Due 9/11

Pick a teacher at your school (each a different teacher, please, you can't all choose me or Mr. Sellers), and then define the rhetorical choices they make to present their school "persona." These choices are not limited to verbal and non-verbal communication, but include clothes, appearance of room, actions, reactions of others, etc.For example: He always stands outside his room to greet each of his students as they enter, but he is never smiling. What he is saying is: I have to be here and so do you.

Go back to 2007, blog #4 to see what others have said about the same teacher!

Due 8/8: the last blog!

This is a bit different from the assignment sheet I've given you. For this week's blog all I want is for you to create your argument as to whether this year's summer assignment was effective. Remember, as always, to post two replies (which challenge or offer more support) to other people's comments.

You can discuss any part of the assignment, from the textbook to the blog to the requirements and due-dates.


Good luck and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Due 8/1

Find and read an editorial from any paper or news magazine. Post your response to the article, with a link to the article so others can read it. In your responses, be sure to start using some of the AP language we've begun to develop over the summer. You can challenge, qualify, or support the claims made in the editorial.

It's fun to use local news, try the free lance star: http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/opinion

Due 7/25

i. Read the opinion or editorial page of any newspaper or news magazine (like Newsweek or USNews).
ii. Post the link to one article with which you agree and one with which you disagree separately.
iii. Below the link explain why you agree/disagree.Respond to two other choices by agreeing or disagreeing with either the article or the author’s rationale for choosing it.
iv. Respond to two other choices by agreeing or disagreeing with either the article or the author’s rationale for choosing it.

Due 7/18

i. Read chapter 5
ii. Post your response to the activity on151-152
iii. Choose one of the following activities, 155-158, 169 (1st), 169 (2nd), or the first one on 173.
iv. Respond to two other postings

Due 7/11

i. Read chapter 4.
ii. Choose two of the activities and do post your response separately:
1. page 124-125, 134-135, 137, or 139 (2nd choice).

Due 6/27

i. Read chapter 3
ii. Do a posting where you define and describe your writing process.
iii. Post your response to activity on page 113.
iv. Respond to two other postings – answer the questions (113).
Last day to drop this class is 7/7!!!
No posting week of July 4th.

Due 6/20

i. Read chapter 2
ii. Post your response to the activity on page 54 and
iii. Choose one other activity: page 56 (use the editorial option), 63, or 81. Post your response, title with page number
iv. Respond to two other posts.

Due 6/13

Read chapter 1, choose two of the activities on pages 22-27 respond with separate postings.
ii. Reply to two other people’s posts.

Due 6/6

Post your name, previous English teacher, favorite thing about English class, and a brief description of why you’re interested in taking this class. Subscribe to this blog!!!

Summer Assignment

Looking for next year's summer assignment? You over-achiever, you'll get those at AP Knight on May 19th. Feel free to explore this internet domain, post a comment, chat, read and review last year's postings.

If you have any trouble with the blog or its features, let me know. I'm in room 153 or at rholt@hs.spotsylvania.k12.va.us

SOLs

Sample Test

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/2003vasol/EOCwri03v5.html

Week 1, q.3: Field TRIP!

Let's go to an art museum. Go to the attached website and explore the Panoramas. As you visit the different pages, take notes on the techniques and "rhetorical" strategies employed by panoramas of different time-periods and different subjects. In your first post, summarize the virtual museum's exhibition. What is it about, what did you learn, etc.

In your second post, link to the panorama (or thematic group) that resonates with you the most, explain why, and note how the format of panoramas applies to this picture or group of pictures.

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Landscapes/edu-e.html

studystack

http://www.studystack.com/studytable-5072

Reminder

Reminder: BEST OF essays due Friday. Turn in with all drafts highlighted

Blockage

So now the blog has been blocked by the school and the only way to get on it is to click on manage posts but I cannot anwser you Mr. Holt!

End of Semester 1: Grafiti

For this post, treat the blog like you do the back wall of my classroom:

What's your favorite line, quote, or event from semester one? How does it reflect the goals and expectations of the class?

For replies, you can agree, disagree or challenge.

Remember, BEST OF essays will be due the last A day of the quarter.

Week 9 Blog: Images 1

Never mind the blues.

Find and post a link to a political cartoon and define the image's message. For responses, indentify at least two rhetorical strategies used in someone else's post.

Week 8 Blog: A Modest Proposal

For this week's blog we are going to be creating our own "modest proposal." Your posts are going to propose, revise, or challenge other author's posts.

Our problem: Testing.

Your satirical solutions??? Have fun...