Monday, February 2-Groundhog Day!

Target:  to express and defend a viewpoint on a controversial issue, using evidence and logical reasoning.

1. Take fallacy quiz in your group of 4: Fallacy Quiz (10 minutes)  Correct together! (10)

2. Review your pros and cons for debate.  Number off in your group.  Odds go to "Agree" and even numbers go to "Disagree" side of the classroom. (10 min)

3. Discuss your viewpoint and support it with evidence.  Respond to the claims and evidence on the other side! (25 minutes)  

Participate and Listen: fill in your paper copy of the graphic organizer so you will be ready to write later this week. 

HOMEWORK: Complete the graphic organizer on paper to bring with you on Friday.  FIND concrete evidence you will use, BOTH FIRST-HAND evidence and SECOND-HAND evidence. 

Friday, January 30

Target: to select three distinct claims from Wednesday and then generate claims on the "Con" side of the argument.

1. Review Vocabulary Words from Lesson 9

2. Revisit claims from Wednesday and trim them down.   (see Wed. post)

3. Look for another author who might give you clues to what the arguments are on the other side.  Find his/her piece and read it. Collect evidence on this Forming Claims chart: Forming EBC's template

4. Add it to the crowd source document from Wed.

5. Time to read and discuss Fallacies?

Lesson 9 flashcards

http://quizlet.com/42639760/vocabulary-power-plus-book-three-lesson-nine-flash-cards/

Thursday, January 29

Target: to Analyze Details in Huck Finn and related texts

1. Quiz on reading: Chapters 28-32

2. Reread paragraph from Chapter 27 about the slave families being separated.

3. Read passage by Harriet Jacobs, a former slave, and Toni Morrison, African-American, Nobel prize-winning novelist. 

4. Highlight or underline key details that stand out to you.  Discuss them in groups and then full class. 

Wednesday, January 28

Target: form claims that support both sides of an argument.

1. Continue work on your FORMING CLAIMS chart with your partner.

2. Combine them all here: 2nd period link https://docs.google.com/a/nvusd.org/document/d/1dw5E1AAkZb1qrJqpSCpgzjg7M-7_M0kU4iXvNSJ5-A8/edit

1st period: https://docs.google.com/a/nvusd.org/document/d/1sHZD0WwCKfHHrsng6Q51sxh0_WI7OOVpQUqNaqFwEuQ/edit

3. Look up another article from the Week synthesis that might help you generate claims for the other side. 

Tuesday, January 27

Target:  to collaborate together to find deeper meaning and insight in a text.

1. Mr. Zargar: the AP test

2. Get into groups by number.  There will be six of you in each group.  

3. Assign a timer and a recorder.  The recorder will take notes on this doc.   Share it with me!

4. Begin with the Discussion Director.  Spend 10 minutes discussing the text, attempting to answer at least one question.  See if you can sustain the discussion one question among you for as long as you can.  

After 5 minutes, move on to the Illuminator, and so on.  I will cue you, although the timer should be in charge of keeping everyone on track.

5. After you are done, check the google doc and be sure to make any additions that the notetaker may have missed. Put your additions in a different color ink.  

Monday, January 26

Target: To practice forming claims about an article on a controversial issue

1. Correct Vocabulary Test from Friday.

2. Read and annotate Mark Berman's article: http://goo.gl/66nu3B

3. Fill out a Forming Claims chart: http://goo.gl/yCVfyH

Make a copy and share it with your partner.  Work on completing it together.

HOMEWORK:  Preparation for HF tomorrow. 

Friday, January 23

Target:  to expand your syntactical "toolkit" to include appositive phrases

1. Vocabulary Test-Lesson 8

2. Sentence Pattern #6 and #7

Use this padlet to post one sentence from each exercise--in partners!

1st :http://padlet.com/jenlamonte/b7toortzj8og

2nd: http://padlet.com/jenlamonte/nj9vq5ejnq92

3. SOAPSTone  (2nd period is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1glijLIS1jG4tIvvPQLwILxQntFQE9tM5fHosp47ksIk/edit)

on "A Shooter, His Victim and Race" by Nicholas Kristof  

HOMEWORK:  Read through chapter 27 by Tuesday...and complete your preparation for your literature circle role.

Thursday, January 22

Target: Analyzing Details

1. Excerpt from Chapter 19 : From the beginning to the entrance of the Duke and the King.

Analyzing Details Chart: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-j71lRcLi_7k1TWPppe_XPS33vohSumpkdurreaEcqU/edit


Chapter 19-22 quiz  For discussion purposes today.

1. Huck says, “It didn’t’ take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn’t

no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds.”

Tell me what we learn about these “liars” in the reading last night.

2. Why does Huck pretend to believe them?

3. Compare the incident at the circus with the shooting of Boggs. In what ways

are the situations similar?

4. How does Huck’s response differ from the crowd’s in both instances?

Wednesday, January 21

Target:  to demonstrate your understanding of the three different types of claims in arguments. 

First, an RTI survey and brief vocabulary review.

Can you spot all 3 kinds of claims in "Felons and the Right to Vote"?

Can you make all three kinds of claims?  

Let's practice!  But first, SOAPS for "A Shooter, His Victim, and Race"

EXIT TICKET: Do you agree or disagree with Kristof's point of view?

