Week 9 of 10

03/03/14 - 03/07/14
Monday has a Tuesday Bell Schedule
Tuesday has a Special Bell Schedule for the ACT 
(Which you will annihilate!)
Wednesday - Friday have Regular Bell Schedules

Monday 03/03/14

Essential Question:  How do I make sense of all the random bits of information that seemingly have no common thread or theme?
Common Core State Standards:  All of them - duh.  We are in the Thunderdome!
1.  New Weekly
2.  Self-analysis of your MC practices
3.  In-depth MC Exam format Analysis

Thursday 03/06/14
Essential Question:  How do I make sense of all the random bits of information that seemingly have no common thread or theme?
Common Core State Standards:  "I know Kung Fu."  "Show me." ("The Matrix") 
1.  V27 + Rhetorical Devices Praiteritio - Zeugma
2.  Purple #5 is due
3.  In-class essay

V27:  
Prolific, purge, relinquish, retract, slovenly, succumb, tortuous, verbose, voracious, aggravate, spurn, 
supercilious, timorous, torpid, unwitting, contrite, contumacious, conundrum, convivial, dalliance

Concerned about the Standards?
Reading CCSS
CCSS.RI.6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
Writing CCSS
CCSS.W.11-12.1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.