Thursday, October 31, 2013

Rhetorical Device Homework Assignment(s)

You will post your responses for each chapter to.turnitin.com by the date indicated. One full-letter grade reduction if submitted late!

Chapter 1: Due 2 November by 11:59 PM
Chapter 2: Due 4 November by 11:59 PM
Chapter 3: TBA

Your due dates for the remaining chapters will be posted soon.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! When a SAT Vocabulary Quiz is re-taken, your score will be averaged with the score on the first quiz (regardless of how "low" you scored).

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Schedule for Week of 28 October:

Your usual SAT Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday, 31 October. Effective immediately, you will not be permitted to "re-take" a Quiz unless you present to me YOUR flash-cards that YOU have used to prepare for the quiz. I will inspect these "cards" for YOUR in  name-upper right-hand corner of each card)  (SAT Vocabulary Quiz: List 6)


You will be quizzed on the contents of the power-points/videos that appear below.

You will receive a reading schedule for The Great Gatsby on a separate handout. Expect unannounced/surprise quizzes on any given day and or time during the class Band.
The Great Gatsby: Form and Structure
The Great Gatsby-Listen to it Online

Flappers-The Roaring Twenties


 


The Great Gatsby Rhetorical Device Journal Assignment


The Great Gatsby and Ethan Frome Assignment

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Just a Reminder for Tuesday, 15 October:

Rough Drafts for your Apology Speeches-one copy for me and one copy for you. We will begin the speeches on Thursday, 17 October. Do not report to class on Tuesday with an excuse for being unprepared!

For those students who did not take the List 4 SAT Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, 11 October, you will do so on Tuesday, 15 October.

Bring at least TWO pencils on Wednesday, 16 October for the PSAT. The school will NOT provide one for those who are neglectful.

I will make myself available after the last class of the day on Tuesday and Wednesday if you require assistance with the speech. Practice in front of your family, your friends, your pets, your bedroom mirror... (Name that rhetorical device.)

Tuesday, October 8, 2013


 
Socratic Citizenship: Plato's Apology (Yale University Lecture)

Please view this prior to Friday's class-simply click-on the title for this post.

Friday, October 4, 2013

How to Write a Reaction Paper or Reader Response
("Borrowed" from an introductory English class at the University of Texas)