DO NOW

• ​Daily Check-in
• Retrieval Practice (post in chat)
  1. What is tone?
  2. In you own words, how can style contribute to rhetorical effect?
  

Objectives

1. Explain how writers’ stylistic choices contribute to the purpose of an argument (style: tone, parallel structure, repetition, figurative lang, syntax, diction)

Agenda

• Diction and Syntax (Slides)
  • Words to describe diction
  • Harold Raugh "Bio of James Brudenell"
  • Words to describe syntax
  • William Hazlit, “On the want of money”

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

• 502 - Diction and Syntax

DO NOW

• ​Daily Check-in

Unit Objectives

1. Explain how writers’ stylistic choices contribute to the purpose of an argument (style: tone, parallel structure, repetition, figurative lang, syntax, diction)
2. Describe the reasoning, organization, and development of an argument and how those influence style and effect
3. Connect lines of reasoning to thesis

Agenda

• Unit Guide
• Due date discussion
• Style and Tone (Slides, Video)
  
  • Words to describe tone
  • Tone Practice
  • Tone Free Write

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

• 501 - Style and Tone
• Life Skills - Academic Management

DO NOW​​

• ​​Daily Check-in/Personal Survey

​Objectives

• Get to know the class, me, and reflect on yourself
  
• Learn about some self-management skills
  

​Agenda

• Semester Reflection Discussion:
  • What worked for you last semester? What successes did you have?
  • What didn't?
  • What's in your control to change?
• Syllabus and Policies
  
• Semester Overview
• Self-Management (Slides)

​Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

• Life Skills - Self-Management

FRIDAY FINALS SCHEDULE
January 8th:
Period 1- 8:00-9:30
Period 2- 9:35-11:05
Period 3- 11:10-12:40

​Complete the AP Fall Semester Final Reflection in Google Classroom.

Thanks for a great semester. I'm proud of all of you for sticking with this difficult class in difficult situations. Be proud of what you've learned and how you've grown.

DO NOW

• ​Daily Check-in

Objectives

1. Writing – body paragraphs
2. Identifying and analyzing argument

Agenda

• Rhetorical Analysis Organization and Body Paragraphs (Slides)
• APExamples - Rhetorical Analysis Essay rubric and examples

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

• 406 - Rhetorical Analysis Essay

FRIDAY FINALS SCHEDULES
January 8th:
Period 1- 8:00-9:30
Period 2- 9:35-11:05
Period 3- 11:10-12:40

DO NOW

• Take 4 question AP Classroom Quiz "Rhetorical Analysis Practice MCQ" (the link may not work in which case just log into AP classroom and navigate to your assignments)
• ​Daily Check-in

Objectives

• Identifying and analyzing argument
• Writing – intros for rhetorical Analysis

Agenda

• Late Work Poll
• Discuss Semester Final
• Discuss practice quiz
• MLK "Letter from Birmingham Jail response sharing
  • Define purpose/message
  • Share what questions you responded to and your answers.
• Rhetorical Intros (Slides)
• Write Intro for "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
  • ​Sample Rhetorical Analysis Intro: When Shirley Chisholm took the floor in March 1969, the Vietnam War had been going on for close to 14 years, and the toll it took on the United States and the American people kept growing heavier. In this speech given in Washington D.C., Chisholm explored the consequences of a deadly war at home, emphasized the American values that the United States government should keep to, and entwined past, present, and future to show that, should nothing change, the lives of the American people and the country in general will only get worse.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

• 403 - Practicing RA introductions​