- I can reflect on how the diction of an activity reflects the activity itself.
- Using textual evidence, I can make an argument about a literary character.
- Creative Writing...Using my knowledge of a piece of literature, I can create an alternative ending for a play, movie, novel, etc.
HW Prompt: Select a word or phrase that is used today that you believe is overused, odd, or even crazy and research its origin and examine the similarities and differences between denotation and connotation. Also, do you like this word/phrase or loathe it? Feel free to rant against or cheerlead for it. Have a little fun. Let your voice come out to play. (1 page, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point Font)
Bellringer: Do you feel that social media and the expanded presence of video cameras in public and private have made our lives better or worse? What do you see as some of the pros and cons of social media and increasingly present video cameras?
- Using your writing from last night, share your ideas on a final scene for the play or your opinion on Higgins.
- Annotate for the following in your in-class rhetorical analysis essay:
- Good things (G): Mark with stars places where you felt you made a good observation or wrote a strong phrase, sentence, or paragraph.
- Almost good (AG) things...Mark places where you might have made a decent observation but had trouble explaining it. These would be places in your essay that, with some additional experience or fine-tuning, you could improve upon.
- I wish I had noticed (write this at the bottom of your essay)...These are things that you did not even notice the first time, but after reading several examples of AP student essays, wish you had (or that you will in the future).
- Also, please fill out Self Assessment #1 and staple it to the front of your essay packet.
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