Sunday, April 24, 2011

Survey Monkey

To create your survey: Go Surveymonkey.comhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/

Follows the stpes to create your survey

Week 10 Reminder of Junior Project Schedule

   Assignment Due: Survey Questions; Due Wednesday, 4/27; 10 Interview Questions Due 4/28; MLA Citations; Due Friday, 4/29

May 2 – 6                                    Using Developing a Thesis/Central Claim Based on Research; Readings TBD
                                                      Assignment Due: Thesis Statement and Outline; Introduction to the problem Due Friday, 5/6
                                                     
May 9- 13                                    CST Preparation/ Formative Assessments (Tentative)
                                   
May 16 – 20                                    Junior Research Project Topics 1-3 Edited Drafts Due
                                                     
May 23 - 27                                    Analysis of Survey and Interviews

May 31-June 3                                    Junior Research Project Conclusion and Call to Action

June 6 - 10                                    Junior Research Project Final Draft Due to trunitin.com by Sunday, June 5th at Noon.

June 14 - 18                                    Final Multimedia Preparation and Presentations
                                                      Assignment Due: Research Portfolio including Senior Project Preparation; Due Friday, 6/18

June 20 – 24                                    Final Exam Week
                                                      Assignment Due: Final PowerPoint/Multimedia Presentation


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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Week 9


Week 9 11B
Class Work
Homework
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!

Annual message to Congress on the State of the Union Do surveying the text , Making Predictions, and Introducing key vocabulary*

Highlight and annotate and  Complete Cornell Notes ( will be collected for a grade) *


Tuesday
Chart the War metaphors in this speech*


Answer all of the thinking critically questions pp. 84-85
Wednesday
President and Mrs. Reagan Speech : Do Survey text, making predictions, and Introducing Key vocabulary*

Read Speech pp 105-109*
Highligh and Annotate and take and turn in your conrnell notes*
Thursday
Readread Text pp. 97*
Complete Analysis of stylist choices and considering the structure of the text
*

Complete Thinking critical questions on page 98*
Friday
Write rough draft of metaphor essay choose from Option 1, 2, or 3 on pp. 99-100*
Draft 2 due to Turnitin.com by Monday April 25*

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Week 8


Week 8 11B
Class Work
Homework
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!

Presentations*

      CST Vocabulary Review allegory
      alliteration
      allusion
      conceits
      diction
      foreshadowing
      metaphor
      meter
      parallelism
      point of view
      rhetoric
      rhythm
      symbolism
      syntax
tone *


Tuesday
CST Vocabulary Quiz

Presentations*


Highlight and Annotate Fighting Words the War over Language: *
http://www.poppolitics.com/archives/2002/09/Fighting-Words-The-War-Over-Language
Wednesday
Take Cornell Notes *
Definition of EUPHEMISM
: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted
eu·phe·mist noun
eu·phe·mis·tic adjective
eu·phe·mis·ti·cal·ly adverb
TBA*
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Thursday
Propaganda: How to detect Propaganda *

http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/intro.ipa.html*

 Take Notes on website
http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/intro.ipa.html*
Friday
Propaganda Analysis *
Chart to convey theme of Junior project Topic *