Euphemisms Organizer. Bring it to class tomorrow.
Here is the video we watched in class. The transcript stops at 4:24. You may watch the rest of the video, but you are only responsible for analyzing the text up until 4:24.
https://ed.ted.com/on/d4tdgXuy#watch

Terms Review Tomorrow.
Terms Test Friday.

Night due Monday 12/2.

MLA Citation

For beat report focus on page header, MLA heading, Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced. SAMPLE MLA PAPER from Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).

HW Due Tues. 11/20

Due Tues,: Min. 2 pages in journal: Respond to the prompt you were given (printed).

Due Wed.: Vocab.com (Chron, Tempo)

Due Mon. 12/2: your own copy of Night

Opinionated now due Monday 11/27 (day we return from break). No late papers accepted. Please follow all directions, including printing your editorial/op-ed, annotating it, printing and completing SOAPSTone+R, and printing and sharing Beat Report.
Follow MLA Style (Times New Roman 12-point, MLA heading, Page header (Last name page number), double-spaced copy. If you need a new copy of the project description/rubric, please see the top nav bar. You must be signed into your WJPS email account to access the document.

HW Due Fri. 11/17

Write min. 2 pages in journal: Define propaganda (Oxford Dictionary) and then paraphrase (say in your own words). What do you know about propaganda? Give some examples from real life, history, etc.

HW Due Tues. 11/14

Min. 2 pages: Divide your journal into halves - make a T-chart. Left side titled "text evidence" and right side titled "response/analysis". Be sure to title the page with the text title and author name, and the date of the entry.
Choose evidence from what we have read so far, being careful not to copy full paragraphs but zone in on words, phrases, small pieces of select evidence.
Respond to the text/analyze it in terms of how Henry's background contributes to his purpose and how well he uses the rhetorical situation to argue his message.

New due date for Opinionated (see post below).

Buy Night. We will begin to read it in the next two weeks.

UPDATED DUE DATE: Opinionated now due Nov. 22

New due date: day before Thanksgiving break. If you will be absent, it is your responsibility to turn it in digitally and in print before the due date.

I will supply you with at least one exemplar (opinionated written by other students) so you can grade and see how well they did against the rubric. This will give you a sense of what to do and what not to do on your own published piece.

HW Due Thurs. 11/9

***BRING IN OP-EDS on Friday***
We will use the class period to work on "Opinionated" - reading/annotating/SOAPSTone+R and conferences (Timed Writing - "On Censorship). I am working on getting us laptops.

Due Thursday: Write min. 2 pages in your journal: What topics, if any, should be censored in school? Explain your examples with logical reasoning/anecdotes/analogies.

Due Thursday at the end of class: 
SOAPSTone+R for "A Civic Duty to Annoy"
Answer all questions at end of essay (on loose leaf, completely and thoughtfully):

1. Background and Context
2. Strategy, Structure, and Style
3. Comparisons and Connections

All work will be collected at the end of the period tomorrow.

Continue to work on "Opinionated" - due Nov. 17. Late papers will not be accepted. Please see me if you have questions well in advance of due date.

Timed Writing RA "On Censorship"

Note on RA Timed Writing Scores:
Once all of the essays are scored (grades won't be posted on PupilPath until you score your own and we conference), you will be self-assessing your timed writing using General Writing Rubric and teacher comments.
You will:
Read rubric.
Read comments.
Make notes where your writing falls on rubric (can be across multiple levels)
Write a short reflection on what you did well and why, and create a "to do" list: what you will do better next time.


HW Due Wed: 2 page min. in journal - (page 1) What annoys you? What do you do about it? (page 2) How do you annoy others? What is done about it?
Reminder: Vocab.com due 8AM.

HW Due Fri. 11/3

Write min. 2 pages in journal: What obligation do we have to shake up the establishment?
In other words, what is your responsibility to challenge ideas, rules, and the status quo?
BRING IN JOURNALS FOR DISCUSSION TOMORROW.

Vocab.com due Wed. 11/8.

Opinionated Op-Ed SOAPSTONE+R plus beat report due 11/17.

Timed Writing Tomorrow: Rhetorical Analysis

Just in case you misplaced items:
"On Censorship" by Salman Rushdie full text 
SOAPSTone+R (must be signed into WJPS email)
Rhetorical Analysis Writing Guide (must be signed into WJPS email)

You may only bring annotated text, SOAPSTone+R and outline to class with you. Please do not write in pencil. Bringing your own loose leaf would help as we are already running low.