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Week 1, Jan. 22 |
Transcend |
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Monday-Tuesday: |
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Transcendentalism |
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Henry David Thoreau, Walden, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" pp. 174 |
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Wednesday-Thursday: |
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Transcendentalism |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature" pp. 158-161 |
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"Transparent Eyeball" as illustrated by Christopher Pearse Cranch, ca. 1836-1838 |
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Video: The School of Life, "Literature—Ralph Waldo Emerson" |
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Friday: |
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Transcendentalism Overview |
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Top Ten Elements of Transcendentlism |
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Annie Dillard, "The Present" p. 179 |
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Week 2, Jan. 29 |
Rhetoric |
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Monday-Tuesday: |
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Vocabulary Review |
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Example of Multiple Entries in Dictionary |
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Aphorisms of R. W. Emerson and Benjamin Franklin |
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Benjamin Franklin, Twenty Aphorisms, p. 75 |
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In-Class Project |
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Wednesday-Thursday: |
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Deductive Reasoning |
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Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, pp. 93-94 |
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Syllogisms |
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In-class Project |
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Friday: |
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Inductive Reasoning |
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John Updike, "Beercan" |
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Elizabeth Howell, "Triton: Neptune's Odd Moon" |
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Constructing Signal Phrases |
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Week 3, Feb. 5 |
Love |
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Monday: |
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Review grading of past week |
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• Make-assignments/journal regrades are available |
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II. |
Definition Mode for Persuasion Essays |
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• demo |
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Tuesday-Wednesday: |
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Definition Mode forPersuasion Essays, continued |
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• demo-part 2 |
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In-class group exercise |
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• Anne Bradstreet, "To My Dear and Loving Husband" p.47 |
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Exit Ticket/Personal Reflection |
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• What is your definition of "love"? Who is your ideal partner? |
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Thursday-Friday: |
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Finalize In-class group exercise |
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• Anne Bradstreet, "To My Dear and Loving Husband" p.47 |
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• demo |
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Lauren Slater, "On Love"—supplemental |
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• National Geographic excerpt: February 2006 |
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Week 4, Feb. 12 |
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Monday: |
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Persuasion Essays |
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• Richard Wright, "Fighting Words" |
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Class Discussion Questions |
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Tuesday-Wednesday: |
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Essay Writing Elements |
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• Purpose, Audience, Tone, Formality |
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Narrative Voice |
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• demo |
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Thursday-Friday: |
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Persuasion Essays Continued |
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• Dr. Martin Luther King, "Letters from Birmningham Jail" pp.1061-1065 |
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• Foster Hailey, "Dr. King Arrested at Birmingham" pp.1066-1067 |
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Class Discussion Questions |
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Week 5, Feb. 19 |
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Monday: |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Discussion Questions, continued |
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Tuesday-Wednesday: |
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Tobacco Survey |
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Thursday-Wednesday: |
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Finalization of Dr. King Discussion Questions |
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Week 6, Feb. 26 |
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Monday: |
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Class Review of Responses to Dr. King's Letter |
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• Open Letter from Eight Alabama Clergymen |
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Review of Logos, Pathos, Ethos |
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• demo |
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Tuesday-Wednesday: |
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Review Signal Phrases and In-Text Citations |
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• demo |
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Expectations of MLA Papers |
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• 2009 MLA Style (see pages 46-55) |
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III. |
Selection of Paper Topics |
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• Persuasion Argument Project |
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Thursday-Friday: |
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MLA Works Cited Page |
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• demo (see pages 54-55) |
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Interactive Citation Display |
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Week 7, March 05 |
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Monday: |
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Join Google Classroom for posting assignments |
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Quick Review of MLA paper expectations |
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III. |
Complete Paragraph Response |
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Tuesday-Wednesday: |
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Persuasion Argument Project |
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Thursday-Friday: |
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Persuasion Argument Project |
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Week 8, March 12 |
Spring Break |
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No classes all week. |
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Week 9, March 19 |
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Monday: |
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Visual Communication |
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• demo |
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Tuesday-Wednesday: |
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Visual Communication |
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• How is Love like a Tattoo? |
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II. |
Small Group Discussion with Graphic Organizer |
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• Group Project 1 |
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Thursday-Friday: |
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Visual Communication |
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Small Group Discussion with Graphic Organizer |
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• Group Project 2 |
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Week 10, March 26 |
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Monday-Tuesday: |
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Graphic Novels as Literature |
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• demo |
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• Scott McCloud site |
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• Scott McCloud TED talk |
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II. |
Group Worksheet |
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• Group Project 1 |
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Wednesday-Thursday: |
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Graphic Novels continued |
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Group Worksheet |
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• Group Project 2 |
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Friday: |
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school holiday |
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