1. Journal-What’s our portfolio entail?  Make a list that you think includes what you should turn in to show you earned an A

a.  Journals-14

b. In class work- Thinking skills, works cited, etc.

c.  Drafts

d. Notes

e. 4 essays with stars

2. Remaining semester timeline

a.  11/28 plan/lab

b. 11/30 open lab

c.  12/5 open lab/meetings open lab

d. 12/7 meetings/open lab

1. In one of the ads we watched choose a SYMBOL and explain what it symbolizes & why

a.  Present to Mr. Berge to gain access to the computer lab

2. Computer lab: B122- searching for ads, writing, re-writing

3. HW essay draft due Tuesday

1. J- What works to convince you?

2. Notes

a.  Chose a video ad

                                                           i.      Write an essay utilizing Pathos, Logos and ethos as a lens

                                                        ii.      Analyze

1. What it means

2. Why it means

3.  Rough draft due 11/21/17

4. Project: choice of presentation or group commercial

a.  Project due date 11/28/17

1. Semester essay’s

a.  Narrative

b. Problem/solution

c.  One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

d. Commercial ad

1.      J- what’s your plan for your essay?

a.      Write on the board.

2.      Notes

a.      Ethos

                                                              i.      Ethical appeal

b.      Logos

                                                              i.      Logical appeal

c.       Pathos

                                                              i.      Pathetic emotional appeal

Extra Drafting time

1.      Journal- would you like to read a screenplay? (in class) Watch a movie? Which & why?

2.      What’s expected for the draft

a.      MLA Format

b.      Works cited

c.       First daft due Tuesday 10/17/17

d.      Final draft due Thursday 10/19/17

3.      What’s reliable & what’s not

4.      Next writing about literature, poems as practice, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest as subject

a.      The Mexican Cabdriver’s Poem for His Wife, Who Has Left Him by Martin Espada

b.      When the Mexican driver says his wife is “like the bridge….,”

c.       He means that….

d.      He means this because

5.      Time & grading

1) What’s the best that ever happened to you?

2)Research in the computer lab

1.      J- what is your problem going to be for the problem/solution essay?

2.      Practice plan

2.1.   Topic + plan: School food is overpriced

2.1.1.      Talk about me! Budget/food

2.1.2.      What’s overpriced? Research list

2.1.2.1.            Why its overpriced- chartwells

2.1.3.      Research other school’s prices/ explain

2.1.4.      What can I do?

2.1.4.1.            Bring own food

2.1.4.2.            Organize/petition

2.1.4.3.            Formal complaint

2.1.4.4.            What do others do/network

2.1.5.      Plan of action

2.1.6.      Rough draft due in MLA Format: 10/17/17

·         J- what’s/local problem that gets on your nerves?

·         Problem/solution essays

·         Editing groups

o   Does their story start in the middle of the action?

o   Short event (1-2 mins)

o   Beginning, middle, end

o   Circle any mistakes

o   Check MLA Format

o   Say something nice!!!!!!

·         HW: reading One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

o   One Christmas (70 pages)

o   09/27/17 essays due

Thursday

1. What’s your experience with the mentally ill?

2. Groups and presentations

3. Read/watch one flew over the  cuckoo’s nest

Tuesday

1.    J- Summarize the narrative essay you might write.

2.    Tell your story to others (GROUPS)

3.    Background of the book (group work)

a.    Group 1- cultural/current events of the story’s time frame

b.    Group 2- political events of the story’s time frame

c.     Group 3- Ken Kesey background

d.    Group 4- Ken Kesey friends/associates

e.    Group 5- Ken Kesey beliefs

f.      Group 6- Ken Kesey and drugs

g.     Group 7- Ken Kesey mental health experience

4.    Drafting time

5.    Homework: essays due (draft) Tuesday 09/19/17

Thursday 09/07/17

Week #3 Thursday, 09/07/17

1. A Hanging questions- trade & answer

2.Attendance

3.Narrative chat

4.HW: Narrative essay plan

5.Book due: One flew over the cuckoo’s nest by: Ken Kesey  on 09/12/17

hanging

1.J- Why think about your thoughts?

2.Q

3.HW check

4.Notes

5.TS cont. 

6.Attendance

Homework: Sign syllabus

A Hanging - George Orwell
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Notes

1.     TAP- topic, audience purpose

2.     Topic is what its about

3.     Audience- who its for

4.     Purpose- why are you writing it

a.      Entertain

b.     Inform

c.      Persuade

d.     Describe

5.     Writing Process-

a.      Invent

                                                             i.      Think of ideas

b.     Organize

                                                             i.      Shape ideas

c.      Draft

                                                             i.      practice

d.     Revise

                                                             i.      Relook (fix draft)

e.      Edit

                                                             i.      Revise grammar, punctuation

f.       Publish

                                                             i.      perfect

6.      six traits of writing-

a.      Voice

                                                             i.      Personality

b.     Ideas

                                                             i.      They need to be interesting to others

c.      Conventions

                                                             i.      Rules to follow ex grammar

d.     Organization

                                                             i.      Best shape for reader

e.      Fluency

                                                             i.      Flow of the sentence

f.       Word choice

                                                             i.      Picking the best word

7.     First essay- Narrative Due date 09/14/17

a.      First person- point of view I, we

b.      True story

c.      Under a minute (main theme)

d.      Start in the middle of the story

e.      Length ?

8.      Grammar mistake

a.      Pronoun- antecedent , agreement (PNA)

                                                             i.      Ex: I like people that are nice- people who are nice

b.     Tense shift- (TS)

                                                             i.      Ex: I like people who were nice- I like people who are nice

c.      Verb tense agreement (VTA)

                                                             i.      I likes people who is nice-

d.     Parallelism (PARA)

                                                             i.      Ex: I like people who are nice, friendly, and run.- active

e.      Comma splice (CS)

                                                             i.      I LIKE PEOPLE, I LIKE DOGS- I like people. I like dogs.

f.       Run on (RO)

                                                             i.      I like people I like dogs- period or comma

g.     Fragment (F)

                                                             i.      I like people who.-

9.     Sentence types

a.      Simple- I like dogs.

b.     Compound – add something to a simple sentence ex- I like dogs, I like cats.

c.      Complex- I like dogs since they are nice.

d.     Compound complex- puts a compound sentence together- ex I hate cats because I’m allergic to cats.