Daily+agenda+and+homework+assignments

Thursday, Jan. 31
See Wednesday, below

Wednesday, Jan. 30
BU's and EQ's for F451 Unit Symbolism chart + Study questions distributed List of potential projects for the novel Start the F451!

Tuesday, Jan. 29
See Monday, below

Monday, Jan. 28
Puzzler Writing/discussion points: censorship ppt and intro to F451 Wall wisher--banned books class posting **H/W**: 5 w's and the h: Choose one of the following: "Nazi book burning" OR "McCarthyism and censorship" OR "censorship in Singapore"

Sunday, Jan. 27:
Last day of speeches!

Sunday, Jan. 13
Puzzler Introduction to/explanation of Persuasive speech rubric Work time/conferences!

Thursday, Jan. 10
Individual work and conference time for Persuasive speeches Time your speech! Work on note cards!

Speeches begin next week!

Wednesday, Jan. 9
Individual work and conference time for Persuasive speeches. Speeches begin next week!

Tuesday, Jan. 8
Library--renew books Individual work and conference time for Persuasive speeches

Monday, Jan. 7
See Sunday, below In addition: Outlines returned, conferencing/working on speeches H/W: Work on rough draft of speech!

Sunday, Jan. 6
Puzzler! Discussion Video: Sandy Hook

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Quickwrite: Did Obama use ethos, pathos, or logos in his speech about the Sandy Hook shootings? Explain, citing examples from the speech. What rhetorical devices did Obama use? (Think of the 15 devices you learned) What was your overall impression of this national address? Lastly, you may add any personal thoughts/reflections. ======

Week of Dec. 2
=Tuesday, Dec. 4-Thursday, Dec. 6:= Individual student conferencing over persuasive speeches Finish OMAM film.

**Monday, Dec. 3**
Puzzler! Journal on the Girl who silenced the World--what did you say? Turn in journals for grading! Writing your proposal for your research topic SSR?

**Sunday, Dec. 2**
Puzzler! "The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes" Journal Entry--reactions? Writing your proposal for your speech topic SSR?

**Thursday, Nov. 29**
SSR Simon Says Dissect MLK's speech together Discuss Squealer's Speech/share annotations Speech Topics: writing a proposal to Mr. B

Finish watching/start watching MLK's speech
Dissect MLK's speech as a class Start on Homework. See yesterday's homework for the link

**Tuesday, Nov. 27:**
Book fair Writing prompts passed back/reviewed MLK's Speech: dissect together! MLK's speech: Watch the video--what else makes it so persuasive?

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Homework : Read Squealer's speech. Then do the same thing you did with MLK's speech--find all the rhetorical devices used, but this time, also include Aristotle's 3 appeals: ethos, logos and pathos. ======

**Sunday, Nov.25**
Puzzler SSR (BRING YOUR BOOKS!) Homework check-in: Sharing rhetorical devices, going over them. Brief intro to persuasive speech project H/W : Read MLK's speech, and annotate it--find all rhetorical devices used and mark/highlight them!

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Homework for the long weekend: Hi All! Tom wrote me with some good questions about the homework for this weekend. I want to make sure you all understand. Below is the question and my response. (Tom, I hope this is ok!) Please tell the rest to read this post. =====

Thanks, and enjoy the three day!

-Mr. B

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Tom BACHMANN <17tbachmann@aisdhaka.org> wrote: > Hey Mr.Birdwell, I am not quite sure of what you meant by finding an example of a persuasion term in text form. Do you want us to bring a whole article from a news paper, or a paragraph in a book, or do you simply want us to copy and paste one or two sentences from the web into a word document?Have a happy thanksgiving!

thank you, Tom My response to Tom is below:

Hi Tom,

I want you to find a phrase or paragraph (certainly not an article!) which employs the selected rhetorical device, cut and paste it into a word doc, and show us (maybe by highlighting or underlining) the specific device used.

Ex: Metaphor:

"__All the world's a stage,__ And all the men and women merely players.  They have their exits and their entrances" -W. Shakespeare, from "As You Like It".

Here Shakespeare tells us that the world is a stage in a theater, where we all act. This is an example of a metaphor because though we may act in life, we certainly are not literally on a stage.

Does this make more sense? I should post this on the wiki. You, too, have a happy break.

Mr. B

= **Wednesday, Nov. 21:** = See Tuesday Shortened class due to UN Day

**Sunday, Nov. 18:**
Library visit: Get new books Return OMAM SSR Advertisements--dissecting, analyzing with notes

Week of Nov. 11:

Prepping for George's trial
Mini lessons on media and persuasion

**Sunday, Nov. 11:**

 * Finish Advertisement lesson w/ Ms. Meisner
 * Intro to George's trial, roles given
 * Independent work for your task.

**Thursday, Nov. 8:**

 * Finish Advertisement lesson w/ Ms. Meisner
 * ** Intro to George's trial, roles given **
 * Independent work for your task.

