Amended schedule: Wed/Thurs., Friday and Monday

September 18th-23rd

Wednesday and Thursday- Guidance presentations
- Bring Socratic questions and annotations just in case I have time to check


Friday- Socratic Seminar
 - Bring your questions and annotated text.
 - Review the Socratic seminar handout

Monday- 3rd college application DUE (this is a change)

Due: September 18th and 19th (Wednesday/Thursday)

1. Write 4 questions over Joubert's usage of DICTION and SYNTAX. You will need to write DIVERGENT and EVALUATIVE questions, which are higher on BLOOM's TAXONOMY...
You do not need answers to these questions. You must have these questions prior to seminar, or you will not be participating.

2. Review the handout on Socratic seminars. Be familiar with the history, guidelines, debate v. dialogue, and A level rubric. You will be putting these into play during our seminar. Seminars are very important in this classroom and adhere to the philosophy of "production and performance".  You will need be PREPARED for each seminar.

HAVE YOUR TEXT, WHICH IS ANNOTATED THOROUGHLY and AMPLE NOTES.

Due: Tuesday, September 17th

REMEMBER!!!
1. Syntax test... STUDY PowerPoint. Found on right side of screen. If you are checking this from your phone, you must hit web version at the bottom of the page to access these. STUDY!!!

2. Bring annotations and notes for Socratic seminar on Joubert's use of syntax and diction. You will be PERFORMING.... to do this you must be PREPARED.

3. College application attempt #3 is due on FRIDAY. Prompt is located on right.

Due: Friday, September 13th

1. Read and take notes on sentence structure and sentence types from the following link:

http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/syntax.htm

THIS IS REVIEW.

2. Diction practice- pages 1-4 (handout)
3. Sytntax: page 433 (purple workbook)

4. Quiz: Art of questioning, descriptive writing, narrative writing, annotation, Cornell, sentence structure, diction and syntax.

NEXT WEEK: MONDAY

1. Narrative attempt #2

2. Read Exerpts from The Notebooks of Joseph Jourbert, 316-322
Annotate as you read focusing on diction and syntactical usage.
In your notes, make a list of noteworthy choices made by the author and what you feel the impact of these choices are on the meaning and reading of such lines. Your notes are very important to be able to participate and lead discussion. I'll check annotation and notes on Monday... discussion will possibly start on Monday and continue into Tuesday.

TUESDAY:
1. REALLY REVIEW carefully the syntax PowerPoint found on the right of this page under "instructional links".
Take notes and STUDY these refresher concepts! Quiz likely on Tuesday!

Due: Wed/Thursday September 11th and 12th

1. Read and annotate the example of stellar college admission essays from Johns Hopkins. In 2013, JH had over 20,000 applications and accepted close to 3,500. The admissions committed chose these essays as outstanding and memorable. WHY? What do they do that is so effective and productive?

2. Finish your first narrative piece. The prompt is designed to really make you think. Go through the questions before you start writing.

3. Typed draft is due on your block day this week. MLA, scoring guide, and assignment sheet are all due at the beginning of the hour on Wed./Thursday.

Due: Friday, September 6th

1. Annotate for its descriptive and narrative techniques: 489-"Nobody Listens when I talk" in the new Reading and Writing from Literature book.
2. In your notes, write down a list of 10 things you have learned about Narrative writing.

Happy Homecoming Week!!
Go BRONCOS!

Due: Wednesday and Thursday

1. Write a descriptive writing sample mirroring the writing of Jessie Sullivan describing your neighborhood. Remember the specific descriptive techniques. 

2. Read, annotate, and Cornell pages 275-280. Be ready for quiz.