Persuasive speech Schedule

I wanted to give you the schedule so you can start planning. I will also give you a hard copy of the schedule when I have everyone's topics.

Persuasive Speech Schedule

Date Assignment/Activity
Monday, February 1 Topics due- start visual organizer
How to evaluate sources for scholarly research
Tuesday, February 2 Portfolio day for seniors- no school for underclassmen
Thursday, February 3 Library research
Friday, February 4 Library research
Monday, February 8 Preliminary annotated bibliography
Tuesday, February 9 Identifying and using persuasive appeals (Revisit Letter)
Wednesday, February 10 Outlines due
Thursday, February 11 Rhetorical devices
Tuesday, February 23 Maddy C Lanie RJ Kathleen
Wednesday, February 24 Taylor Laura Ethan Nicole
Thursday, February 25 Of Mice and Men Socratic seminar
Friday, February 26 Ally Sam M Julia Mackenzie
Complete rough drafts due (Drafts MUST include a works cited page and citations in the text)
Monday, March 1 Of Mice and Men in class essay
Wednesday, March 3 Hannah Tina Sean
Thursday, March 4 Olivia Erin Billy
Friday, March 5 Amanda Soukie Conner Sam C
Monday, March 8 Victoria Maya Maddy T Sam V

Socratic seminar reflection- process

Sorry I surprised you with the whole group seminar, but I didn't want you to get all worried ahead of time. I read your immediate reactions after class, now I want you to reflect on the process and compare it to our past seminars. What did you like? What could we improve?

Socratic seminar reflection- content

Reflect on what your classmates discussed during the seminar. Did someone say something that changed or expanded your way of thinking? Who said something that you found profound or interesting? What was it?

Into the Wild study guide

Remember that the reading is due on Thursday, January 7. You'll have a Socratic seminar on that day. Friday, January 8 is your final vocab quiz of the semester. On Monday, January 11 you'll have an in class essay. The prompt, as I told you is "why did Christopher McCandless walk into the wild?" On Tuesday, January 12 you'll have a test on the reading. The list below will help you keep track of important events and people in the reading.

“Billie” McCandless
14 Okinawan children
A simple brass plague
Alexander Supertramp
Annandale, Virginia
Bullhead City, Arizona
Carine McCandless
Carl McCunn
Carthage, South Dakota
Chris’s fast copies
Christopher McCandless
Colorado River
Datson B210
Davis Gulch
Denali
Detrital Wash
Devil’s Thumb
Emergency hand signals
Emory
Everett Ruess
F in high school Physics
Fairbanks City Transit System: bus 142
Flawless software program
Gauging station
Gaylord Stuckey
Gene Rosellini
Henry David Thoreau
Hitchhiking ticket
Jack London
Jan Burres
Jim Gallien
John Krakauer
John Mallon Waterman
Mayor of Hippie Cove
McDonald’s
Mexican boarder
Moose
NEMO
Oh-My-God Hot Springs
Potato seed
Quinn McCandless
Rice
Ronald Franz
Samuel Walter McCandless
Stampede Trail
Stikine Ice Cap
Teklanika River
Topographical map
Teklanika
The Slabs
W-4 forms
Washington Redskins
Wayne Westerberg

Your last vocab list of the semester!

The quiz for these words will be on Friday, January 8.

Part II unit 10

Words for Ridicule

1. Derision- ridicule, mockery
2. Bathos- anticlimax, false or excessive pathos
3. Burlesque- a comic imitation of take off
4. Irony- mild sarcasm, a firmly humorous effect of words, or a situation opposite to what one expects
5. Satire- ridicule, especially in literary form

Words for Light-Hearted Use

6. Levity- light mindedness, frivolity
7. Facetiousness- witty levity
8. Flippancy- pertness, lightly disrespectful talk or action, sauciness
9. Hilarity- boisterous levity
10. Jocularity- good-natured, playful joyousness
11. Ludicrousness- laughableness, ridiculousness
12. repartee- rapid, witty conversation or reply

Adjectives
13. Bohemian- loose, arty, unconventional
14. Catatonic- marked by stupor or muscular rigidity, often alternating with excitement
15. Ecumenical- worldwide, universal, church-uniting
16. Empirical- based on experience or experiment
17. Nether- down, below
18. Palatable- tasty, savory, agreeable
19. Paranoid- characterized by suspiciousness and a feeling of being persecuted
20. Psychedelic- producing an unnatural mental start

Socratic Seminar process

Was this inner circle discussion better then the last one? Why or why not?
What did you like better about this seminar?
What didn't you like?
What do you feel would help the class as a whole in the future?

Remember, no mean girl comments!

Civil Disobedience CONTENT

Write about one idea that someone brought up that stuck with you. Did someone change your thinking? Did someone bring up an idea that never occured to you?

Feel free to comment on the ideas other students mention as well.