Miz. Clark

Week of 5/19 to 5/22/2014 

Mon. 5/19     Read Act IIiii and Act IIIiii, Quotes showing characterization of Othello, Cassio, Desdemona, and Iago as well as envelopes.  Film: Othello; Go over Final Project. 

Tues. 5/20  Act I-II quiz; Film: Othello

Wed. 5/21   Discuss the "other" in literature - Othello, Desdemona; Parody song must be chosen;

Thurs. 5/22

Week of 5/27 to 5/30/2014

Tues. 5/27  Othello

Wed. 5/28    Othello; Parody recording and lyrics due;  Rewrite of one essay-optional

Thurs. 5/29  Finals hours 1-4

Fri. 5/30      AP final!

Week of May 12 to May 15, 2014

Mon.  5/12      Othello - introduction; read the web page linked here; you may also watch the video on the website.

Tues. 5/13       Othello; introduction DUE - see above

Wed. 5/14       Othello; Act Ii and ii due - 1 quote that shows Othello's character, 1 quote that shows Iago's character AND collect quotes for your envelope

Thurs. 5/15     Othello; Act Iiii, IIi-ii due - 1 quote for Desdemona, 1 quote for Othello, AND collect quotes for your envelope

 Week of May 5 through May 8, 2014 - AP TEST FRIDAY MAY 9 AT SHS

Mon. 5/5    DUE: complete pages 3-10 of 5 exercises in Rhetoric Analysis; What's on the AP test? Review of class vocabulary

Tues. 5/6   Rhetorical Analysis review - Cat Veto; Multiple Choice

Wed. 5/7   Multiple Choice; types of essays & prompt practice

Thurs. 5/8   "Boot Camp" : visual analysis, prompts, vocabulary

 Week of April 28 to May 1, 2014

Mon. 4/28    Steps in the Synthesis Essay Writing Process (for 2009 Question1); Argument Speeches: Mia, Sol, Nick

Tues. 4/29    Argument Speeches:

Wed. 4/30     Argument Speech: Lauren

Thurs. 5/1    Satire - review 1982 prompt at right; HOMEWORK: complete pages 3-10 of 5 exercises in Rhetoric Analysis

Week of April 21 though 25, 2014  PURPLE WEEK

Mon. 4/21     Argument: peroration, satire; Swift Modest Proposal.

Tues. 4/22     Argument Speech due; Speeches: Jamie G, Jamie T, Jake, Meghan (not necessarily in this order)

Wed. 4/23     ACT - all Juniors

Thurs. 4/24    Argument Speeches: all students who will be gone for FBLA. Faith, Will, Jessica, Sienna

Week of April 14 through 17      PURPLE WEEK --Speeches begin 4/21

Mon. 4/14     Finish Presentations  

Tues. 4/15   MLK, Jr.- Argument organization and style;  "Letter from Birmingham Jail" LOC 260-274; dialectic journal: 5 quotes from different parts of article (1 quote/every 3 pages)  

Wed. 4/16   Swift, argument outline review;  Argument Speech Outline and Works Cited due-googledocs;  Modest Proposal LOC 914-920, dialectic  journal: one quote from each page;

Thurs. 4/17

 Week of March 31-April 3, 2014   WHITE WEEK

Mon. 3/31   Secondary Research; Review goals for Ethnography project and presentation; Rubric for presentation; ETHNOGRAPHIES DUE 4/7

Tues. 4/1   In-class Work day for Ethnography projects/secondary research; Create GoogleFolder for AP & share with kclark@salidaschools.org

Wed. 4/2   Review your own writing & goals, set new goals

Thurs. 4/3   Argument Speech Assignment; How to find a problem

Week of 3/17 - 3/20/2014  WHITE SCHEDULE -- Ways of Seeing

Mon. 3/17      Ethnography -product & presentation, rubric at right. Q&A; Visual Literacy; Homework:  #1 N& D test emailed to each student; #2 Write one of each type of multiple choice question- use Cliffs book and list of question stems.

Tues. 3/18     Visual Literacy; LOC 738-750, #s 1,2,4,6 p 737; link to death by power point slide show

Wed. 3/19     Visual Literacy and tone;  

Thurs. 3/20    Using visual literacy to comprehend text;  "Allegory of the Cave" #1 &2; Helpful links-Intro: link 1 ; Breakdown of parts: link 2; Analysis: link 3; Text Link; In-class writing - the allegory

Week of March 10-13, 2014

Mon. 3/10   NO CLASS- TCAP

Tues. 3/11 N&D discussion; Add to synthesis notes; Rhetorical Situation; Review Syntax vocabulary  Synthesis Question plan & paragraphs

Wed. 3/12      N&D section 3, "Selling in MN" due (p. 121 to 191); Syntax test #2; Read Synthesis essay, write what each source is about; Student essays - mark up & find good and bad aspects.

