Monday, October 6: "That was a good speech" viewing and discussion. Debate preparation. HOMEWORK: Work on your precept annotations and thesis reading journal in preparation for our second precept on Wednesday, October 8.
Tuesday, October 7: "That was a good speech" viewing and discussion. Debate preparation. HOMEWORK: Work on your precept annotations and thesis reading journal in preparation for our second precept tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8.
Wednesday, October 8: "That was a good speech" viewing and discussion. Debate preparation. HOMEWORK: None.
Thursday, October 9: Day one of our classroom debate. HOMEWORK: None.
Friday, October 10: Day two (final day) of our classroom debate. HOMEWORK: Enjoy R&R during Fall Break!
Monday, September 29: Set up debate tracker/ notes and begin watching video debate. HOMEWORK: None assigned (but get a jump on your precept reading, annotating, and journaling)
Tuesday, September 30: Finish watching debate and reflecting on the experience. HOMEWORK: None assigned (but get a jump on your precept reading, annotating, and journaling)
Wednesday, October 1: Begin jigsaw groups on the six pillars; overview of the research, composition, and speech aspects of the jigsaw groups. HOMEWORK: None assigned (but get a jump on your precept reading, annotating, and journaling)
Thursday, October 2: Finish the jigsaw group speeches on the six pillars. Write a 5-7 sentence reflection on what you learned about the pillars from this process and why all six pillars are important to understand. HOMEWORK: Finish reflection if not finished in class
Friday, October 3: Mystery Mini-Speeches, small groups! HOMEWORK: None assigned (but get a jump on your precept reading, annotating, and journaling)
Monday, September 22: Establish presentation schedule for chreia speeches Thursday & Friday. Work time on chreia. HOMEWORK: None assigned (use your time to work on your thesis journal)
Tuesday, September 23: Overview of our in-class debate in week 11. Work time on chreia. HOMEWORK: Finish your chreia; click here for the example you heard in class last week. Optional: try typing in 14-point font.
Wednesday, September 24: Fallacy files: hasty generalization. "That was a good speech": Atticus Finch's closing remarks. HOMEWORK: Rehearse your chreia delivery. Optional: try typing in 14-point font.
Thursday, September 25: Chreia presentations. HOMEWORK: None assigned (use your time to work on your thesis precept deliverables)
Friday, September 26: Chreia presentations. HOMEWORK: None assigned (use your time to work on your thesis precept deliverables)
Monday, September 15: Fallacies. Argument and fallacies in Atticus Finch's closing remarks from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. HOMEWORK: Senior thesis precept prep: work on your annotations and reading journal.
Tuesday, September 16: HOMEWORK: Remember to bring your senior thesis reading journal to class tomorrow.
HALF DAY Wednesday, September 17: Work day on senior thesis reading journal. HOMEWORK: Choose 2-3 memorable quotations from prominent Americans in history. Look in your CB entries for quotes from Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., or James Madison.
Thursday, September 18: Overview of the chreia progymnasmata. HOMEWORK: Continue your senior thesis precept prep: work on your annotations and reading journal.
Friday, September 19: Mystery Mini-Speeches! HOMEWORK: Continue your senior thesis precept prep: work on your annotations and reading journal.
Monday, September 8: Common Topics and Subtopics quiz. Continued study of lines of argumentation used in the "Letter from Birmingham Jail." HOMEWORK: CB for "Letter from Birmingham Jail" due Wednesday, September 10.
Wednesday, September 9: Exercises using the syllogism. HOMEWORK: CB for "Letter from Birmingham Jail" due tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 10: The square of opposition as a tool for using logical arguments. HOMEWORK: None
Thursday, September 11: Informal fallacies. Instructions for post-leadership ceremony toasts tomorrow. HOMEWORK: Rehearse your toast!
Friday, September 12: Toasts! HOMEWORK: Read the handout on fallacies.
No school Monday, September 1.
Tuesday, September 2: Comparing drafts of the Declaration of Independence (D of I) beginning on p 45. Overview of style pp 8-12 in the Resources section of the reader in preparation for an in-class style analysis on Thursday. HOMEWORK: Finish reading the final draft of the D of I if not finished in class.
Wednesday, September 3: Continued examination of style in the D of I. Quiz on the common topics and their subtopics Monday, September 8. HOMEWORK: Begin reviewing/memorizing the common topics and their respective subtopics for the quiz on Monday.
