January 8, 2018 - January 12, 2018 Weekly Schedule

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 the reading and the due dates will be strictly adhered to. All work must be typed and submitted to schoology and/or turnitin.com. LATE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

We will also be concentrating on increasing vocabulary and improving our writing skills. Each week, the class will be assigned vocabulary work out of the book Vocabulary Workshop, Level F, and grammar from various sources. All work must be typed and submitted to schoology and/or turnitin.com.

Plagiarism is a serious offense for it is both lying and theft – taking credit for another’s work and claiming it as one’s own and it is theft of another’s work. Any work that is identified as plagiarized will not be accepted, the student will receive a fail on the assignment, and the parents and the college counselor will be notified. The student will not be given the opportunity to redo the assignment. 

Group and individual Projects: 50%

Daily Work: 30%

Home Work: 10%

Participation: 10%

Cooperation, participation, and respectful behavior are important ingredients to a successful classroom.  Failure to follow class protocol may result in a lowered grade and an unsatisfactory mark on the report card. 

Kate Bridges 

Jkatbridge2004@gmail.com

Tuesday, January 9th: 
Pass out syllabus
Direct students to the senior project page on the Hollywood High School website. 
Pass out the physical project time sheet. 


Tell students to bring their ERWC book to class tomorrow. 
Module Two - Rhetoric of the OP-Ed Page 

Wednesday, January 10th: 

Check out Brave New World

Discussion re: Senior Product/Projects 

Tomorrow, please bring your ERWC book.

Thursday, January 11th: 

Tomorrow your Unit 4 vocabulary #1 – 10 will be due.

Please be sure to do the following for your vocabulary:

Write:

The word

The part of speech

The definition

The etymology

Three synonyms

Two antonyms

Two original sentences

One sentence from a literary source using the vocabulary word

Also due tomorrow is your idea(s) for the senior product.

Remember:

In order to receive an “A”, you must devote a minimum of twenty hours to the project

The product must connect directly to your research topic subject

The product must directly affect the community in some way

There has to be a tangible product(s); for example, a new club on campus that you have organized to bring attention to an issue; a community group that you have either organized or to which you belong that draws attention to an issue that is attached to your research topic.

You may document your time spent on the product by a recording and/or a journal.

A poster and/or a brochure may be a part of the product but it cannot be the only thing you have produced.

So tomorrow you need to submit to schoology the following:

How the product connects to your research paper

The product idea

The steps you have taken so far to realize the final product

What are the steps you intend to take?

What will be the final product ?

Page 29 - 30 in the ERWC book

Three Ways to Persuade

Ethos – image; credible authority  

Readers:

Henry – paragraphs 1 and 2

Expertise: knowledge or skills in a particular area

Ashley – paragraph 3

Discourse: communication of thought by talk or speech, or through writing

Katherine – paragraph 4

Ad hominem: attack against the man rather than his ideas

Logos or logical arguments

Readers:

Kayla – paragraph 5

Socrates was a great Greek teacher

Plato was his student and wrote down Socrates’ theories

Aristotle was Plato’s student and created categories for the known world, and theories regarding literature and drama, which are still used today.

Daylan – paragraph 7

Syllogisms: a type of logical argument that applies to deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions.

From the general to the specific we can deduce certain truths:

All men are mortal

Socrates is a man

Therefore Socrates is mortal

Stephanie – paragraph 8

False assumptions can lead to disastrous conclusions:

The bubonic plague – medieval people assumed that cats caused the bubonic plague so the medieval people went on a killing spry of cats. However, it wasn’t the cats causing the plague; it was the fleas on the rats causing the plague. So killing the cats caused the rat population to surge, which caused a huge increase in the number of people who died from the plague.

Nick – paragraphs 9 and 10

Friday, January 12th: 
Your vocabulary Unit 4 is due today.
Your description of your project product is due today.
 

Pathos: The Emotions of the Audience

Readers –

Henry – paragraphs 11 and 12

Demagogue: a rabble rousing politician who appeals to his followers’ lowest emotions, such as fear and hatred, based on prejudice and ignorance.  The signature tactics of demagogues blame the problems of his or her followers on other people, usually people of a marginalized group.

Daylan – Paragraphs 13 and 14

Katherine Carpio – paragraph 15

Answer question number one on page 32.

1.     Can you think of an advertisement for a product or a political campaign that uses your emotions to persuade you to believe something? Describe it, and analyze how it works.

Showed ASPCA commercial

 Suggestions for Tuesday:

Show youtube.com clips on commercials using pathos, ethos, logos.

Break into groups to create three scenes using pathos, ethos, logos.