Thurs. 3/13   In-class synthesis essay;    All Interviews Due; Homework:  N& D test emailed to each student; N&D HW: write one of each type of multiple choice question.. All revised essays due today!!

 Week of March 3 to March 6, 2014  PURPLE SCHEDULE & TCAP SCHEDULE Tues - Thurs.

Mon. 3/3   REGULAR SCHEDULE;           Rhetorical Journal: List 2 (syntax) #11-15

Tues. 3/4    No class - TCAP schedule         

Wed. 3/5          TEST: syntax1-15;   Nickel and Dimed Section 1, p 11-49: look for Ehrenreich's argument(s), strategies used to support/build argument. 

Thurs. 3/6         All observations due

 Week of Feb. 24 to 27/2014

Mon. 2/24    Mini-Analysis; Revisit Rubric & qualities of a strong paper; Rhetorical Journals: List 2 (syntax) #6-10; 

Tues. 2/25   Mini-Analysis; Ethnography calendar update;  Interview 101 

Wed. 2/26   Discuss: Nickel and Dimed intro- SOAPStone or rhetorical triangle

Thurs. 2/27  In-class Synthesis Essay speed dating; no essay completed in class. 

Week of Feb 17 to 20, 2014

Mon 2/17      Hamlet; Syntax review; check out Nickel and Dimed

Tues. 2/18    Can you live in poverty-Experiment;  Nickel and Dimed  background

Wed, 2/19     Observation #1 fieldnotes due; Ethnography Plan turned in.; fieldnote organization/coding/reflection

Thurs. 2/20   In-class essay or multiple choice

Week of Feb. 3 to 6, 2014 PURPLE SCHEDULE 

Mon. 2/3     Sentence analysis "38 Who Saw..." (ask Clark if absent); Paret; rubric; Make sure you have rubric notes!

Tues. 2/4   House for the Homeless - read, looking for elements of ethnography: jargon, location, unspoken rules, things author would have seen during observations, 

Wed. 2/5  1.  How to look at Analysis;  2. Fieldnotes: Categorize Parking Lot Notes; Proposal due to turnitin.com

Thurs. 2/6    Plan due to turnitin.com

 Week of Jan. 27 to 30, 2014  WHITE SCHEDULE

Mon. 1/27     The Parking Lot Movie; take notes

Tues. 1/28     Patterns "38 Who Saw Murder..." p 101-4;  Answer questions: Purpose and Audience  #’s 1 – 4, Style and Structure #’s 1, 2, 5

Wed. 1/29     In-class essay - Rhetorical Analysis - Due at end of hour. Prompt at right.

Thurs. 1/30    Categorize Parking Lot Movie notes; proposal assignment - due 2/4

Week of Jan. 20 to 23, 2014  WHITE SCHEDULE

Mon. 1/20  Discuss "Nacirema"; Discuss synthesis prompt and argument;    Read and annotate "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema";  

Tues. 1/21  Analysis of "Nacirema"; Discuss Ethnography project. Intro fieldwork

Wed. 1/22   "Why Drug Dealers Live with Their Moms"; abstract and annotations. Compare and Contrast with "Nacirema."

Thurs. 1/23   Parking Lot Movie; take notes

HOMEWORK: 

Synthesis Outline, DUE Monday 1/27. 

Turn in electronically.

Minimum 3 paragraphs or roman numerals, not including your intro/thesis statement

-Use one of the prompts created by your classmates

-Complete individually or in groups of 2-3 

-Graded according to 1. whether you have an arguable thesis statement, 2. whether you use data from 3 sources minimum to support your thesis statement, 3. whether you explain the the evidence and its connection to the thesis statement

Week of Jan. 13 through 16, 2014

Mon. 1/13   GoogleDoc assignment- link emailed to you titled Katrina Research. HOMEWORK DUE: research, find one article about the actions/reactions to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Due Monday 1/13

Tues. 1/14    Create Synthesis prompt; Review chosen resources.

Wed. 1/15    Finish Synthesis prompt; Argument notes

Thurs. 1/16   Write argument