Agenda for 18 September 2015

1. Finish speeches

2. Intro to Jon Krakauer

                Bias

3. Brief discussion of book

4. Who is Chris McCandless?

For homework: epigraph assignment and Who is Chris McCandless worksheet, available on the side bar on the "Into the Wild" page

Next class

                Discuss CH. 1-5 of the book

                Practice RA 

Agenda for 16 September 2015

1. Finish speeches

Next class

                Background to Krakauer

                **Bring your book to class!**

Reminders

                Grades will be updated by the end of the week

                Next week to review and revise argument essays

Agenda for September 14, 2015

1. Speech presentations

2. Pictures at 8 am

3. Speech presentations

4. Turn in summer reading, if applicable

                Turn in to Turnitin.com by midnight tonight.

                Hard copy and no digital? -5 points until you turn it in

                Digital and no hard copy? -5 points until you turn it in

                Must turn in before September 28 for any credit

                Not eligible for amnesty

Next class

                Continue speech presentations

                Background on Krakauer and Into the Wild

                                Please bring your books to class

Agenda 10 September 2015

1. Achieve 3000 

     

2. Work on computers for debate

                Should be working quietly until everyone is finished with Achieve

                Phones should stay in holder until both people in your pair are finished

Next Class

                Debate presentations (will take 2 classes)

                                Remember to have:

                                                Copies for every student in the class and me

                                                                1-30 copies (includes mine)

                                                                3-25 copies (includes mine)

                                                                4- 29 copies (includes mine)

An annotated copy for me (explaining PASTA or rhetorical triangle), 3-5 rhetorical terms, and type of appeal with explanations for why rhetorical terms and types of appeal were best.

Reminders

                Grades will be updated today

                Picture day is Monday, September 14

                                1^st period- 8am

                                3^rd period-11am

Agenda for 8 September 2015

1. Check for ITW book

    Can email, tweet, picture to me of you holding book or receipt by midnight for full credit

2. RA essay notes

3.  Review Price RA

4. Revise thesis and body paragraph, if time

     New piece of paper

           Thesis statement

             Re-write 1 body paragraph, following assertion, evidence, commentary

Next class

Achieve and debate work day

Debates on 14 and 16 September

Makeup summer reading assignment due on 14 September, online by midnight

Agenda AP Lang 3 September 15

1. Rhetorical Triangle Notes

2. Types of appeal notes

3. Rhetorical terms

4. Debate Introduction

                Divide into pairs

Reminders and Next Class info

Remember to submit your summer reading assignment, some credit is better than no credit!

“Into the Wild” book due in class on Tuesday, 8 September, checking for points

8 September 15-RA essay notes, review Price RA

10 September-Achieve 3000 and debate work day

Here is the spreadsheet with the debate topics, names, and required rhetorical terms.

Agenda 1 September 2015

1. Turn in summer reading assignment

If you turned in your assignment today, on time, it must be turned by midnight, TONIGHT, to receive full credit. Full credit is 65 points.

If you do not turn it in by midnight, you will lose 5 points for each class it is late, until you do submit it.

If you did not turn in your hard copy today, but you turn it in online tonight by midnight, you will lose only lose 5 points, if you bring it to me tomorrow. If you do not turn it in tomorrow, the following policy will apply.

For each day both parts are late, you will lose 10 points per class, until 8 September. You may not turn in the assignment after 8 September. It is not eligible for amnesty day. This does not apply to students completing the makeup assignment.

2. Brief synthesis essay introduction

3. Write synthesis essay

Next class and reminders

You have until Friday to sign up for Schoology. All other digital signups should have been completed. If you have not signed up for all the things, you have until midnight tonight. Otherwise, any signups after this today will only receive half credit.

Next class

                Rhetorical triangle notes, rhetorical terms, debate introduction