9/28 10/1

9/28-10/1

I. Vocabulary Quiz on the Persuasive Vocab Terms
II. New Vocab Words:

Logical Fallacies
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Red Herring
Circular Reasoning
Generalization
Post Hoc -- False Causality

III. Go to Computer Lab: do outline for your argument

What’s your problem at SHS? Name:

Issue:

Claim:

Evidence: **(must have one appeal to audience and at least one cited detail!)
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Concession/Refutation:



Call To Action:



Works Cited: Do MLA citation for at least one source ( two sources B5) below:

Last, First. "Page title." Site title. Date of publication. Organization (if available). Date accessed (today) .




Parenthetical Citation: (author’s last name page #). If there is no author, go with whatever is first in your works cited entry

9/21-9/24

Agenda 9/21-24

I. How to read long sentences!
A. Read the preamble to the constitution: identify the type of sentence (freight train)
B. Break down the sentence: what is the main clause (subject and verb)?
C. List the verb phrases that are listed as reasons for "ordaining and establishing" the constituion

II. Read and annotate "We the People - 9/17/2007"
Locate the
Issue: Constitution Day
Claim: We should sing our praises from the rooftops
Evidence: All of paragraphs 2 and 3, first sentence of paragraph 4.
Refutation: "Those on the left..." "Those on the right..."
Call to Action: "Performing that duty..."

III. What's your problem at SHS? complete the organizational outline for an argument
List the issue: i.e. parking passes
Claim: what's your argument about how to solve that problem?
Evidence: List your support, proving it's a problem and your solution will work.
Concession/Refutation: "I understand _____________ (other side's main argument) but __________________ (your counter-argument)." example: "I understand that we need to generate money for things like prom and homecoming somehow, but students should have a right to park at school for free.
Call to Action: Tell your audience what to do.

IV. Homework: Bring a letter to the editor from a newspaper and RECITE THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION.

Grading for recitation:
A = completely memorized, recited without pauses and with emphasis.
B = completely memorized, with pauses, repeats, start-overs.
C = Mostly memorized.
D = Mostly read.

9/19-20

I. Check Notecards
II. Quiz on explorers
III. Persuasive Vocabulary : QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY or FRIDAY!
PERSUASIVE APPEALS
a. Emotional Appeal
b. Logical Appeal
c. Ethical Appeal
d. Charged Words
PERSUASIVE ORGANIZATION:
e. Claim/Assertion
f. Evidence
1. data
2. andecdotal
3. expert testimony
4. analogy
g. Refutation/Concession
h. Call to Action
1. Call 1
2. Call 2

HW: read the letter to the editor "We the people" annotate it by circling and identifying examples of vocabulary words. http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/092007/09172007/317598

ALSO: remember to memorize the preamble by TUE/WED of next week!!!

September 17-18

Agenda 9/17-9/18
I. Reading Quiz on Equiano (page 44)
II. Equiano's purpose
A. Speaker = Equiano, Slave, Educated
B. Audience = Rich, White, Northern, Abolitionists
C. Details: Separate Fact from Opinion
1. Choose details, or wording of details, that Equiano Chose on purpose:
a. Ex. Children fell in the "necessary tubs" ; many fell in, but he says "children" why?
D. Purpose: What do you think his purpose is? What about the paragraph on Curiosity?
III. Research:
A. Define Source:
B. Cite:
C. Works Cited:
D. Parenthetical Citation:
E. Plagiarism

HOMEWORK: Complete notecard sheet, comparing Columbus' Journal OR Equiano's Narrative to what it says in you History Textbook.