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__Please note:__ These archived assignments from this point on are from 2010-11. Do not use them as a reference for this year. Fourth Marking Period:

__**Upcoming homework: **__

Week of May 9:

All week: //A Hope in the Unseen.// Reading assignment EVERY day. One chapter per night. See calendar for details.

Tuesday: "This I Believe" final copy due along with rubric and draft.

Upcoming: Friday May 20 - Revised persuasive essay due along with original copy. **Must highlight what you added to receive the credit.** Please note: This assignment is optional, but you may earn extra points to be added to the original assignment.

: Due Friday. Third Marking period:

__Homework for Week of February 22, 2011: __

Independent Read. Look at this document for additional lists. Remember: permission slip is due 2/24. AND you must bring your copy TO CLASS! 5 points.

For, click here for assignment!

Updated February 14: //No Annotation this week. //

__ Homework for Week of February 7: __ Each night (M,T,W) you will have a question concerning //The Persuaders//. Answer on the Ning site. Fill out the worksheet on Fowles' Fifteen Appeals. It is due __Tuesday February 15__. If you need help, use the power point and/or read this article from [|Common Culture].

__ Homework for Week of February 14: __ Assignment One: Please read one of the articles on the **Media Literacy** page. Then write an analysis of the article that includes: 1. The article title and author 2. A summary of the article - about a paragraph. Mention the main ideas. 3. The targeted audience of the article. 4. The primary message of the article. 5. Rhetorical strategies and techniques the author uses to make his/her point. Cite actual text.

Your analysis should be about two pages long. It needs to be typed, 1.5 spaced in Times New Roman or Georgia font, 12 point. Use an MLA header. No exceptions. You will be graded on conventions, content, formatting, focus and organization. **20 points. //I will be looking for clean, concise writing! Do your best. No fluff! Revise, read aloud, revise again.//** **//Due: Friday February 18//**

Assignment Two: Your annotation for the week must be from The New York Times. You may go through back issues and your article may be from any section but it must have some relevance to advertising, the media, pop culture, generational differences or marketing. See me if you have a question about the validity of an article. Due: Tuesday February 22.

Information from the second marking period:

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Memoir Project: <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Last annotation can be handed in Thursday 12/9 or on Friday 12/10. Your choice. <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The reader response journals are due 12/10. <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Your personal memoir is due 12/10 as well.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Memoir Assignment:

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Written Student Memoir:

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">__Memoirs:__ Look at the link to the left for assignment information. Final draft due **MONDAY DECEMBER 13. Must be uploaded to turnitin.com.** If your memoir is not uploaded to turnitin.com by the due date, it will be considered late and will have 10% deducted for each day it is overdue.

Information from first marking period:

Link to the discussion about political rhetoric on the Resources page.

Refer to your red sheet for last assignments of marking period. Look at the Commencement Speech link to the left for sources and for homework assignment for Monday October 25. Extension for Commencement Speech: Now due November 9, 2010

Unit Test - Thursday November 4. Bring text to class on Wednesday. 1. Study: rhetorical terms, tone words, sentence types, appeals, rhetorical triangle. 2. Bring: annotated speech from Time's Top Ten - one we have not done in class. Be prepared to analyze. 3. Review: old quizzes You will still have a vocabulary quiz on Friday

Begin studying rhetorical terms

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Go to the Resources page and make sure to review the rhetorical glossary. You will be responsible for knowing the terms that are posted.