Agenda 11/28

Meet in Computer Lab (L202) to begin gathering sources for Researched Argument Essay - report there again tomorrow

Handout #1: Researched Argument Essay Steps 1-3

Handout #2: Researched Argument Essay Tips

Homework:
Remember the McGraw-Hill Reader for tomorrow
Continue indie reading
Gather 20 sources and annotate for 12/12

Agenda 11/27

Timed Argument Essay

Homework: Independent Reading and revise research question if needed

Agenda 11/26

1) Return research questions
2) Argument Essay Mini-lesson: Good evidence
- Continuum of evidence notes
3) Sample argument prompt
- small and large group discussion of potential evidence

Agenda 11/21

1) Turn in research question
2) AP Multiple Choice Showdown: Group competition - winners take 5 extra credit points!

Homework:
Be 3/4 of the way through your indie book
Rhetorical Terms entries - remember 15 are due in January!

Agenda 11/20

1) Homework Check: Billy Budd Discussion Prep paragraphs
2) Small Group Discussion: Share out responses, complete discussion notes
3) Whole Class Discussion: What's Billy Budd all about?

Homework:
Research Question due tomorrow
Continue reading indie book

Agenda 11/19

1) Persuasive Research Essay Step One: Research Question
- handout on guidelines for crafting a question
- your question is due Wednesday

2) Billy Budd Reading Quiz ch. 16-24

3) Discuss Billy Budd

** See this web site for helpful notes on Billy Budd. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/bb/BillyBudd.html

Homework:
- Finish reading Billy Budd
- Write a one paragraph discussion preparation on Billy Budd. You may wish to consider:
1) Elements of Romanticism/Transcendentalism. What might Melville be saying through them?
2) What is Melville's opinion of man-made authority?
3) Discuss an allusion/figurative language. What message/idea is Melville conveying?
- Craft research question (due Wednesday)

Agenda 11/5

New Seating Chart
Check Indie Reading Books
Return Paret Rhetorical Analysis Timed Essays
Writer's Workshop:
- sample paragraphs and paper
- Essentials of Rhetorical Analysis
To make up points: schedule a writing conference and write to a new prompt
Intro to Billy Budd issue: the Death Penalty
- 10 questions that the death penalty raises

Homework:
Read pp. 84-89 in Mc-Graw Hill Reader - annotate
Read NYTimes editorial and Supreme Court decision - annotate
Read 1/4 of indie book by Friday