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Mr. Smith reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice. |
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First Semester |
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Week 1, 08.20 |
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Tuesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Syllabus
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Chromebook Selection |
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Setting Up Google Classroom |
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• demo-Meme of Literary Interpretation |
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General Essay Guidelines / Writing Templates |
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Discussion in Google Classroom— #NobodyKnows |
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@PrufrocksBlues /Twitter |
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mr_smith_eng2332 /Instagram |
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Wednesday: |
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Google Documents |
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Basic Introduction: Reading Guidelines |
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• demo-Habitual Reading |
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Turnitin.com |
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Notions of the Self / of Human Connections |
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Song Analysis |
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Beck, "Saw Lightning" |
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Thursday: |
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Forms of Prewriting |
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Freewriting |
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Journaling / Commonplace books |
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Japanese Zuihitsu: Sei Shonogan |
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• demo |
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001 Exercise— Freewriting, 200-words (+) |
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Friday: |
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Forms of Prewriting 2 |
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Mapping • Clustering • Grouping |
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002 Exercise—Analysis of Self Portrait |
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Week 2, 08.26 |
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Monday: |
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Essay Writing Modes Overview |
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Types of Narrative Voice: Personal, Academic, Stream of Consciousness |
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• demo |
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• Identification of Narration |
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003 Exercise— Different narrations/ 200-words (+) |
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Tuesday: |
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Senior Meeting in Competition Gym |
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Wednesday: |
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Crafting the Perfect Paragraph |
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Tone • Audience • Formality |
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• John Updike, "The Beercan" |
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004 Exercise—Formal Audience, Smart phone / 200-words (+) |
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Thursday: |
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In-class Essay: Summer Project, Death Be Not Proud |
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Friday: |
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Pep Rally Schedule |
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School Video Presentation |
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Annotating PDFs/ Mortimer Adler, “How to Mark a Book” |
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Week 3, 09.02 |
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Monday: |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Tuesday: |
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Elements of Rhetoric: Basic Appeals / Recognizing Claims |
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• demo |
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Narration Mode |
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• demo |
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Class Discussion: Summer Project, Death Be Not Proud |
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Narration Mode Review |
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• Class Annotation Example: E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake" |
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• White's Strategy |
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Wednesday: |
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Narration Mode |
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E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake" |
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Thursday: |
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Narration Mode |
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N. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain" |
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Friday: |
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Narration Mode |
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N. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain" |
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Crafting the Perfect Academic Paragraph Review |
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Week 4, 09.09 |
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Monday: |
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Review N. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain" |
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005 Exercise—Comparing Introductions: White and Momaday |
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Tuesday: |
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Senior Meeting with Ms. Nichols |
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Wednesday: |
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Description Writing Mode |
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• demo |
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Phillip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1983) |
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006 Exercise—Musical Review / 150 words(+) response |
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How to Write about Music with Rhetoric: Synesthesia, Onomatopoeia |
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Thursday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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Introduction paragraph samples from |
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• Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth" |
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• Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook" |
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• Isabel Allende, "Amazon Queen" |
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007 Exercise— with partner, compare three writers, explain their styles / 300 words (+) |
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Friday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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008 Exercise— Prewrite draft for Essay 1: Narration/Description, major grade |
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Week 5, 09.16 |
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Monday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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008 Exercise— Prewrite draft for Essay 1: Narration/Description, major grade |
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101 Essay 01, major grade: Narration/Description: College Application Essay |
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Tuesday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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101 Essay 01, major grade: Narration/Description: College Application Essay |
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Wednesday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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101 Essay 01, major grade: Narration/Description: College Application Essay |
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Thursday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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101 Essay 01, major grade: Narration/Description: College Application Essay |
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Friday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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101 Essay 01, major grade: Narration/Description: College Application Essay |
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Week 6, 09.23 |
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Monday: |
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Narration/Description Writing Modes |
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101 Essay 01, major grade: Narration/Description |
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Tuesday: |
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Definition Writing Mode |
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• demo-part 1 |
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• demo- Visual Analysis |
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• definition demo–part 2 |
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009 Exercise, "Love is a Tattoo"— photographic analysis, personal reactions / 100 words (+) |
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• demo-Performance Artist Marina Abramovic |
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Wednesday: |
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Definition Writing Mode |
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• definition demo–part 2 |
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• definition: scapular |
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Thursday: |
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Definition Mode |
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Class Reading/Discussion |
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• Sandra Cisneros, "Only Daughter" |
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Friday: |
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Definition Mode |
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Sample Passages for Discussion |
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• Jean-Paul Sartre "Existentialism is Humanism" |
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• Lauren Slater, "On Love" |
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• Anne Bradstreet, "To My Dear and Loving Husband" |
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010 Exercise— Definition Mode Essay / 300 words (+) |
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Week 7, 09.30 |
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Monday: |
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Definition Mode |
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011 Exercise—draft preliminary notes for Essay 2: Definition: "Reality Television" |
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Comparison/Contrast Writing Mode |
