Week 8: Complete your seminar planning and response. Due Monday, March 16 (beginning of class) (10%).
Monday, March 9: Table read exemplars.
Tuesday, March 10: Partner read student responses.
Wednesday, March 11: Break down an argument prompt. Prepare for seminar.
Thursday, March 12: Timed Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis Essay. (60%).
Friday, March 13: Exploring the Unknown Seminar. Planning and responses sheet. Due Monday, March 16 (beginning of class) (10%).
Week 7: Complete your Space Image Analysis and Synthesis. (Most students will complete this in class). Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Monday, March 2: Whole Class Data Analysis. Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Tuesday, March 3: Group Work Comic Analysis. Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Wednesday, March 4: Group Work Image Analysis. Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Thursday, March 5: Feedback on Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essays.
Friday, March 6: Timed Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis Essay. (30%).
Week 6: No homework this week because of the ACT.
Monday, February 23: Skill #5: Write a Thesis. (30%).
Tuesday, February 24: Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skills #1-3. Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Wednesday, February 25: Standard time ACT. Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skill #4 (Claim #1). Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Thursday, February 26: Extended time ACT. Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skill #4 (Claim #1). Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Friday, February 27: ACT Make Ups. Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skill #4 (Claim #2) and Skill #5. Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Mardi Gras Week: Homework: Community Argument due Monday, February 23 (10%).
Let me know on February 12 if you will miss these days.
Thursday, February 19: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the first 1/2 of Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. (30%)
Friday, February 20: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the second 1/2 of Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. (30%)
Week 5: Homework: Community Argument due Monday, February 23 (10%).
Monday, February 9: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the second1/2 of Kennedy with a partner.
Tuesday, February 10: Skill #1-#3 Assessment. (60%)
Wednesday, February 11: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the first 1/2 of Tyson with a partner.
Thursday, February 12: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the second1/2 of Tyson with a partner.
Friday, February 13: Skill #4: Additional practice with Sagan. Make-up Work. ACT Practice.
Week 4: Optional Homework: Week 3 Error Correction (If completed, I will scale your test score). Due Friday, February 6 (beginning of class).
Monday, February 2: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Tuesday, February 3: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Wednesday, February 4: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a partner.
Thursday, February 5: Select evidence and organize Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. (30%)
Friday, February 6: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the first 1/2 of Kennedy as a class.
Week 3: Homework: Sagan "Pale Blue Dot" annotations due Thursday, January 29 (10%).
Monday, January 26: Skill #2: Read and annotate Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Tuesday, January 27: Scheduling Meetings in the Library: Read and annotate Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" independently. Due Thursday, January 29 at the beginning of class. (10%)
Wednesday, January 28: Week 3 Assessment. Multiple Choice. (60%)
Thursday, January 29: Skill #2: Read and annotate Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. Due Monday, February 2 at the beginning of class. (30%)
Friday, January 30: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Kennedy's "We Will Go to the Moon" as a class.
Week 2: Selfies Argument Homework due Monday, January 26 (10%).
Monday, January 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 20: Skill #2: Read and annotate Kennedy's "We Will Go to the Moon."
Wednesday, January 21: Skill #1 Assessment. (60%)
Thursday, January 22: Skill #2: Read and annotate Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Friday, January 23: Read and annotate Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a partner.
Week 1: Adversity Argument Homework due Tuesday, January 20 (10%).
Monday, January 12: Welcome. Complete "Getting to Know You Notes."
Tuesday, January 13: Skill #1: Rhetorical Situation Notes for Kennedy's "We Will Go to the Moon."
Wednesday, January 14: Skill #1: Analyze the Rhetorical Situation for Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Thursday, January 15: Skill #1: Analyze the Rhetorical Situation for Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a partner.
Friday, January 16: Skill #1: Analyze the Rhetorical Situation for Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. Due at the end of class. (30%)