Our first objective is to review the proper punctuation and capitalization of titles.  After today's bellwork, we should be able to properly punctuate and capitalize titles or books, chapters, movies, songs, etc.

CCSS:  L.11-12.2:  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Next, we will examine week 8's vocabulary words and roots.  We will do them a little differently today.  Instead of just having a list from Miss Lamb of words and roots, we will discover which words have which roots.  Using the following steps:

1.  Define your word.
2.  Find other word-mates.
3.  Create the PERFECT sentence demonstrating the meaning of the word.
4.  Find classmates with the same root.
5.  Determine your root's meaning.
6.  Be prepared to share with the class!

Our roots and words are:
PLAC:  complacent, placebo, placid
GRAT:  gratuitous, ingratiate, ingrate
DOC/DOCT:  docile, indoctrinate, doctrine
TEMPER:  temper, temperance, intemperate

CCSS: Language 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and
phrases by using context clues and analyze meaningful word parts.

Today we will be writing and discussing people we admire.  Remember as we do this not to pick people just because they are famous in pop culture--you want to select people who embody the characteristics you would like to have one day. 

Once we have explored our own aspirations and goals, we will head to the library to begin our Independent Reading: Life Studies project.  We will each select a memoir, autobiography, or biography of our choosing.  You should have this book read by November 12, 2012.  You will have time in class to read your books (15 minutes twice a week).

If you did not get your book today, or are choosing a book that is not in teh school library, make sure that you obtain your book by next Monday, October 22, 2012.

Today we will take the Vocabulary Unit #7 Quiz. 

OBJECTIVE:  Today we will assess our learning of last week's vocabulary terms and expand our Vocabulary through learning new roots and words using those roots.

CCSS:  Language 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and 
phrases by using context clues and analyze meaningful word parts.  

Today we will finish analyzing ETHOS, PATHOS, and LOGOS as they appear in a selection of advertisements.  We will next begin reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," working in pairs or small groups to annotate any imagery and/or figurative language as well as elements of persuasion.

OBJECTIVE:  Understand and analyze persuasion as it occurs in Jonathan Edwards's sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

CCSS:  RI.11-12.5:  Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her argument.  RI.11-12.6:  Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective.

Using this Prezi (http://prezi.com/zkylemq1zqi-/ethos-logos-and-pathos-understanding-argument/), we will be reviewing ethos, pathos, and logos.  We will take notes that we will use to analyze advertisements as well as Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Using this Prezi (http://prezi.com/vsiy7xdqy7qy/ethos-pathos-or-logos/) we will examine whether ethos, pathos or logos is being employed.  For each advertisement, make sure that you explain HOW and WHY the method is being used.

OBJECTIVE:  Today we will review the elements of persuasion and be able to use them in analyzing persuasive images, speeches, or videos.

CCSS:  RI.11-12.5:  Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her argument.  RI.11-12.6:  Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective.

Today is the last day for background information before we begin Puritan Literature.  We will watch a video clip about Puritans in America as we take notes, and then we will discuss the implications for our next reading assignments.

OBJECTIVE:  We will learn the historical background in which Edwards's "Sinners" was set in order to perform a more thorough analysis of the types of persuasion being used.

CCSS: RI.11-12.8:  Evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts.  RI.11-12.9. Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents historical and literary significance.

After finishing our vocabulary for bellwork, we will then return to our Puritan Literature Prezi (http://prezi.com/hclkrbofbyns/puritan-literature/).  With the background information that we are learning, we are preparing to read and analyze several works of Puritan literature, starting with Jonathan Edward's sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Today we will take the Vocabulary Unit #6 Quiz.  When you finish your quiz, you will begin Vocabulary Unit #7.

First on today's agenda is to finish our Native American Literature Exam.  If you have already completed this, you may work on vocabulary or study for your quiz tomorrow.

When everyone has finished their exams, we will then begin our study of Puritan Literature by taking notes and watching a Prezi Miss Lamb has prepared for us (found here:  http://prezi.com/hclkrbofbyns/puritan-literature/). 

Today we will be taking our Native American Literature Exam.  Be ready to compare and contrast various film clips as well as pieces of literature.  Look over the study guide that was handed out to you earlier this week.