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WINTER BREAK

Books you should READ!
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OPTIONAL (but HIGHLY SUGGESTED for your mental health and well being!):
READ something you have always wanted to read! No assignment over this, but you will have time to share when we return and we will create a "must read" reading list. |
12.21 |
Finals
Block 7: 8:00-9:30
Block 8: 9:40-11:10 |
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12.20 |
Finals
Block 4: 8:00-9:30
presentation of Visual Analysis
David Sedaris selection from Santaland Diaries
Temp Link
Block 5: 9:40-11:10
Block 6: 11:20-12:50
Multiple Choice passages--2 passages (maybe entire test depending on time) |
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12.19 |
Finals
Block 1: 8:00-9:30
Block 2: 9:40-11:10
Block 3: 11:20-12:50
presentation of Visual Analysis |
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12.17 |
Visual analysis presentations--THIS WILL TAKE 2 DAYS; YOU WILL BE SIGNED UP FOR EITHER TODAY OR FINALS DAY. |
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12.13 |
Timed Essay--assessment
Final timed rhetorical analysis
--Please use student ID numbers on this instead of names
--Self evaluation and rationale
Work on visual analysis |
Work on visual analysis |
12.11 |
Timed Essay--practice
Please use student ID numbers on this instead of names
--self evaluation and rationale
work on visual analysis |
Work on visual analysis |
12.7 |
Journals DUE
--discuss advertisement analysis before submission
Visual Analysis Presentation Assignment
Visual Analysis Presentation Rubric
Here is an site that may help you organize your information/presentation. It is listed as an "Outline" but this is not really outline format.
Here's a couple examples of full length essay (remember, yours will be a speech but the content and organization will be similar)
slideshare with text for analysis of Coke ad
blog with sample advertisement analysis
Here is a sample outline for a paper--your presentation outline may be similar
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Work on visual analysis |
12.5 |
Discuss journal and essays
--Group thesis statement Challenge
--submit your journal next time for your final journal grade for the semester. Your journal is worth 20 completion points. You should include the following journals:
Atlanta Exposition
Choice #1 (2 pages)
Choice #2 (2 pages)
Advertisement analysis
Hand back timed essays and discuss.
"Replacement" assignment--Roosevelt letter (LC p. 617-618--don't forget to read the background information)
Prompt: In a well written essay, analyze the rhetorical strategies Theodore Roosevelt uses to deliver his message about "the proper place for sports."
Visual Rhetoric:
What is Visual Rhetoric?
Rockwell artwork
Analyzing a painting/photograph
Analyzing a cartoon
Advertisement techniques handout
Analyzing an advertisement
Advertisement Assignment--you must have a printed, color ad for class today.
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Finish advertisement journal questions--staple the advertisement in your journal.
Find 3-4 visuals that you think are interesting and worthy of analysis--these can be advertisements (NOT the same one you did for this assignment), paintings, magazine covers, posters, political cartoons, etc. Bring these to class next time.
Journals due next time. |
12.3 |
Essays--I have finished grading them, but I cannot return them as 3 people still need to make up the assignment. I will return them on Wednesday (grades are already in the grade book). At that time, I will discuss the essays and scoring. Students who did not earn a 5 or higher will have the opportunity to write a "replacement" essay--there are no rewrites at this point in the semester. Your grade will be replaced with a 70 IF you score higher on the replacement essay.
LOC Selected readings--bring your book
discuss reading selections from homework
read, discuss. In PAIRS, write a prompt for this text. Explain the strategies and ideas you would expect to see in a well written rhetorical analysis essay on this prompt. This WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR A GRADE!
Begin working on your homework:
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Journal #
Select 1 of the following essays about sports to read, annotate, and write 2 pages of analysis in your journal
Grantland Rice's "The Four Horsemen" (football) (LC 610-616); the analysis for this should address the use of metaphor and include a discussion of tone; you may certainly include other strategies/devices in your journal entry.
Joyce Carol Oates's "The Cruelest Sport" (boxing) (LC 622-630); the analysis for this should address the use of literary allusions and a discussion of the paradox of boxing; you may certainly include other strategies/devices in your journal entry.
