Agenda

Writing Prompt 2 - from Walden
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Agenda

Analyze "Street Spirit" by Radiohead

Learn ActivExpression Devices

Appositives (from LoC)

HW: Read (D) - p. 825 and answer 5 questions (your choice) from Exploring the tesxt on p. 833-4

Agenda

Discuss 53 - 64 on Walden
+ HW: Reading (Chief Seattle) + Soapstone
Exercises 1, 2, and 3 on p. 170 - 172

Agenda

• Bellwork: Photograph of Walden Pond--describe
• Writing style.
• SOAPSTONE Walden (1 - 33) as a class
  HW: See Calendar in the side bar

21 September Agenda

+Submit homework
+Introduction to Nature Unit
+Essential Question: What is our responsibility to nature?
+SOAPSTONE (handout)
+Apply to "Everything is Amazing, Nobody's Happy" (youtube)
+Begin reading, apply SOAPSTONE to p. 1 - 33 of Walden
Homework: Complete SOAPSTONE on Walden (through p. 33), read excerpt from Silent Spring, and answer 3 questions for discussion and 3 questions on rhetoric and style (your choice--there should be a total of 6) on p. 805.

What did we do in class on Friday 9/18/09?

Terms test (Ch. 1 and 2 of LoC)

Volunteers give speeches to unmotivated THS students (Thanks Will, Sarah, and Markisha)

Homework: Read through p. 133 of Walden and come to class w/8 discussion questions.

Email mrhughesthurston@gmail.com w/questions.

9/17 Homework

Write a 500-word speech persuading unmotivated Thurston students to pay attention and do their work. In your speech, appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos AND utilize at least 7 tropes
and/or schemes (p. 58-59). Next, annotate your speech, identifying where you did this. Email the speech to me by 7 am tomorrow, at mrhughesthurston@gmail.com.

Welcome to AP Lang 2009-10

See class agendas here and on the sidebar.

On Writing Well Post, QUIZLET Terms

Your next assignment is to apply the principles of On Writing Well in order to revise your first essay on Into The Wild.  

1. Read your paper with the eyes of William Zinssner.
   
2. Make necessary changes in grammar, style, word choice, voice, etc.  
   
3. Make notes on your new essay (in a different color font or using the comment function in MS WORD) where you made changes and EXPLAIN the reason for those changes.
4. Email to hughesrory@gmail.com by 12 noon on August 31

IMPORTANT CHANGE:  INSTEAD OF LEARNING ALL 136 TERMS FROM QUIZLET, CHOOSE 50 THAT YOU THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.  YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO KNOW THOSE 50 WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Into The Wild Response

Writing Prompt:  Critics of Into the Wild have argued whether Chris McCandless is a genius or a fool. Does Krakauer find him to be a genius, a fool, or somewhere in between? Further, what does Krakauer do in his writing to make his argument?

Guidelines:  

• Your response should be a minimum of 1000 words
  
• Use at least 5 direct quotations and 5 examples from the text 
  
• Include an introduction and a conclusion