**Wednesday, Nov. 7:**

 * **Character sheets DUE, printed at the beginning of class! DO NOT wait until the last moment! ONe more note: "working together" on the character sheets DOES NOT mean you may turn in the same character sheet! Think together, but you must write in your own words!**
 * MLA citation: Mini quiz
 * OMAM: easy quiz, OMAM, ch. 5 and 6
 * Advertisements with Ms. Meisner

**T****uesday, Nov. 6**

 * George's trial: Duties assigned and timeline explained
 * Expectations and rubric explained
 * Independent work for your particular task: prosecution, defense, jury, witness
 * H/W: Find a motif that interests you in __OMAM.__

**Monday, Nov. 5**

 * ===== Character sheets must be completed! =====
 * ===== Mini lesson: quoting dialogue. =====
 * Discussion: If you had to make an on-the-spot decision about George's actions, what would you do to George?
 * Written task: Do George's actions "fit" the relationship between George and Lennie? Come up with at least three reasons why he did or did not do the right thing. For each reason, you should include a passage from the book that shows what their relationship is like.
 * **Discussion:**
 * symbols of death: Candy's dog, the water snake, the puppy, Curley's wife, the mice
 * Circular nature of the book--begins and ends in same place.

**Sunday, Nov.4:**

 * ===== Character sheets must be completed! =====
 * ===== Mini lesson: quoting dialogue. =====
 * Discussion: If you had to make an on-the-spot decision about George's actions, what would you do to George?
 * Written task: Do George's actions "fit" the relationship between George and Lennie? Come up with at least three reasons why he did or did not do the right thing. For each reason, you should include a passage from the book that shows what their relationship is like.
 * **Discussion:**
 * symbols of death: Candy's dog, the water snake, the puppy, Curley's wife, the mice
 * Circular nature of the book--begins and ends in same place.

Week of Oct. 21

 * Wednesday, Oct. 24:**
 * Finish the book!
 * Discussion!


 * Tuesday, Oct. 23:**
 * Ch. 4 discussion
 * reading together!
 * H/W: Finish the novel!


 * Monday, Oct. 22:**
 * Puzzler
 * projects and quizzes returned
 * motifs and themes cont.
 * OMAM discussion and dissection
 * H/W: Finish ch. 4 in OMAM

**Sunday, Oct. 21:** Puzzler: :projects and quizzes returned.
 * Motifs and themes continued.

Last week, Oct. 14:
Notes: I will be back from KL on Monday morning! Be good!

**Monday, Oct. 15:**
**8th:**
 * SSR/Puz
 * Motifs: What are they? Identifying them in OMAM
 * Themes: What are they? Can we identify some?
 * Motifs vs. themes: what's the difference?
 * Lennie and George go to the therapist
 * Possible reading comprehension quiz, chapters 1-3.
 * H/W: Get a Twitter account and "follow" Mr. B

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 * 7th: **
 * SSR/Puz
 * Test over Pop and Rec. unit!
 * Lennie/George/Curley/Curley's wife go to the therapist
 * H/W: Get a Twitter account and "follow" Mr. B

**Sunday, Oct. 14:**

 * ===== In-class fall writing prompt. Bring OMAM or SSR book in case you finish early! =====
 * ====Homework: Read chapter 3 by Wednesday!====

Week of Oct. 7:
By Sunday, Oct. 14, you should be finished with chapter 3 from Of Mice and Men (OMAM), and should be making significant progress on the character sheets. Expect a lengthy discussion upon my return from the IB conference in KL. Important files for the OMAM unit are on the __Of Mice and Men__ page.

**Thursday, Oct. 11**:

 * In class writing prompt. Bring a book to read when you finish early!
 * Homework: Read chapter 3 by Monday!
 * Mr. B gone to KL

** Tuesday, Oct. 9: **

 * =====** Today's journal topic: **Eleanor Roosevelt said, “//The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”// Respond to this quote. What does it mean to you? How does this relate to __OMAM__? Does having a dream help us maintain hope for the future? How does having hope for the future affect the present? If we believe in our dreams, do we have a greater chance of achieving them? 150 wds. min. Early finishers: SSR. =====
 * Read and discuss OMAM
 * Work on character sheets!

=PAST ASSIGNMENTS:=

Sept. 23:
You will be assigned ONE of the topics below in class. Please stick with the one I have given you. Your duty: Google and read about the 5W's and the H (who, what, why, where, when and how) of your topic. Write a couple of sentences for each piece of information. Please bring this to class, handwritten or typed, and be prepared to discuss!

Topics: 1. The Great Depression 2. The Dust Bowl 3. Migration during the Dust Bowl 4. Jack Kevorkian 5. Women's suffrage in the US 6. Mental Retardation (MR) 7. John Steinbeck 8. "The American Dream" 9. Salinas, California: climate, geography 10. "Small man's complex"

Sept. 2 and 3:
You have until Thursday (block B) or Sunday (blocks E and H) to complete your using the information given to you in class. This should be typed, formatted, 300-500 words. Due at the beginning of class.

Aug 29 and 30:
Read the following:After reading, respond to the following questions (typed or hand written):

1. Where do you think this creation story is from? 2. How is this story similar (or different) to any of the creation stories we have read or discussed in class? 3. What does this creation story reveal about the culture of these people?