09-25-11

English 332 Homework For the week of September 25:

Plans are subject to change.

Objectives: Students will be able to read prose and poetry for comprehension, relate the prose or poetry to historical events, and analyze the style of writing. Students will be able to identify the parts of speech, phrases, clauses and parts of a sentence in a sentence.

Activities:

Monday: B2

Activity

  • Journal #10: use logic and reasoning to persuade me to postpone the Vocabulary assignment due date until Wednesday. Be careful not to use faulty logic, or you will lose your argument (Recognizing Propaganda Techniques and Errors of Faulty Logic).
  • Vocabulary Unit 3 Day 1 - maybe?
  • "Revolutionary Religion" by Timothy Hall
  • Discussion: analyze the similarities and differences between religious philosophies of the Puritan/Pilgrim and that of the Rationalism period (the Enlightenment)

Assignment

Read "The Declaration of Independence" page 120-124, and write a Reflection identifying examples of propaganda techniques or errors of faulty logic (500 words minimum). Be sure to proper MLA parenthetical citations and bibliography citations (improper format will not be scored).

Tuesday: A1

Activity

  • Discuss the Declaration of Independence
  • Edit Blogs

Assignment

All blog edits completed by next class.

Wednesday: B2

Activity

  • Discuss the Declaration of Independence
  • Edit Blogs

Assignment

All blog edits completed by next class.

Thursday: A1

Activity

  • Vocabulary Unit 3 Day 3
  • Meet with Mr. Langley - review writing

Assignment

Sentence Study

Friday: B2

Activity

  • Vocabulary Unit 3 Day 2
  • Declaration of Independence discussion: use the Today's Meet Chat: http://todaysmeet.com/pphs-eng332-b2
  • Answer the following questions in the chat (everyone must respond with one original post per question and one comment/reply on someone else's post - I will enter participation points for the posts):
    • Provide an example of Propaganda Use or Faulty Logic that you found in the Declaration of Independence
    • Explain how the Declaration of Independence represents the Rationalism writing style
    • What are the differences in writing style between the Declaration of Independence and William Bradford's writing style?
  • Sentence Study - I did not have time to make a demo video for sentence study. Following are two sentences for you to work on together. Follow these steps for each sentence:
    • Everyone needs to write down the sentence four times - leave a couple blank lines in between so you have enough room to label everything.
    1. All students will work individually to label the parts of speech in the sentence. When everyone is ready, label the sentences on the board.
    2. All students will work individually to label the phrase in the sentence. When everyone is ready, label the phrases on the board.
    3. No subordinate clauses
    4. All students will label the parts of the sentence and type of sentence. When everyone is ready, label both on the board.
  • Sentence 1
  • Sentence 2

Assignment

Sentence Study - due at the beginning of next class. Be sure ALL blogs are caught up before next class.

Last A1 Class of Last Week:

Activity

  • Vocabulary Quiz Unit 2
  • Participation survey
  • Journal #10: use logic and reasoning to persuade me to postpone the Vocabulary assignment due date until Wednesday. Be careful not to use faulty logic, or you will lose your argument (Recognizing Propaganda Techniques and Errors of Faulty Logic).
  • Vocabulary Unit 3 Day 1 - maybe?
  • Review Grammar Results (we'll look at Reading Results next week)
  • "Revolutionary Religion" by Timothy Hall
  • Discussion: analyze the similarities and differences between religious philosophies of the Puritan/Pilgrim and that of the Rationalism period (the Enlightenment)

Assignment

Read "The Declaration of Independence" page 120-124, and write a Reflection identifying examples of propaganda techniques or errors of faulty logic (500 words minimum). Be sure to proper MLA parenthetical citations and bibliography citations (improper format will not be scored).

Last B2 Class of Last Week:

Activity

  • Vocabulary Quiz Unit 2
  • Review Sentence Study
  • Discuss Patrick Henry
  • Participation Survey
  • Review Grammar Results (we'll look at Reading Results next week)
  • Discuss MLA citations - edit reflection blog posts

Assignment

Read "Revolutionary Religion" by Timothy Hall (file will be emailed to you - or you can access it from Facts on File American History Online if you want it early). Finish editing MLA parenthetical and bibliography citations before next class. Be prepared to analyze the similarities and differences between religious philosophies of the Puritan/Pilgrim and that of the Rationalism period (the Enlightenment).