Weekly Agenda 2.29-3.4

BILLY BUDD, SAILOR

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Vocabulary Quiz 10-19

Movie: Pierrepoint

HW Outline Vere’s Argument in Chapter 21;

AND, Read and Annotate Chapters 22-26 for THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY

Essay Prompt: Deadlines for Drafts, Final due BEFORE Spring Break.

Components will Include:

-Outline

-Annotated Bibliography

-Essay

-Works Cited Page

HW Franklin’s Essay Excerpt and Qs

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Review Chapter 22-26

-key imagery, Melville’s point

Review Franklin Excerpt

Creating a thesis

-peer feedback, counter arguments

AND, Read and Annotate the remainder of the novel for MONDAY; fully annotated text due next WEDNESDAY;

AND, ARGUMENT essay OUTLINE due THURSDAY

Weekly Agenda 2.22-2.26

BILLY BUDD, SAILOR

MONDAY

Check 16-19 Annotations

Collect Signatures

2-Corner Debate

-students defend their stance on capital punishment using evidence appeals of pathos, ethos, and logos

-they take one of two sides, or sit in the audience and gather evidence until they are ready to take a side.  Qualifiers are fine.

HW Read and Annotate 20-23 for WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

BB: Review Questions through 19; evidence and page numbers are a must.  See handout.  Complete for credit.

WEDNESDAY

Review Questions and text.  

Essay Prompt: Deadlines for Drafts, Final due after Spring Break.

Components will Include:

-Outline

-Annotated Bibliography

-Essay

-Works Cited Page

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Vocabulary Quiz 10-19

Movie: Pierrepoint

HW Outline Vere’s Argument in Chapter 21;

AND, Read and Annotate the remainder of the novel for MONDAY.

Weekly Agenda 2.15-2.19

BILLY BUDD, SAILOR

President’s Day

TUESDAY

SSR

WEDNESDAY

Check annotations: Chapter 10-15

Reading QUIZ

Character Chart

-evidence of what ppl say about each character and what they say themselves: BB, CLAGGART, VERE

HW 16-19 due FRIDAY; matching vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Vocabulary QUIZ Ch 1-9

On the Continuum

-opinions of controversial topics

Prepare for 2-Corner Debate

-t-graph: pathos, logos, ethos

-COLLECT

JOURNALS-

Check 16-19 annotations

HW Make sure your t-graph is prepared for MONDAY.  

AND, MOVIE SLIPS

NEXT

Mon-2-corner debate

Tues-Essay prompt

Weekly Agenda 2.8-2.12

BILLY BUDD, SAILOR

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Annotation Check (verbal self-grade)

for Chapters 6-9

Comb-through clarity on Chapters 2-3

NORMING

Return Chavez Timed Writing

-in groups, read through prompt and essay; read sample 6 and explanation; HW assignment: rewrite a body paragraph and staple to original, due tomorrow, Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

Comb-through clarity on chapters 4-9

Key ideas/characters:

Billy Budd, Dansker, Vere, Claggart

-characterization (using vocabulary) of Captain Vere

HW Reading Journal Entry #6: Complete a “rhetorical box” on Thomas Paine’s (see handout) “The Rights of Man” excerpt;

AND, Chapters 10-19 Vocabulary List

FRIDAY

Review Paine

On the Continuum

-pros and cons of capital punishment

-organize and identify argument appeal to pathos, ethos, logos

HW Finish t-GRAPH for debate

NEXT

2 Corner DEBATE

VOCAB Quiz next THURSDAY, 1-9