For Monday, read and highlight the President's Back-to-School speech.  Highlight the ethos in yellow, pathos in pink and logos in blue.  Also, CIRCLE 3 literary devices you find, and UNDERLINE 3 syntactical structures.  Be sure to label them.  :o) 

Does the arrangement of the president's speech follow the classical model? If so, bracket & identify the sections in the left margin.

Remember, too, your presentations are scheduled for Monday.  Let me know if you need anything from me or my help to make your lesson a success!  I am looking forward to creative, engaging activities!  :o)

One more thing:  get a copy of either The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne or Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison by next week.  :o)

Identify the arrangement of the speech below by bracketing/highlighting the paragraphs in different colors. Which paragraphs are part of the introduction, which ones are part of the narration, and so on?

Then, identify ethos, pathos, and logos in the article. 

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech

Due Monday, Sept. 26th.

Test corrections (5 times each) are also due Monday.

Remember to work on Reading Plus too.  I will print reports on Tuesday morning.  ;o)

Identify the arrangement of "Not By Math Alone" by bracketing/highlighting the paragraphs in different colors. Which paragraphs are part of the exhortation, which ones are part of the narration, and so on?

Then, identify ethos, pathos, and logos in the article.

Due Thursday, 9/22. 

Click here for Unit 3 words.

Homework - Due Thursday, 9/22:  Create a crossword puzzle using all of the unit 3 words.  

Use synonyms, antonyms, and sentence completion as clues to fill in the blanks.

DO NOT include a word bank--that will defeat the purpose of the puzzle!

You must turn in 2 copies: a blank crossword puzzle as well as an answer key.  

We will use your puzzles to review before the assessment.  :o)

What did you learn from Welles Crowther, "the man in the red bandana?"  What do you plan to do to stay on track with your dreams, answer your calling, or have more honor?  Leave your comments on the blog :o)

Reminder: Vocabulary Unit 2 Assessment - Friday, 9/16

Click here - Unit 2 Review Activities

Click here - Unit 1 Review Activities

Reading Plus

You must have completed 3 sessions by Tuesday morning.

Click here to begin a session  -  Site Code = hia117

Home Learning - Due Monday, 9/12

Test Corrections for the Vocabulary and AP Terms tests --> Include the word and definition 7 times for each of the questions you answered incorrectly.  Your corrections must be handwritten--you'll learn them this way.  :o)

Vocabulary --> Click here

Bio Poem Final Draft --> Yes, you must include a picture of yourself.  :o)

Remember, your Summer Reading Projects are due Tuesday, September 20th.

Remember, your Summer Reading Projects are due Tuesday, September 20th.

You may opt to complete the project OR take the 10-question quiz, but you must let me know of your decision before Friday, September, 16th. 

See the links below:
- Creative Book Report Ideas
- Summer Reading List

Reading Plus

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Home Learning (to be completed after Tuesday's class)

For Vocabulary Unit 2, complete vocab cards. Print a few copies of the cards then fill them out appropriately, cut them, and paperclip them (Vocab Cards). You can print pictures to glue onto the cards, or you can draw your own. The key is that you find an image that helps you remember the word...not the first one to show up on Google images. In addition, all boxes MUST be completed...and your sentences must contain some kind of context clue (also, be sure to use the word in the correct part of speech). There is no need to do cards for the ROOTS or PREFIXES. This assignment will be due Thursday, 9/8/11.  


Make sure to click the links within the directions above to access your word list and vocab cards.

AP Terms and "I'm So Excited!" Vocabulary Assessment - Tuesday, 9/6!

As promised, here is what you should focus on for the AP Terms test:

ad hominen, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogy, anaphora, aphorism, apostrophe, assonance, asyndeton, chiasmus, connotation, denotation, encomium, ethos, euphemism, hyperbole, litotes, logos, meiosis, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, parallelism, pathos, personification, polysyndeton, pun, sarcasm, satire, simile, syllogism, symbolism, synecdoche, syntax, zeugma 

Remember, your test corrections (5 times each) are due at the beginning of the period Tuesday.