Caroline Alexander's "The Great Game" (war and sports) (LC 660-995); the analysis for this should address her appeals to emotion (label the emotions) along with the connection she makes between sports and war; you may certainly include other strategies/devices in your journal entry.
AND, bring a color advertisement (or 2) to class next time! |
11.29 |
In-Class Essay--timed for 40 minutes
LOC Selected readings--bring your book
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Journal # :
Select 1 of the following to read, annotate it and write 2 pages of analysis in your journal; choose 1 or 2 significant rhetorical strategies to discuss in this analytical journal.
David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water: Some Thoughts . . . " (LC 232)
Eric Schlosser, from "In the Strawberry Fields" (LC 431)
Lars Eignher's "On Dumpster Diving" (p. 421-430)
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11.12 |
Study of speeches:
Florence Kelly assignment due.
Complete the piece by including the sentences of analysis.
- Examine college board sample papers 1-9 (I have all of them, I think)
In groups, evaluate and c/c the 4, 6, and 8 papers. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? In your answers, give examples from each text (or explain what the text is missing). Write out thorough answers that demonstrate understanding and submit TODAY.
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10.2 |
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Homework: Journal #8
READ nonfiction. Find an piece of nonfiction writing--essay or lengthy article--something in which you are interested. (It can be a Sports Illustrated article even. The New Yorker and the Atlantic are good sources, or pick an author from the textbook and find something by that author that is not in the book.) Copy/print it. Read and annotate it. Then, in your journal, complete the following steps:
1. Write a summary--this needs to include key points
2. Write a response/reflection on the article and how it was written (NOT the content, but the writing itself). If you want to write something "meta" find an essay by a writer about writing and then complete the assignment.
3. Staple the copied essay/article in your journal.
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9.12 |
Discuss and compare/contrast--finish charts as needed; you may do this in groups at your tables or move to other tables.
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Perspectives, argument, and debate: College education for prisoners--watch video(es?) and discuss with remaining time.
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12.12 |
Language Acquisition Cartoon
discuss and analyze
SOAPStone(s) for a visual
LOC Selected readings--bring your book
David Sedaris's "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (218-222); read and annotate; discuss "Exploring the Text" questions 1, 2, 5, 6, 8.
6 word memoir--Work on this the rest of the period. Oral presentations and visual for your final. |
6 word memoir |
12.8 |
Last child in the woods--Finish analysis boxes (3 boxes for 3 examples) in groups; write 3 multiple choice questions as a group.
Introduce 6 word memoir visual and presentation for FINAL.
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Please read the following assignment and get started on it for homework. Presentation of this will be your FINAL.
6 Word Memoir Assignment (Google Doc)
6 Word Memoir Samples (Google Doc) |
11.28 |
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MC rationale assignment--due Monday, December 4
Even though you have been given the correct answers, this is actually a time consuming task and more difficult than you think. Select questions that you struggled with and do the following for EACH.
Write the question stem (the ENTIRE question without the answers)
Explain WHICH answer is correct and WHY it is correct
Explain WHY EACH of the incorrect answers is incorrect (you may have to examine relationships, look up words, etc.)
SAMPLE:
Multiple Choice Sample Rationale
Question 2: Which of the following best represent the author's intended audience?
A--YES. The audience would be well acquainted with Carlyle's writing. This is obvious in lines 47 and 55 when his works are listed but not summarized (nor are examples from the works included). It is assumed that the audience is familiar with these works and will agree with the the effects that the author is describing.
B--No. No examples are given or analyzed. No summary of the prose is provided.
C--No. This passage is about the effects of Carlyle's prose, there is no discussion of HOW to write like Carlyle or discussion of other authors in general.
D--No. Methods for teaching Carlyle are not addressed.
E--No, it is about the influence of his writing. There are not examples from his personal life.
How many do I get to do!?
You MUST complete this correctly for 6 questions to earn a C on the assignment (30/40 points)
You MUST complete the correctly for 7 questions to earn a B on the assignment (35/40 points)
You MUST complete this correctly for 8 questions to earn an A on the assignment (40/40 points)
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