Monday 10/27/14
1. Do Now: read this weekly sheet
2. Weekly - read it again - slowly - you will need this today and tomorrow especially, as I will be out on anything but holiday
3. V11 pronunciation
4. Remember to add in the 1st 5 tropes for this week's test
5. In-class essay due at the end of class - grade will count 50% participation 50% quality - no cheese here
5. In-class essay due at the end of class - grade will count 50% participation 50% quality - no cheese here
- read the Rubric 1st!
- read the directions and complete the in-class essay
- score yourself with the rubric on the question
- staple it to your essay and turn it in
Tuesday 10/28/14
1. Do Now: Silently read the sample essays
2. Score the sample essays in 20 minutes:
- work in a trio to use the rubric to score each sample essay in the packet
- on 1 piece of paper for the trio, explain your scoring justifications for the 3 sample essays - turn this in today
- sample essay #1 on pp. 50-53 of the packet
- sample essay #2 on pp. 43-45 of the packet
- sample essay #3 on pp. 47-49 of the packet
- INCENTIVE - the trio to score it exactly like the AP Readers = Get out of Vocab. pass to be used whenever you please - except for Beasts
3. In-class essay due at the end of class - grade will count 50% participation 50% quality - no cheese here
HW - ARP 1st Draft due at the beginning of next class - no excuses
HW - ARP 1st Draft due at the beginning of next class - no excuses
Thursday 10/30/14
1. Do Now: turn in ARP 1st Draft - it will be late if you turn it in at recess/lunch
2. V11 - Excise, imminent, inane, incarcerate, induce, introverted, inundate, legacy, malign, mortify, brazen, contrite, defame, discursive, evanescent, abridge, abscond, abstruse, abysmal, acerbic
2. V11 - Excise, imminent, inane, incarcerate, induce, introverted, inundate, legacy, malign, mortify, brazen, contrite, defame, discursive, evanescent, abridge, abscond, abstruse, abysmal, acerbic
3. Tropes - metaphor, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, puns (paronomasia)
4. TBD - mostly mop up re: my absence + some GG discussion?
HW - finish GG and test prep