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Class Reading and Annotation of Comparison/Contrast Example |
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Tuesday: |
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Comparison/Contrast Writing Mode |
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102 Essay 2, major—500 words (+) |
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Combining Modes: Comparison/Contrast and Definition |
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Reality Television and the Average Highschool Student |
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Wednesday: |
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Library Daatabase |
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Gatehring Research |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 8, 10.07 |
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Monday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Tuesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Wednesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Deductive Reasoning |
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Inductive Reasoning |
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Week 9, 10.14 |
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Monday: |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Tuesday: |
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Thesis Statements |
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• demo |
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Academic Paragraph Structure |
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• demo |
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Deductive - Inductive Reasoning |
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• demo |
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Argumentative Paper: Aristotle and Modern versions |
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• demo |
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Wednesday: |
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Senior Picnic |
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Thursday: |
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Comparison/Contrast—Argumentative Paper |
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Deborah Tannen, "Sex, Lies, and Conversation" |
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Friday: |
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Comparison/Contrast—ArgumentativePaper |
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Deborah Tannen, "Sex, Lies, and Conversation" |
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Week 10, 10.21 |
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Monday: |
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Cause/Effect Writing Mode |
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• demo |
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• Jose Antonio Vargas, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” |
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012 Annotate the supplied article to break down the author's argument. |
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Tuesday: |
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Read the following reactions to Vargas' essay |
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• Esther Cepeda, “Lies Deserve No Sympathy” |
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• Rory O’Connor, “Jose Antonio Vargas is an American Hero” |
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Wednesday: |
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Read the following reactions to Vargas' essay |
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• Esther Cepeda, “Lies Deserve No Sympathy” |
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• Rory O’Connor, “Jose Antonio Vargas is an American Hero” |
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Thursday: |
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Read the following reactions to Vargas' essay |
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• Esther Cepeda, “Lies Deserve No Sympathy” |
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• Rory O’Connor, “Jose Antonio Vargas is an American Hero” |
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Friday: |
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Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" |
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Week 11, 10.28 |
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Monday: |
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Review of Le Guin Story |
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Review of Vargas Essay |
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• Be sure to submit Exercise 012 annotation. |
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Tuesday: |
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Review of Argument Writing Strategies |
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• demo |
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• Esther Cepeda, “Lies Deserve No Sympathy” |
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• in class reader response |
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• Rory O’Connor, “Jose Antonio Vargas is an American Hero” |
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• in class reader response |
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Wednesday: |
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Comprehensive Test over Argument Writing |
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Thursday: |
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MLA Guidelines / Paper Construction and Expectations |
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Plagiarism |
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• demo: Paraphrasing and Plagiarism |
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Signal Phrases and In-Text Citations |
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• demo Synthesis and Signal Phrases |
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Friday: |
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Syllogisms |
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• demo |
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Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence |
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013 Exercise, individually construct your own syllogism |
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201 Argument Essay, major— 1,250 words, with references |
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Week 12,11.04 |
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Monday: |
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Senior DC Meeting with Ms. Nichols |
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Writing Workshop |
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Tuesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Wednesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 13, 11.11 |
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Monday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Tuesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Wednesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 14, 11.18 |
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Monday: |
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Literary Analysis Comparisons—Overview |
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Tuesday: |
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Literary Analysis Comparisons—Overview |
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Wednesday: |
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Brent Staples, "Just Walk on By" |
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Thursday: |
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Brent Staples, "Just Walk on By" |
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Friday: |
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Brent Staples, "Just Walk on By" |
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Week 15, 11.25 |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 16,12.02 |
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Monday: |
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Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian" |
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Tuesday: |
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Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian" |
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Wednesday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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Thursday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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Friday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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• Thesis due |
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Week 17, 12.09 |
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Monday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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• Rough Draft Page 1 and Works Cited page |
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Tuesday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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Wednesday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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Thursday: |
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Comparative Analysis |
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Friday: |
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Comparative Analysis due at midnight in Turnitin.com |
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Week 18, 12.16 |
Finals Week |
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Monday: |
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Period 1-5: Normal Schedule |
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Period 6: Review |
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Period 7: Review |
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Tuesday: |
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Period 1: Review |
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Period 3: Review |
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Period 5: Review |
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Period 7: Exam |
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Wednesday: |
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Period 2: Review: Final Version of Paper Due |
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Period 5: Review |
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Period 4: Review |
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Period 6: Exam |
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Thursday: |
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Period 1: Review /Twenty Minutes |
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Period 1: Exam |
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Period 3: Review /Twenty Minutes |
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Period 3: Exam |
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Early Release |
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Friday: |
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Period 2: Review / Twenty Minutes |
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Period 2: Exam |
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Period 4: Review / Twenty Minutes |
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Period 4: Exam |
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Early Release |
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