Calendar
April 2019
Monday
Homework
Wednesday
Homework
Friday
Homework
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Practice exercise
Poe-Tell Tale Heart / Plot / Narrator - Motivation of a Murder (1,2) / Irony / Tone / Acrostic (1)


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Write either an acrostic poem or a parody of the Tell Tale Heart.  Upload to Quip.
Bring the outline for the paper to class on Wednesday
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Concepts: Narrator, Narratee, Character, Protagonist, Antagonist
Finish Motivation of a Murder (1,2) / Review Quip Acrostic Poems
One Draft vs. Multi-Draft
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Practice Evaluating Sources Here / Here
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Peer review Research Paper Outlines
Connective words / Clause practice
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InQuizitive:Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers
Read “Classifying and Dividing”, Norton (374-379).
Read “Analyzing Texts”, Norton (94-128).
Work on your Rough Draft
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Continue: One Draft vs. Multi-Draft
Dangling Modifiers (1,2)
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
Analysis and Classification (1)
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Read “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Finish InQuizitive: Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers
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Admin: Dangling Modifiers (1,2)
Analysis and Classification (1)
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Work on your Rough Draft.
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At Bat Review: Reading 1, Reading 2
Reading 1: Analyzing Texts - How texts function // Fashion statement (context, thesis, analysis, conclusion) / Declaration (method of analysis, step-by-step ) / Stupid games (phases analysis with definition of games as a reflection of oneself, walls to choices) // Larger context, Focus // Obama and image craft (thesis, analysis diagram) // Writing an analysis is a mirror of analysis (larger context, focus, thesis, how text functions) + draft + feedback + editing
Reading 2: Classification & Dividing = organization / need for clear categories
Rough Draft
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Last chance to finish reading “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Read "The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Then, draw an outline of the plot. Bring to class
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Essay 2 Assignment: Collect and read 10 news articles online about a type of music or about the Hispanic cultures' contributions in the US.  Analyze and classify these articles.  Use your classification and research as the basis for Essay 2
Admin: Feedback on Rough Draft
“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton  / Example "Said" or "Measurement" vs. "Hunt" / Another look at classification / Synthesis
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Finish Reading the 2nd half of “Problem Solving”
Work on Research Paper
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Finish “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
In groups: Plot analysis: “The Cask of Amontillado”
Brainstorm alternative plots in group.  (See homework)
Clause practice
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2, 3)
Review: Parts of Speech (1,2,3,4,5)
Review: Bibliographic Practice / MLA Style
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Brainstorm alternative plots in group.  Write a new version together on Quip.


HS Break
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Brainstorm alternative plots in group.  (See homework)
Clause practice

 HS Break
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InQuizitive:Apostrophe Errors, Words Often Confused, Ommitted Commas, Incorporating Quotations, Punctuating Quotations, Finding Sources
Read Constant Lover (1 or 2)

HS Break
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Feedback Quip: Parody of Cask of Amontillado
Discusss: Constant Lover (1 or 2) by St. John Hankin (1,2,3,4)
Discuss the differences between Drama and Narrative: Direct/Indirect Discourse, Description, Summary of actions/ Plot, Non-verbal/Verbal interaction, Scenery, Lighting.

HS Break
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Write a contemporary parody of the Constant Lover, a new version that speaks to your generation and still maintains the most important elements of the play.  Upload to Quip.

HS Snow Day Makeup
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Finish Constant Lover
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2, 3)
Review: Parts of Speech (1,2,3,4,5)
Review: Bibliographic Practice / MLA Style
Apostrophe errors (Jim’s hat, several years’ work, Aztecs' ritual, its vs. it’s, contractions, A’s this semester, their, there,they’re, your, you’re) / Practice (1,2)



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Work on Essay 2 and the Final Draft of the Research Paper.
Bring a copy of the Final Draft to class on Monday.
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Essay 2
Draft Revision Day
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May 2019
Monday
Tuesday
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Saturday
Sunday
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Peer Editing: 2nd to Last Draft.
Writing and Melvin the Mini Machine.
In-class Essay.

 Classes End
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 SPA-1102-01--10:15 AM
WLC-3310-01--1:00 PM
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Final Paper
 8:00 AM
SPA-1102-02--1:00 PM
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Spring Commencement
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