Feb 26 - Essay Prep

Subjunctive mood bellringer
paradox bellringer
- culm. vocab on next Thursday (last 5 vocab quizzes)
discuss photo essay
prep for 9 weeks essay
education argument text (W6)

HW: none - prepare for your 9 weeks essay

My favor to you, the vocab lists with definitions:

1.
coalition – political alliance, merging into one
diatribe – verbal or written bitter criticism
bureaucracy – administrative system, neg. – frustrating rules that are overly complex or drawn out
unscrupulous – immoral
alienate – to turn away in affection
apex – highest point
eloquent – speaking beautifully and forcefully
antithesis – exact opposite
archetype – image, motif, or thematic pattern that has recurred so regularly in history, literature, religion, for folklore as to have acquired transcendent symbolic force
caricature – an exaggerated representation of a person or action

2.
axiom – generally accepted truth or premise
motif - a repeated, reoccurring theme
mantra - often repeated idea, often w/o thought; maxim
autonomous – self governing
dissident – someone who disagrees
oratory – art of public speaking
clarion (adj) – loud and clear
sabbatical – period of leave associated w/ rest
embed – place, lodge, or fix in place
invocation – calling upon higher power for help; prayer

3.
descriptive grammar – represents the unconscious linguistic knowledge or capacity of speakers of a given language
arbitrary – based on whim, random
linguistic – relating to language
prescriptive grammar – attempts to legislate what grammar should be
prestige dialect – the language spoken by the dominant social-economic class
semantics – study of meaning in language
lexicon – known/available vocabulary
gerund – a noun formed from a verb using -ing, describing an action, state, or process
grotesque – blending reality and fantasy, often in a strange or disturbing way
burlesque – imitation of the lofty in a low style, mockery

4.
· morpheme – most elemental unit of grammatical form
· hierarchy – arranged in ranks, or graded according to importance
· lexical gap – words that are not in the dictionary but can be formed by the sounds available to the language
· palatable – acceptable to the senses, esp. taste
· anecdote - a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
· cognate - related by descent from the same ancestral language
· cryptic - secret, occult
· indubitable - too evident to be doubted : unquestionable
· obtuse - difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression
· foible - a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior : weakness

5.
· Direct object – noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive action verb
· Transitive verb – an action verb that has a receiver for its action
· Predicate nominative – a noun that follows and completes a linking verb by renaming the subject
· Linking verb – verb that shows existence or condition
· Objective complement – follows and renames a direct object; needs a verb-elect
· Appositive – an expression that explains or identifies a noun or pronoun within a sentence, usually comes right after the word it explains
· Clause – a group of words containing a subject and a predicate
· Independent clause – expresses a complete idea and can stand alone in a sentence
· Dependent clause – a group of words used as a part of speech; must be combined with an independent clause to make sense
· Noun clause – a dependent clause that does the work of a noun

Link to Photo Essay

http://www.newsweek.com/id/161720

Your assignment: choose 10 photos
Write two sentences about each covering:

What is the message?
How is the message conveyed?

Feb 24 - Last day of testing!

Yesterday no one was absent and there was no homework, so I didn't blog the assignment.

We tested and we went over our vocab and grammar.

Today when you have read this you completed your last test! Yeah!

Once you've done that, follow this link:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/english/courses/sites/lunsford/pages/defs.htm

This site has complied quotes on rhetoric.

Here are some collected definitions for rhetoric:


1.Rhetoric is the art of using language as a means to persuade.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric)
2.As a course of study, rhetoric trains students to speak and/or write effectively. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric)
3.1: the art of speaking or writing effectively: as a: the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times b: the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion 2 a: skill in the effective use of speech b: a type or mode of language or speech ; also : insincere or grandiloquent language3: verbal communication : discourse
(m-w.com)
4.Rhetoric is the study of effective speaking and writing. And the art of persuasion. And many other things. (http://rhetoric.byu.edu/encompassing%20terms/rhetoric.htm)

Knowing what rhetoric is and how it functions in different mediums (i.e. National Public Radio, facebook, a photo essay in Newsweek that we will work with today, your textbooks, the NCLB tests, conversation, a formal essay, etc.) will be important for your Essay test coming up for the nine weeks.

When we get back to class we will have a vocab quiz, a grammar worksheet, and then examine the photo essay on Newsweek - don't go looking for it because we will view it together.

HW: 2 sentence response to each photo covering:
1. What is the message intended in the 'framing' of the photo?
2. How is the message conveyed?

Book List - Must have book present in class Monday

link to today's assignment is below book list

*note - formatting did not stay from .doc - author is listed above title; on the sheet handed to you in class author was to the left of the title. (Also, no italics remained.)

