Next Tuesday...

Spelling/vocab quiz on "u" and "v" words and the following roots:

vac	empty	vacation, vacuum, vacuous, vacant
ven, vent	come, go	intervene, convene, contravene, event, convenient, adventure
vert	turn	introvert, irreversible, vertigo, vertex, vertical

Spelling/Vocab Quiz Friday

Look over your "t" words and the following vocabulary roots:

ten, tent	hold	tentative, tenable, tenuous
terr	earth	subterranean, terrain, terrestrial, disinter
theo	god, deity	theology, polytheism, atheist, monotheism

Google Doc Reflection Time

GO SEE DON JUAN THIS WED., THURS., OR FRI. AND EARN A READING BLOG PASS FOR A FUTURE HW ASSIGNMENT!  ON THE BACK OF YOUR TICKET STUB WRITE DOWN THE DATE OF THE PERFORMANCE YOU ATTENDED, SIGN IT, AND TURN IT IN TO ME.
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For Wednesday, you need to write a two-paragraph reflection on the (+) and (-) found at the top of your rubric.  For each paragraph, use textual evidence from your op-ed.

__________________ AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR OP-ED GRADES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TASKS:

1. Write your reflection on your Google Doc (see description above).
2. If pathos, logos, or ethos were one of your (-) challenges, you need to demonstrate that you understand how to use these techniques in your Google Doc reflection by revising and typing new persuasive op-ed sections into your Doc.
3. If informal register was one of your (-) challenges, you need to rewrite one of your paragraphs in your Google Doc to demonstrate that you understand how to shift your register for different audiences.
4. Complete your revisions below your reflection and bring your essay to our opportunity period conference.

Sample revisions (to be typed in your Google Doc) –

Original Logos- Second hand smoke kills 50,000 Colombians each year.

Revision - Governments have a responsibility to protect their citizens.  50,000 Colombians died of lung cancer as a result of second hand smoking last year.  Therefore, the Colombian government has a responsibility to ban smoking in public places.     

Circled Issue – You where dead.

Revision – You were dead. 

The Art of Persuasion

Pathos at play.

Post three advertisement examples on your blog and provide a short analysis of which rhetorical technique is being used in each.

You should have an advertisement for pathos, logos, and ethos.

Oh, and don't forget to take your atabrine (whatever that is...)

Share your opinion with the world...

1)  On Tuesday, you'll have a vocabulary/spelling quiz on "s" words, and your vocabulary will be as follows:

schizo, schiz (division, split) [schizophrenic, schism]
scrib, script (write) [manuscript, scribe, scripture]
sec, sect (cut) [sectarian, dissect, section]


2) Over the weekend, please submit your op-ed article to Teen Ink for possible publication.

First, write a cover letter which include the title, approximate word count, and a brief biography. Be sure to write in formal register.

Dear Editors,

Please consider this op-ed article, " " (approx. ___ words) for publication in Teen Ink.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Your name
HERE IS THE SUBMISSION LINK Submit at Teen Ink Magazine. 

3) A NOTE FOR THOSE WHO WERE AWAY THIS WEEK - Don't fret.  You need to read a few chapters from Genesis to prepare for next week.  You can read Chapter 4 (Cain and Abel), Chapter 11 (Tower of Babel) and Chapters 21-22 (Abraham and Isaac) using this link to the King James Version.  

DEADLINE extension for Op-Ed articles

I will not be in class today, so your op-ed articles will be due on Friday.  Please come meet with me during opportunity period this afternoon or tomorrow if you'd like a conference before turning in your final draft.

Having read some of your articles in conferences, I'd like to remind you that you are trying to persuade your reader to share your opinion.  Let's practice identifying some of the elements of persuasion today.  Please complete the followings tasks IN PAIRS in the computer lab.  You'll turn in your work on a separate sheet of paper at the end of class:

1) Read this article and identify parts of the author's argument that use logos, pathos and/or ethos to appeal to the reader;

2) Read this article and identify the register and write down three passages from the article that support your assertion.  Also read the discussion posts below the article and summarize the response to Sarah Lakewood's article with which you most agree;

3) Read this editorial sharing an opinion of the violent protests in the Middle East that erupted in September over a YouTube video critical of Islam.  Identify parts of the author's argument that use logos, pathos, and/or ethos to appeal to the reader; and

4) Lastly, put your names, today's date and your block number at the top of your paper and turn your paper to your substitute.

If you have extra time today, ask your partner to read your op-ed and tell you which of the grading criteria you still need to work on to earn a 4.  See you Friday!

Op-ed articles DUE WEDNESDAY!

Take some time this weekend to revise and edit your articles to turn in to me on Wednesday.  If you missed class this week, you'll want to be sure to first read this great article and view this short video.  Both do a good job of explaining all three rhetorical techniques.  Using all three will help you earn a higher score and (more importantly) present a stronger argument.

BELOW ARE THE RUBRIC CRITERIA WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS LAST WEEK.  Read it.  Know it.  Write it. Live it.

STANDARD: Employs an effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, maintain a consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis.
50%
TO EARN AN ADVANCED SCORE - 

Pathos, logos, ethos are used effectively and consistently throughout to strong persuasive effect for the reader.

Consistent use of informal register throughout the article.

STANDARD: Uses correct grammar, spelling, and sentence construction

25%

TO EARN AN ADVANCED SCORE - 

Author confidently uses commas when forming compound and complex sentences.  Correct spelling and capitalization are used throughout.

STANDARD: Uses a clear, logical, purposeful, and effective structure.

25%

TO EARN AN ADVANCE SCORE - 

Article is at least 1-page (12-pt, Times New Roman, double-spaced), contains an original title, and uses a clear and logical introduction, body and conclusion.

Spelling and Vocab Quiz Next Class

Spelling "q" and "r"

Vocabulary -
re- (again, back) [repeat, regurgitate]
retro- (back) [retroactive, retrofit]
quer / quis (ask) [query, inquisition]

We've now finished chapter 3 of Genesis, and next week we'll have a writer's workshop for your op-ed articles.

NOTE FOR BLOCK 8 - Here is a link, so you can finish reading Genesis Chapter 3