Tuesday, January 20

Target:  analyze key details in HF so far, chapters 13-18

 1. QUIZ: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10HEzsQiIqeeS3zD4MO__r-U490AweKmps0AxEwKJnLw/viewform  This one counts!

2. Share important passages related to theme. 

Friday, January 16

 2nd period only: Driving question for today: http://goo.gl/Ufhnyc

*Vocabulary Quizlet cards for Lesson 8: http://quizlet.com/32610804/vocab-power-plus-book-3-lesson-8-flash-cards/

1. In groups of 4, share your review, presenting the claim and the criteria that the writer presents in the review. Document it Oldest Make a copy of this.
2. Read "The C Word in the Hallways", noting the types of presented.
3. Read "Felons and the Right to Vote", marking the types of claims in the margins. Discuss how they work in the essay as a group, and then as a full class. 

STAKING A CLAIM:  Write three different claims for one controversial issue. 

Thursday, January 15

Target: to find themes in Huck Finn up to chapter 12

1. Reading check:http://goo.gl/TQgAAk

2. 2. Theme Map/Crowd source doc: http://goo.gl/ekkEMp

3. Passage: http://goo.gl/CHnI3m

Wednesday, January 14

Target: to identify different kinds of claims in argument 

• claims of fact assert that something is true or not true.

Zimbabwe has an unstable government. 

Restaurants on Main Street are more popular with older patrons than younger ones.

Fast food is a way of life.

Women are more talkative than men.

• claims of value argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.  They can be based on on taste, or objective evaluations.

Ryan Gosling is the best leading man in Hollywood.  

While Ryan Gosling might be the best-looking actor in Hollywood, Robert Downey, Jr. is more highly paid and his movies tend to make more money. 

• claims of policy propose a change.  Arguments of policy often begin with claims of fact and lead to claims of value.  

SUV owners should be required to pay an energy surcharge.

(text from Conversations in American Literature, Bedford St. Martin's, 2015)

Tuesday, January 13

Target:  to read closely in order to identify and discuss important details in the text

1. Quick Start Quiz: HF Chapters 1-7

2. Theme Map/Crowd source doc: http://goo.gl/ekkEMp

3. Rhetorical Analysis: Chapter 3 passage

HUCK FINN ONLINE TEXT

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm#c3

Monday, January 12

Target:  to re-introduce the purpose of ARGUMENT and the importance of civil, respectful discourse.

1. Review political cartoon on "crazed rhetoric."

2. Read Ann Domini piece on fast food and examine it for rhetorical effectiveness. 

3. Activity:  Arguable Claims 

If you were absent, you will need to see me tomorrow for a copy of this information in detail.

Read Chapters 1-7 tonight in HF for class discussion tomorrow.

Controversial Issues for your next Argument

A "live" listing of issues you care about

Please feel free to add a comment if you want me to add one to the list.

Friday, January 9

Target: to practice embedding quotations in an analysis of text

1. Introduction to the text

2. Read Chapter 1 out loud. Review orally questions from "How to Begin at the Beginning" handout.

3. PROMPTS: 

Literary Analysis: How is Huckleberry Finn characterized in the first chapter?  Is he a sympathetic character? 

OR

Rhetorical Analysis: How would you describe the TONE of Huckleberry Finn in this first chapter?  What seems to be his attitude towards his caretakers and his relatively new way of life, being "sivilized"?

As you write your response to this question, be sure to practice EMBEDDING at least TWO pieces of carefully selected text within a sentence of your own.  

READING SCHEDULE for Huck Finn

BY  this day   READ  these chapters

Tues 1/13                   1-7

Thurs 1/15                8-12

Tues 1/20               13-18

Thurs 1/22               19-22

Tues 1/27              23-27

Thurs 1/29             28-32

Tues 2/03             33-38

Thurs 2/05            39-43

While you read,  LOOK FOR THESE THEMES and their counterpoints.

freedom vs. slavery

conformity vs. autonomy

nature vs. civilization

hypocrisy vs. sincerity

education vs. ignorance

Mark them with post-its OR write the beginning of quotes and page numbers on paper.  

Thursday, January 8

Target:  Practice close reading for AP multiple choice questions.

Charlie Hebdo cartoon

1. The Check out Huck Finn at the library.

2. Practice multiple choice for "Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglas.

Wednesday, January 7

Target:  to share the best argument from the break.

1. Review/recap your notes from yesterday.

2. Groups of 4--WITHOUT MOVING DESKS.  The oldest person in the group makes a copy of this document and then shares it with the other three.  (and ME)

3. Using your precis paragraphs from the break, fill in the 4 square chart.  

4.  Comment on your partner's work by 1. asking questions  2. making connections 3. sharing any responses you have to their writing by adding information other points of view, etc. 

Tuesday, January 6

Target:  to review FINAL EXAM and create your own style sheets based on my feedback on your writing.

1. Style sheet for Norman Mailer essay: Style Sheet

2. Review sample.

3. Copy this chart to make your own Style Sheet for Rhetorical Analysis and Argument: My AP notes
Review my comments and edits to the last three writing tasks.  Collect what stands out to you here.  Share with me, but please don't send me an email :)

New rubric for Argument: DWA 2015

Monday, January 5th

Welcome back!

Today you will be taking the "Green" District Benchmark.

Here is a link to the instructions: http://goo.gl/FCfqm0

IMPORTANT:  Please share AND drop your Precis journals in my dropbox by midnight tonight (MONDAY) for deadline credit.