Am Lit DO NOW 1/26/15• Turn in Week 2 Do Nows to US MAILBOX

• Turn in Week 2 HW to Mail BASKET (G.O, A-H; 1-3)

Take a clicker, turn it on, and log on. If it does not recognize your s#, take out a sheet of paper and a pen/pencil.

HW: Binderwork Mark Twain (pg 658 -659) Define “Satire” (use glossary of literary terms (red section) in back of textbook)

Success Today Means 1/26/15

• You demonstrate your skill at RI standards by achieving at least basic on your clicker quiz.

• You demonstrate proficiency at RI standards 6 & 9 with your written essay analyzing Douglass’ rhetoric.

• You know you are successful when you also have your binderwork for Mark Twain and defined Satire in your notes.

• (Three authors in the Realism Tab of binder. REALISM TEST AFTER TWAIN)

Mark Twain Unit Standards Week 3

• RI5:Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

• RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain

• RI6Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text

Am Lit: DO NOW 1-27-15• Is comedy’s only purpose to

entertain? Just make us laugh? Can you think of any other purposes or good that can come from taking a less than serious approach to topics?

• http://youtu.be/8M-KlV5cPUo

Success Today Means 1-27-15• You can describe Twain’s tone(RI6) in his opening

paragraph and keep this critical approach to reading as we continue to read for comprehension (RI1) and analysis.

• You note rhetorical devices that we discover. (RI6)

• RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertainRI6Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text

Am Lit DO NOW 1/28/15• Look at your notes, and respond:

what is the “purpose” of satire?

• Therefore, what do you think Twain’s purpose is in writing “The Lowest Animal”?

HW: Make an “AP2” for Fredrick Douglass’ autobiography.

Success Today Means 1/28 (Important

day)• Students practice RI5 with elbow

partners by reviewing what Twain explicitly said in his essay by citing evidence.

• Students will also review annotations for RI6 (analyzing structure, style, rhetoric)

• Students will take VERY IMPORTANT NOTES at end of class which will make analyzing rhetoric easy from now on!

1/28 Connecting Douglass to Twain

• When analyzing rhetoric, we consider a lot of different angles.

• With Douglass, we thought about his Audience, his Purpose, his Argument and his Style to discuss how persuasive he was.

• Let’s tweak this approach by using the “AP2”

“The Text”

(The speech, the essay, the story, etc.)

Audience Argument

Purpose

Persona

• Audience: the intended recipients of the text

• Purpose: Reason for creating text. 1. To inform2. To persuade3. To entertain4. To narrate or describe

• Argument: what is the point or the claim (the message)

• Persona: The “voice” or “character” of the author. Not all authors are representing themselves.

“The Autobiography of Fredrick Douglass”

Audience Argument

Purpose

Persona

Am Lit DO NOW 1/29/151. How many experiments does Twain list?

2. List them in order.

3. Give one example of Twain’s hyperbole (RI6)

4. What do you notice about the order of the experiments? (RI5)

Have your AP2 on your desk

• HW: Twain Poster Project & Week 3 Standards Assessment: Twain Rhetorical Analysis

“The Autobiography of Fredrick Douglass”

Audience: The American public. Specifically freemen, white & Christian

Argument: slavery is immoral & should be abolished

Purpose: to persuade

Persona: stately gentleman. Calm & Objective

Individual Project Time 1-29• Pick an observation/experiment you liked the most.

• Design a poster sized (look at examples hanging for min. size) where you illustrate your understanding of the main point of the experiment.

• Sketch poster on loose leaf first, get approved by me for big paper

• Poster needs one quote from the essay that demonstrates the main idea of your poster.

• Poster should be neat, demonstrates clear effort put forward to have straight even font, items all spaced evenly.

• If working the whole time, you may be granted more time. Otherwise, due at the bell.

• If I hang it up, you get extra credit!

Success Today Means 1-29• You reflect and think out your design.

• You can demonstrate the character traits discussed in the essay through visual ways in your poster.

• Your poster reflects your understanding of one of Twain’s experiments/observations (use details from the essay to guide what you put on your poster)

• You stay focused enough to finish a solid poster in class.

• OR, you stayed focused, but took your time to make a stunning poster and were granted extra time to finish your masterpiece (good way to get caught up in pts)

AM Lit DO NOW: 1/30/15• Turn in Do Nows from Week 3 to

US MAILBOX

•On your desk:−Mark Twain AP2 on desk to review

−Poster Project Draft−“The Lowest Animal”

“The Lowest Animal”Audience:

Americans, especially the wealthy, educated

Argument: man is not as moral or as “advanced” as he claims

Purpose: to make people see their own selfishness, wastefulness, and immoral actions

Persona: scientist

Success Today Means 1/30• RI1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence

to support analysis of what the text says explicitly (the literal) as well as inferences drawn from the text (What is Twain getting at?). This is how I am grading your poster.

• You work smarter and not harder to get poster done by the bell. If you have the resources available at home, you

• You use any available time to work on your Week Three Standards Assessment: rhetorical analysis for Twain (due Tuesday)

Project Time ExpectationsConversation: vol. lvl 3-

Help: Do not shout out to me.

Actions: quietly working at desk with art supplies and “The Lowest Animal” essay

Movement: for markers, rulers, or paper only. Wait till end of class to throw things out. Tissue is a one time deal.

Participation: Move minimally and with purpose. Be independent