Thursday, September 4: In-class writing: style in the D of I. HOMEWORK: Read the first 6 pages pp52-57 of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
Friday, September 5: Identifying King's thesis and use of style. HOMEWORK: Finish reading MLK's letter if not finished in class. Review the common topics and their respective subtopics for the quiz on Monday.
Monday, August 25: Presentation of Farewell Speeches! HOMEWORK: None assigned (but continue to read and annotate your precept text if you haven't already)
Tuesday, August 26: Presentation of Farewell Speeches! HOMEWORK: Read the background on the Kennedy-Nixon debate of 1960, course reader page
Wednesday, August 27: Review homework and begin watching the Kennedy-Nixon debate. HOMEWORK: None assigned (but continue to read and annotate your precept text if you haven't already)
Thursday, August 28: Finish watching the debate, brief discussion, and written reflection. HOMEWORK: Finish reflection if not finished in class
Friday, August 29: Mystery Mini-Speeches! HOMEWORK: None assigned as this is our Q1 R&R weekend (but it is a good idea to continue to read and annotate your precept text if you haven't already)
Monday, August 18: Type of introduction and statement of fact in Washington's Farewell. Parson Weems's Cherry Tree Myth. HOMEWORK: Short response (handout): What does it mean to have a conversation between texts?
Tuesday, August 19: Confirmation and refutation in Washington's Farewell. HOMEWORK: None
Wednesday, August 20: Five-Fold Form in Washington's Farewell. HOMEWORK: Read over the Farewell to SPA assignment and come to class tomorrow with questions.
Thursday, August 21: Establish presentation schedule for next week's Farewell speeches. Work time on speeches. HOMEWORK: Brainstorm anything else to include in your speech.
Friday, August 22: Work time on writing and delivery of your Farewell speech. HOMEWORK: Rehearse your speech so that you are familiar enough with it to make good eye contact/ connections with the audience.
Monday, August 11: Mystery Mini-Speeches, small group edition! HOMEWORK: Review for Wednesday's quiz; click here for what-to-know slides.
Tuesday, August 12: Five-fold form (FFF) in A. Adams letter to John Adams; write and share in small groups a short letter to a mentor within which ONE of the rhetorical modes dominates. HOMEWORK: Make a neat copy of your letter to turn in if not finished in class; Review for tomorrow's quiz; click here for what-to-know slides.
Wednesday, August 13: Quiz on rhetorical concepts and definitions. HOMEWORK: None
Thursday, August 14: Compose and turn in a CB entry for Federalist No. 10. HOMEWORK: Finish CB on Federalist No. 10 if not finished in class.
Friday, August 15: Reading and annotating Washington's Farewell Address--there will not be a CB entry due for Washington's Farewell, but there will be a project coming up and questions to answer next week. College counseling 1:1 meetings. HOMEWORK: Finish reading and annotating Washington's Farewell Address.
Week 1
Thursday, July 31: Welcome and course overview. Effective organization in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. HOMEWORK: Bring your dedicated composition book to class by Monday, August 4.
Friday, August 1: Arguments in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. Overview of Common Topics, Common Subtopics, and Special Topics in the course reader. HOMEWORK: Annotate Lincoln by identifying subtopics. Bring your dedicated composition book to class by Monday, August 4.
Week 2
Monday, August 4: Memory check: What are the five canons of rhetoric? Commonplace book (CB) basics using Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. HOMEWORK: Finish the Lincoln CB if not finished in class.
Tuesday, August 5: Overview of the Five-Fold Form (FFF). Arrangement of Lincoln's address. HOMEWORK: Begin reading Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" and composing a CB entry. CB due Friday, August 8.
Wednesday, August 6: Overview of style in "I Have a Dream." HOMEWORK: Read Federalist No. 10 and identify Madison's main claim to be discussed in class tomorrow.
Thursday, August 7: Overview of the rhetorical modes of persuasion. Discovering modes of appeal in Federalist No. 10. HOMEWORK: Finish MLK CB entry due Friday.
Friday, August 8: Review of common topics, subtopics, and the special topics. Quiz on rhetorical concepts and definitions next Wednesday, August 13. HOMEWORK: Flag quotes for CB entry on Federalist No. 10 which will be due next week (CBs will be returned next week; CB for Federalist No. 10 will be due next Friday.