Write a 4-5 paragraph essay on the following: What seems to be Singer's position on the connection between our spending and our morality? What rhetorical devices contribute to our understanding of the prevailing tone(s) of the piece and the main idea of the essay?  In your final paragraph, defend, challenge, or qualify Singer's argument by injecting you own opinion on this issue.  

Some pages to review in your AP Writing Sourcebook 18-20 (mini-essay on tone) and tone and mood words 31-34 and tone lessons on pp 35-36 




You may use your AP Writing Sourcebook as a resource; might come in handy for tone words.

Read the following piece carefully. Then write a well organized and insightful essay analyzing how the writer uses rhetorical elements and strategies to develop his/her argument.  Avoid mere plot summary; make sure that you articulate what the author’s argument/position is and how he or she uses specific rhetorical elements/strategies to develop their argument. You may wish to consider the devices we studied this semester, including but not limited to the following:

Tone/Mood

Imagery

Allusions

Organization and Structure

Syntactical Patterns (parallel structure, repetition, antithesis, sentence length and style/arrangement)

Diction (word choice)

Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, understatement)

Selection of details

Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, logos, pathos)

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Early Dismissal
1st: 7:45 to 8:12
2nd: 8:18 to 8:45
3rd:8:51-9:18

9th :10:30 to 10:57
10th: 11:03 to 11:30

Notes: 
9th period: Carolyn needs to take the On Bird Watching MC

In-class activities:
Read the packet on the rhetorical strategies essay (29-32) for the AP Language and Composition class.

Homework: 
Tonight, take 30 minutes and write an essay (handwritten or typed) in response to the example AP rhetorical analysis prompt found on the bottom half of page 31  The questions and guiding thoughts at the top of pages 31 and 32, respectively, provide some insights to help you if you are stuck.

Tomorrow, you will look at two example responses - a high scoring and a medium scoring essay - to the prompt on page 31.  You can compare your essay to those to assess where you are at and what you need to work on.

Learning Targets:  I can find words (from The Awakening) and arrange them to convey ideas and feelings inspired by the words and the text (The Awakening) from where they came.

·        Found poems

Last night you circled 50 strong words in The Awakening. Today and tonight, I want you to arrange your words to capture/convey/suggest the essence of some idea or feeling inspired by the specific words you found and the story in general.

Some reminders/pointers:

You do not need to use all 50 words;

You may repeat words for the sake of emphasis or rhythm;

You may add two words of your own (e.g., is, the) but you may not repeat those words.

Give it a title (using your own words and/or words from Siddhartha)

It doesn't have to make sense!

You may add illustrations/drawings to your poem if you wish.

Be prepared to share tomorrow!

·        Revisiting Rhetoric (in preparation for the semester exam)

The packet I provided to you will help you to review some fundamentals of style and rhetoric and practice your rhetorical awareness by analyzing a speech by Queen Elizabeth I.

1.      Read about analyzing style and diction and syntax on page 40 (the first three paragraphs). 

2.      Read about questions you might ask about diction and syntax (from the bottom of 46 to the bottom of 47).

3.      Briefly skim the glossaries of rhetoric and style terms found at the back of the packet (36-37 and 78-80)

4.      Next, do the activity at the bottom of 41 (read and annotate Queen Elizabeth’s speech on page 40-41; see pages 50-51 for a good annotation example) using the four-column graphic organizer modeled for you on pp 52-53). 

·        Homework…

Type and print your Siddhartha Found Poem

Type and print your four-column chart for the Queen Elizabeth I speech.

The Awakening

Read the questions submitted by your classmates, and choose one to respond to with a thoughtful paragraph.

Get into groups. Small group discussion...Groups 1-5

Select one question from your group's questions which you feel would be worth pursuing more in a large group setting. The person who wrote the question (or a nominated/volunteering stand-in) will be the discussion facilitator while discussing that question in the larger group setting.  

Partner up...three members of your group will be on the inside of the circle, while the other two will sit directly behind them, whispering responses in th

Time permitting Begin homework

HW: 

The Awakening Found Poem Journal, December 1, 2014...Find two or three passages which struck you as significant on some level.  Circle the 50 best words you can find in those passages: words which capture your attention due to their sound, their meaning, their connotation, their power, their subtlety. 

Siddhartha