September 4, 2014

Learning Targets: 

1. I will continue to develop my rhetorical awareness and vocabulary skills. 
2. I will reflect on the rhetorical strategies used in a non-fiction piece and consider how they might be incorporated into a rhetorical analysis essay.

Bellringer: Santa Ana AP Essay Journal 09.04.13 Read the AP prompt for the Joan Didion Santa Anna piece and then spend 10 minutes writing about the following: 1) write one or two sentences in which you characterize/summarize Didion's view of the Santa Ana winds; and 2) choose three stylistic elements that struck you as significant in her attempt to convey her view, and write two or three sentences briefly describing how she used each of the elements to help convey her view.

Homework:  Read How To Tame a Wild tongue by Gloria Anzaldua (725 -733).

Tomorrow: Go straight to the following location: 
Period 1 = DC West
Period 2 - Library Room E
Period 3 - DC West


Bellringer:  
Amy Tan Interview: The first 3 mins 48 seconds.  You can watch the rest at home by clicking on this link.