M: The students will complete a review for the A Nation is Born unit test.
T: The students will be introduced to rhetoric and Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle. Notes and Discussion.
W: The students will be introduced to the three rhetorical appeals. Notes and discussion.
Th: The students will complete the A Nation is Born test.
F: The students will view Lesson Four of the QUACK! SAT-based vocabulary video and complete its 40-question exercise.
M: The students will define charged words and will note and discuss the persuasive structure of the Declaration of Independence. Assignment: Using the Latin Word Pairs -rect and -tude. Due Thursday.
T: Graded papers will be returned to the students and filed. For the remainder of the period, the students will have a work day.
W: The students will complete the SAT-based vocabulary Lesson 6 Mythology.
Th: The students will read the Declaration of Independence and identify charged words and persuasive devices. Monday’s assignment due.
F: The students will read and persuasively analyze The Crisis, Number One.
M: The students will complete a timeline covering the events and literature of the literary era 1750 – 1800.
T: The students will be introduced to the literature of the American Revolution. Notes and discussion.
W: The students will read Patrick Henry”s Speech to the Virginia Convention and identify examples of parallelism and restatement. Notes and discussion.
Th: The students will review for the nine weeks test to be given Tuesday, Oct. 18.
F: The students will view the final installment of Colonial House documentary to verify the results of its prior predicting outcomes lesson.
M: Introduction to Gone with the Wind: “It’s not about the Civil War, it’s about people with gumption.”
Margaret Mitchell’s approach to her masterpiece.
T: Due to the simplicity of the Puritan lifestyle, they had few possessions, dressed somberly and uniformly, and didn’t believe in expressing themselves creatively. Because they have left so little behind, they remain a mystery in many ways. Journal Writing – List five personal possessions that best express your individuality. What would they tell future generations about your lifestyle and personality? Write at least one page and no more than two.
W: Read Edward Taylor biographical sketch, pg. 88. Define direct address. Read Huswifery, pg. 93. Notes and discussion.
Th: The students will view the first installment of Gone with the Wind, noting examples of Scarlett’s level of maturity and main concerns.
F: The students will read Iron Bird: Cal Ripken’s Work Ethic, to conclude The Puritan Influence unit.
M: Student Holiday
T – W: In groups, the students will explicate The Raven, recognizing the sound devices alliteration and repetition, and the four recurring themes in the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Th – F: The students will do research to write a proposal to produce a movie version of The Raven. The proposal will include setting and location, casting, music, set decoration, and props.
M & T: The students will review for the A Nation is Born Unit Test.
W: The students will be introduced to the relevant factors that produced the witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, the winter of 1692 – 1693.
Th: The students will complete the A Nation is Born unit test.
F: The students will view the Biography channel documentary, The Salem Witch Trials, and complete its viewing assignment.
M: The students will take Nine Weeks Test.
T: The students will read and identify rhetorical devices in The Declaration of Independence, pg. 140.
W: Junior students will take the PSAT.
Th: The students will define epistle and read Letters from an American Farmer, pg. 198.
F: The students will view the second installment of Gone with the Wind, and identify three types of survival portrayed in it.
M & T: The students will be introduced to the Revolutionary Literature unit, red classroom set, pgs. 120 – 125. Patrick Henry biography, pg. 99. Discuss literary terms allusion, parallelism, rhetorical question.
W: The students will read Speech in the Virginia Convention, pgs. 101 – 103.
Th: The students will review for the nine weeks test, to be given Tues, Oct. 13
F: The students will complete the SAT-based vocabulary QUACK! Lesson 2.
M – W: The students will present to the class the analysis they have prepared for two editorial cartoons, to include attribution, subject and evidence, point cartoonist is attempting to make, tone, and rhetorical appeal.
Th: The student will take the ASVAB.
F: The students will complete the Rhetoric Unit Test.