Thursday, February 28, 2008

Agenda: Thursday, February 28

Return Synthesis Essays: Advertising Prompt
Distribute Huck Finn books - be sure to see me for a textbook room note if you did not purchase a copy
Satire Introduction:
Discuss The Onion article, "Fall Canceled After 3 Million Seasons"
Begin Satire PowerPoint and complete cloze notes

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY for Regular AP Test Registration!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Agenda: Wednesday, February 27

I'm out today for an 11AP Scoring Session:

Humor Quickwrite
Read and Annotate The Onion article and answer questions
If time, read and annotate 2nd Onion article

Homework: Finish reading The Onion article #2, Evidence Log due Friday

Agenda: Tuesday, February 26

Synthesis Timed Essay

Homework: Evidence Log due Friday

Agenda: Monday, February 25

Frederick Douglass Vocab Quiz #2
Discuss What Would Thoreau Do? Handout and Articles

Homework: Review synthesis notes to prepare for tomorrow's essay; Evidence Log due Friday

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Agenda: Friday, February 22

Grammar Pre-test: Commas, Semi-colons, Run-ons
Share out Kohlberg Dilemmas
Discuss Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
- 5 Main Ideas
- Contemporary Applications

Homework: Study vocab (quiz Monday), Read The Sit-in at the Altar (NYTimes article) and Loyalty to Country or Conscience? (LA Times article) and complete What Would Thoreau Do? handout (due Monday)

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Agenda: Thursday, February 21

The Ethicist Podcast from 2/15/08
Focus: The same action can come from different motivations
Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Reasoning Cloze Notes
- fill in notes and discuss levels and dilemmas
Begin Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"

Homework: Finish Kohlberg Homework Sheet; Finish Reading "Civil Disobedience" and do the following: 1) summarize/paraphrase Thoreau's argument after EACH paragraph 2) find and label TWO rhetorical devices 3) On the back of the handout, write out what you think is Thoreau's most compelling line from the essay, then briefly discuss why

NOTE: Vocab quiz is moved to Monday

Agenda: Wednesday, February 20

Introduce Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Reasoning
- Moral Dilemma Scenarios

Homework: Brainstorm a moral dilemma