Thesis for Research Paper
Students,
Please see the following document for the formula for an effective research paper thesis: Download Thesis Creation Handout
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Class work for Wed. and Thurs.
Students, please open the word document (and print it, if you'd like a copy for class on Thursday) to find instructions for homework tonight and class work tomorrow when Mrs. Newman and I will be gone. Please remember: the "First Snowfall" questions from the book are not optional. However, if you choose essay option 1, you don't have to complete the Venn diagram, and if you choose essay option 2, you don't have to complete the additional (double-sided) "Thanatopsis" handout. Here's the document: Download Am Lit Class Work 3-18 - 3-19 Please e-mail me tonight at jeffrey.wheeler@cobbk12.org if you have any questions.
Research Paper and Vocab
Students, here is the vocab for this week; it's all taken from Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher:
Malady
Phantasmagoric
Cataleptic
Anomalous
Ennui
Seraph
Sentience
Vagaries
Emaciated
Fissure
Also, here is a handout that will help you with the format and note card requirements of the research paper: Download Research Paper - Brainstorming and Outlining
Am. Lit. Vocab Unit 8
Students,
Here are the vocab words for this week. The first ten words are from the vocab book, while the last five are from a Washington Irving story that we'll read from our textbook:
disavow, dissipate, expurgate, gauntlet, hypothetical, ignoble, impugn, intemperate, relegate, squeamish, termagant, quagmire, avarice, extort, usurers.
Speech Outlines and Concept Map
Students,
Here are two different handouts which will help guide the structure of your speech (they could help with PhotoStory 3 as well). The one you received in class is the word document (option 1); the pdf file (option 2) provides another effective method of structuring your speech:
Download Persuasive Writing - Concept Map and Outline - Option 1
American literature: persuasion
Instructions for Persuasion: Speech or Photo Story 3
Research completed by Monday night: Use four resources, preferably one book
Write a Works Cited page, using Research Guide
Visit opposing viewpoints under media center resources
Tuesday: organize your research; write your speech
once draft is written, categorize by ethos, pathos and logos
balance the three ways of arguing as much as possible with examples from each method of persuasion: the logical, ethical or emotional
Wednesday: go back through your speech and “layer in” rhetorical devices which Coach book teaches on pages 76 and 158. A minimum would be to use:
a rhetorical question,
an anecdote
repetition
charged language
simile or metaphor
Thursday: time your speech or photo story (3-5 minutes)
acknowledge the other side of the argument but no Red Herrings (distraction from the issue you are persuading)
rehearse in front of either teacher
turn in a copy of your speech and your Works Cited
Rubric: 10 pts. Promptly turning in speech and bibliography
30 pts. Research, quality of argument
30 pts. Effective use of persuasive techniques
20 pts. Quality of delivery (organization and presentation)
10 pts. Conceding opposing point of view, too
100
Vocab - Week 5
Students,
Here is the vocab list for week 5 (2/17 - 2/20). It's a shorter list, and all 10 words come from the vocab book:
amnesty
autonomy
caveat
equitable
extricate
precept
scathing
sepulchral
transient
unwieldy
Please see us if you have questions.
Glass Castle Essay
Outline Options for The Glass Castle essay: Download Outline Formats
Glass Castle Extra Grade Opportunity
If you're taking advantage of the Glass Castle Extra Grade Opportunity, here is a Jeopardy template that you can use:
End-of-the-Week Reminders
Students, a few reminders to finish out the week:
Thursday:
- Unit test on The Crucible and character analysis paper revision
- Have vocab book completed for Unit 3
Friday:
- Complete Extra Grade Opportunity (EGO) for The Glass Castle if you are so inclined. It can be any sort of game that helps you understand character development, plot, symbolism, theme, or just the crazy, unbelievable nature of the memoir.
- Have character analysis rough draft completed so that you're ready for revision in the computer lab
- Be ready for vocabulary quiz--words will be taken from The Glass Castle and vocab Unit 3
Here is the list of vocab words:
From Unit 3:
Abominate
Circuitous
Commiserate
Expedite
Inadvertent
Nominal
Noncommittal
Proclivity
Seditious
Tenuous
From The Glass Castle:
Relegated
Palatial
Precarious(ly)
Convoluted
Audacious
Ostentatiously
Deference
Caprice
Recriminations
