Looked at the "Riverguide's Experience" excerpt in yesterday's multiple choice
Began analyzing it in regards to tone
Prompt: Analyze how Meloy conveys her attitude about the negative impacts of tourism
Homework:
Do your vocab sheet tonight!!! Due tomorrow--study vocab words TEST tomorrow
Do your interview
Notes_Analyzing Tone.pdf
Wednesday Dec 5
Today we:
Went over the vocab format sheet for this week (and all subsequent weeks') words---use this format sheet when typing out the information for each of the 10 words
Practiced the nuances in reading, annotating the multiple choice texts and answering multiple choice questions
Homework:
Do your vocab using the format sheet and study the words---TEST ON FRIDAY!
Do your interview
Vocab format sheet
Practice River Guide and Frederick Douglas.pdf
Tuesday Dec 4
Today we:
Got Vocab words for this week:
visceral
prestigious
mundane
don
veritable
circumlocution
disconcerting
inexorable
ambivalent
terse
Worked on Handout regarding diction, creating our own passage of shifted diction (see attached)
Took extensive notes on Diction (see attached and print for your notes)
Homework:
Finish your diction assignment from today's handout and turn in at beginning of period Wed. (Tomorrow)
Study words (spelling, definition, part of speech, variations of the word, various examples of use)---TEST ON FRIDAY
Interviews (interview subject and credentials, questions, answers on a paper with your proper heading and your research project's claim) DUE on or BY Dec 21.