English 3P Honors Weekly Updates: 1.10-1.15

AdrianaAlba

Monday: Mark Twain and AMERICAN SATIRE. The Lowest Animal, p. 468-477 & “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” pp. 460.

UNIT GOAL: Write an expository essay that evaluates how REALIST artists and author’s effectively use ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and their ideas about (in)justice.

Objective: By reading and annotating American Realist literature, students will be able to 1.)  evaluate philosophical attitudes and views of “justice” and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech, and use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos across genres.

Agenda: Mark Twain Notes, Mark Twain Background Video

Homework: Read “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” pp. 460. and answer guiding questions

Tuesday: Realist Satire & Social Change: Twain, Mark. The Lowest Animal pp. 468-477

UNIT GOAL: Write an expository essay that evaluates how REALIST artists and author’s effectively use ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and their ideas about (in)justice.

Objective: By reading and annotating American Realist literature, students will be able to 1.)  evaluate philosophical attitudes and views of “justice” and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech, and use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos across genres.

Agenda: Mark Twain Notes, Read and Annotate “The Lowest Animal”

Homework: Read “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” pp. 460. and answer guiding questions

Wednesday: Realist Satire & Social Change: Twain, Mark. The Lowest Animal pp. 468-477

UNIT GOAL: Write an expository essay that evaluates how REALIST artists and author’s effectively use ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and their ideas about (in)justice.

Objective: By reading and annotating American Realist literature, students will be able to 1.)  evaluate philosophical attitudes and views of “justice” and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech, and use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos across genres.

Agenda: Mark Twain Notes, Read and Annotate “The Lowest Animal”, Complete Dialectical Journal to identify Twain’s use Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Homework: Read “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” pp. 460. and answer guiding questions

Thursday: Socratic Seminar Preparation

UNIT GOAL: Write an expository essay that evaluates how REALIST artists and author’s effectively use ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and their ideas about (in)justice.

Objective: After reading, Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,”  and Mark Twain’s satirical essay “The Lowest Animal” and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” students will be able to participate in a Socratic Seminar that analyzes and evaluates the authors’ arguments and use of ethos, pathos, and logos as support.

AGENDA: Socratic Seminar Preparation

Homework: Finish “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” pp. 460. and answer guiding questions

Friday: Socratic Seminar on Man’s Capacity for Justice According to Mark Twain

UNIT GOAL: Write an expository essay that evaluates how REALIST artists and author’s effectively use ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and their ideas about (in)justice.

Objective: After reading, Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,”  and Mark Twain’s satirical essay “The Lowest Animal” and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” students will be able to participate in a Socratic Seminar that analyzes and evaluates the authors’ arguments and use of ethos, pathos, and logos as support.

AGENDA: Socratic Seminar Preparation, Socratic Seminar Evaluation Form

Homework: No Homework