Ms. Bridges' ERWC Class

Monday, January 29th:  Please write your full name (first name and last name) and the title of your research paper as it will appear on your introductory slide. Ms. Nezu needs this information to assign rooms and judges for the presentations. If you are not presenting, please take notes, which you will turn in at the end of the period. The notes must include the title of the article, the main ideas and the supporting evidence. ERWC Presentations: 1 st group: Benedict, Leonela, Wendy, Henry “A Change of Heart” – Issues with slides – hard to read  Too many bullet points  Sentences too long Block paragraphs Need greater contrast between background and text Font too small  3 rd group: Kaelyn, Kenneth, Jonathan, Douglas, Alejandra, Johan “Letters to the Editor in Response to “A Change of Heart About Animals” Kaelyn, Kenneth, Jonathan, Douglas, Alejandra, Johana Issues with slides – too many words, block paragraphs instead...

  Monday, January 22nd: Final Presentations: Ty, Gabrielle, Melany, Germain, Guadalupe: An oil corporation lobbyist advocating for off-shore drilling. Ashley, Nick, Katherine, Jose, Jaylan: Advocates for rent control For tomorrow:  Please bring your ERWC book and grammar book to class. Bring your ideas for slides tomorrow. Tuesday, January 23rd:  Tuesday, January 23 rd : 1 st Period: ERWC Page 33 “A Change of Heart About Animals” 1 st group: page 33, paragraphs 1 – 9 2 nd group: page 34, paragraphs 10 – 17 3 rd group; page 35, “Letters to the Editor in Response to ‘A Change of Heart About Animals’” 4 th group, page 36, “Hooked on a Myth” paragraphs 1 – 8 5 th group, page 37, “Hooked on a Myth”, paragraph 9 – 17 6 th group, page 38, “Of Primates and Personhood”, paragraphs 1 – 7 7 th group, page 39, “Of Primates and Personhood”, paragraph 8 – 12 Each person has to create at least one slide for...

Tuesday, January 17th: Tuesday, January 16 th : Henry, Leonela, Maybeline, Modi,   Benedict: an ad campaign to create a homeless camp for the homeless. George, Precious, Wendy, Monai, Katherine Quesada, Noelia: an advocacy composed of parents, psychologists Kaelyn, Kenneth,   Johana, Jonathan, Douglas, Cheyenne: an environmentalist group trying to persuade the state to ban off-shore drilling Stephanie, Daylan, Kayla, Shobhana, Alejandra: An ad agency creating a campaign to help the homeless. Ty, Gabrielle, Melany, Germain, Guadalupe: An oil corporation lobbyist group trying to persuade the state to allow off-shore drilling Ashley, Nick, Katherine, Jose, Jaylan: Ad campaign to continue the city's use of rent control.  Divide into groups and work on the following project: You are going to create three scenes in which you play a member of an advocacy group trying to persuade a government ag...

 Show videos on Rhetoric: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos Read: "Three Ways to Persuade" Have student break into groups of four to write a scene displaying the three rhetorical devices: How to get your parent, friend, teacher, etc, to say yes using ethos, logos, and pathos. Divide class into groups of four and assign one of the following articles to them: "A Change of Heart About Animals" "Letters to the Editor in Response to "A Change of Heart About Animals" "Hooked on a Myth" "Of Primates and Personhood: Will According Rights and 'Dignity' to Nonhuman Organisms Halt Research?" Each student in group must create three to four slides on power point and present to the class. Use Trump's Anti-Immigrant Stance Copy the seven techniques of propaganda from my website. Divide class into groups of four Give each group one propaganda technique Distribute the propaganda information to each group  They must do the fol...

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Senior Product Rubric High Distinction  Distinction  Meets Minimum of Expectations Does Not Meet  Expectations Product Evidence Multiple Evidence provided showing progress from start to finish. Evidence of finished product shows significant time and effort - a minimum of twenty hours.  Some evidence provided showing progress from start to finish.  Evidence of finished product shows time and effort - minimum of fifteen hours.  Evidence provided of finished product.  Evidence of product shows inconsistent progress towards some completion - minimum of fifteen hours.  Little to no tangible evidence provided. No evidence of completion - not eligible to present.  Product - Topic Connection  Topic of paper and product directly related.  Topic of paper and product somewhat related. Topic of paper and product marginally related.  No relationship between topic of paper and product  Learning Stret...

Monday,  January 8th: Went over class syllabus Assigned Unit 4, #1 – 10; due on Friday, January 12 th . Syllabus for Spring Semester ERWC Important Dates for EWRC:  Final Draft  - Monday, December 4 Project Log - Thursday, February 15 Slides - Friday, February 23 Presentation - Thursday, March 1 The focus of the class will be two fold: one area of focus will be on the physical project, the project logs, the slides and the senior presentation.  The second area of focus, of equal importance, is on the literary and writing aspect of the class.  Each day in class the concentration will be on the reading, the writing, and the group and individual projects which will focus on the literature. We will be reading two very important books in class. They are  Brave New World  by Aldous Huxley and  1984  by George Orwell. You will be expected to keep a reading log on each of these two books. Assignments will be given on th...