April 13 - 17

Honors English 9

Week #3 of Distance Learning: April 13 - 17

• Monday, 4/13: I will become a better reader by using lots of ways to figure out and remember what words mean.  I will become a better writer by replacing low-level everyday words with more academic synonyms.
• Short Story Vocab Quiz (Google Form)
• 10-minute Journaling or Creative Writing
• Tuesday, 4/14: I can identify some rhetorical (persuasive) strategies.
• Teacher Video - Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (Screencastify)
• Answer Question in Google Classroom
• 20-minute optional Google Meet (4th hour @12:45, 5th Hour @1:45)
• Wednesday, 4/15: I can define and identify the elements of SOAPSTone.
• Teacher Video - Rhetorical Analysis & SOAPSTone (Screencastify)
• Take notes in notebook or on provided Google Doc
• 10-minute Journaling or Creative Writing
• 20-minute optional Google Meet (4th hour @12:45, 5th Hour @1:45)
• Thursday, 4/16: I can identify and begin to analyze rhetorical strategies in a text.
• Teacher Video - Rhetorical Analysis: Hockey Rink Letter to the Editor (Screencastify)
• Take notes in notebook or on provided Google Doc
• 20-minute drop in Google Meet (4th hour @12:45, 5th Hour @1:45)
• Friday, 4/17: I can use my knowledge of rhetoric to write a persuasive text.
• Write your own “Letter to the Editor” - assignment in Google Classroom
• Teacher Video - Book Talk (Screencastify)
• 20-minute drop in Google Meet (4th hour @12:45, 5th Hour @1:45)

Resources:

• Slides for 4.15.20 (rhetorical analysis & SOAPSTone)
• Distance Learning: Student Etiquette and Expectations (district publication)