AP Language List of Recommended Novels
*requirements – This should not be a book you’ve read before. This also should not be based on a movie or show, but on the text. Also note that the book you select here is recorded and given to the AP Literature teacher and cannot be selected as next year’s project.
You will commit to a book selection on January 29th. Fiction and non-fiction selections will have different worksheets and presentation guidelines.
Author
Title
Anaya, Rudolfo
Bless Me Ultima
Baldwin, James
Go Tell It On the Mountain
Beckett, Samuel
Waiting for Godot
Blake, William
Songs of Innocence and Experience
Bronte, Emily
Wuthering Heights
Bunyan, John
The Pilgrim’s Progress, Book 1
Dickens, Charles
Bleak House
Douglass, Fredrick
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Eliot, George
Middlemarch
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Collected Essays
Enrenreich, Barbara
Nickel and Dimed
Franklin, Benjamin
The Autobiography
Gladwell, Malcolm
Blink
Gladwell, Malcolm
The Tipping Point
Hemingway, Ernest
The Sun Also Rises
Hughes, Langston
Not Without Laughter
Irving, John
A Prayer for Owen Meany
James, Henry
The Turn of the Screw
Melville, Herman
Moby-Dick
Mill, John Stuart
On Liberty
Moliere
Tartuffe
Morrison, Toni
Sula
Plato
The Republic
Shakespeare, William
Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare, William
As You Like It
Shakespeare, William
King Lear
Shakespeare, William
The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare, William
The Tempest
Thoreau, Henry David
Walden
Walker, Alice
The Color Purple
Warren, Robert Penn
All the King’s Men
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass
Williams, Tennessee
Streetcar Named Desire
Wilson, August
Fences
N. Scott Momaday
The Way to Rainy Mountain

Feb 19 - link for class

http://www.slate.com/id/2211068

read article - after you have read the article read your semester book. Assignment for the Slate article will be explained when all testing is finished.
discussion on rhetoric of facebook

HW: write the 25 things to turn in for Monday

Prompt as written on facebook note from the article:

Write 25 random things about yourself. These can be goals, dreams, habits, little known facts, or anything you want to express about yourself. Tag 25 people in the note. If you've been tagged in this note it is because I want you to know more about me and I want to know more about you. You have to tag the person who originally tagged you in this note.

Vocabulary:



· Direct object – noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive action verb
· Transitive verb – an action verb that has a receiver for its action
· Predicate nominative – a noun that follows and completes a linking verb by renaming the subject
· Linking verb – verb that shows existence or condition
· Objective complement – follows and renames a direct object; needs a verb-elect
· Appositive – an expression that explains or identifies a noun or pronoun within a sentence, usually comes right after the word it explains
· Clause – a group of words containing a subject and a predicate
· Independent clause – expresses a complete idea and can stand alone in a sentence
· Dependent clause – a group of words used as a part of speech; must be combined with an independent clause to make sense
· Noun clause – a dependent clause that does the work of a noun

Feb 17 - diagrams

turn in diagram hw
vocab quiz
grammar bellringer - noun clauses
review late work policy - see posting
work on diagram packet

HW: diagram gerunds and infinitives #3 and #6

Late Work Policy - Reminder

AP Late Work Policy
No late work is accepted.
Excused absences – work missed for an excused absence is to be turned in the next class period you are in school. Consecutive absences will elongate the due date, but only with prior communication.
· This means you must come see me for make-up work before the next class! DO NOT ASK ME FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE CLASS. I CANNOT GO THROUGH A WHOLE CLASS PERIOD IN FIVE MINUTES.
Ideally, for an absence due to a sporting event, debate, music, or other planned activity the student will have work turned in before leaving. Planned absences do not change due dates.
· If a large project is due, the project must be turned in that day if you are present in class or not.
Unexcused absences - case by case, but most likely no credit.

Feb 16 - diagram

Vocab Review
see grammar quizzes
diagram powerpoint
diagram practice

HW:

in packet - 1st pages all evens
2nd page #3,6
3rd page #3,6

Feb 10 - grammar

grammar quiz
vocab list

morpheme – most elemental unit of grammatical form
hierarchy – arranged in ranks, or graded according to importance
lexical gap – words that are not in the dictionary but can be formed by the sounds available to the language
palatable – acceptable to the senses, esp. taste
anecdote - a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
cognate - related by descent from the same ancestral language
cryptic - secret, occult
indubitable - too evident to be doubted : unquestionable
obtuse - difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression
foible - a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior : weakness

Morphology exercises (packet is HW for Mon)
Sentenece styles, exercise

HW: NPR assignment, Morphology packet - both due Mon Feb 16.

Feb 9 - grammar

vocab quiz
finish noun packet

HW: NPR 89.5 - listen to 3x 10 min sections, write paragraph for each segment about rhetoric
Due Mon Feb 16.

Feb 05 - Grammar

bellringer
discuss packet - vocabulary
comics
noun packet

HW: rd packet on morphology

vocab quiz Monday

(listed since we did not directly review, but covered in packet)

descriptive grammar – represents the unconscious linguistic knowledge or capacity of speakers of a given language
arbitrary – based on whim, random
linguistic – relating to language
prescriptive grammar – attempts to legislate what grammar should be
prestige dialect – the language spoken by the dominant social-economic class
semantics – study of meaning in language
lexicon – known/available vocabulary
gerund – a noun formed from a verb with -ing, describing an action, state, or process
grotesque – blending reality and fantasy, often in a strange or disturbing way
burlesque – imitation of the lofty in a low style, mockery

Feb 3

bellringer - parts of speech
vocab
ACT practice
comics *not to W6, early bell
HW: "What is Language" packet - read for Thur.

Feb 2

Turn in Essays
vocab quiz
bellringer
Salina Journal article
rhetoric of commercials - in bellringer journal

HW: none - so read your novels