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JANUARY, WEEK 2: 12TH-16TH
Monday
JOURNAL ENTRIES ASSIGNMENT:DUE TODAY- PUT IN TRAY ON FRONT
TABLE
Go back through all of your 2nd quarter journal entries. [Should be about 5 or 6 plus the 3 this week…. See old
Ppts if you are missing some.] Pull them out and staple them together. Choose your very best one. REWRITE ONLY this one.
Rewrite it: Fix grammar errors, add to it with more descriptive writing, improve your sentence pattern varieties by using I,cI, I;I, D,I, ID, listing sentences, etc….
Restate the question/topic in your first sentence Increase the length of the entry to a minimum of 8-10
sentences using descriptive writing. Use your last sentence to sum up the overall topic of
your entry.
Turn in your stapled packet of journals from 2nd quarter
Turn in the ONE rewritten journal [ typed or handwritten ] which you chose to do.
Must be in the tray within the first 5 minutes of class to be considered “on-time.”
See last week’s Ppt if you need the assignment again
This was assigned last week THURSDAY.
ALL LATE/MISSING/MAKE-UP WORK:
Due: Friday, Jan. 16th by 3:03 – no
exceptions
BRIAN REGAN: COMEDIAN
“STUPID IN SCHOOL” FRIDAY FUNNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjKAl6SH7lw
TODAY’S “TPCASTT”
QUIZ40 minutes
DIRECTIONS FOR TODAY’S TPCASTT QUIZ
Quiz Sheet
Pencil or pen
Text book
Read the poem entitled “For My Children” on pages 1060-1061 by Colleen McElroy.
Answer the poetry analysis questions on the quiz sheet
The format is similar to the final
exam.
Use TPCASTT to help you answer the poetry analysis questions
MATERIALS YOU NEED:
The Poem & Questions
SENTENCE #1: Restate the question
SENTENCEs #2-#3: Discuss the poem’s topic
SENTENCE #4: State clearly her ATTITUDE toward her topic
SENTENCE #5: Prove it by using a QUOTEEx.: As McElroy states in line # ___, “ “ (McElroy 1060). SENTENCE #6: Explain how the quote proves your opinion on her attitude
SENTENCE #7: Sum up an overall opinion about her poem and its message
Question 11-15
SENTENCE #1: Restate the question
SENTENCE #2: Identify the poem’s theme.
SENTENCEs #3: Prove it by using first QUOTE
Ex.: McElroy hints at the theme in line #___ when she writes “ “ (McElroy 1060) .
SENTENCE #4: Prove it by using a second QUOTE
Ex.: A second line which supports the theme of ____ is “ “(McElroy 1061) .
SENTENCE #5: Explain how or why both quotes identify the theme for the reader
SENTENCE #6: Sum up why understanding the theme helps the reader understand the poem and apply it to themselves/their own life.
Question 16-20
JANUARY, WEEK 2: 12TH-16TH
Tuesday
ALL LATE/MISSING/MAKE-UP WORK:
Due: Friday, Jan. 16th by 3:03 – no
exceptions
TODAY’S “SENTENCE
AND GRAMMAR”
QUIZ
DIRECTIONS FOR TODAY’S SENTENCE/POS QUIZ
Quiz Sheet
Pencil or pen
Your “Tickets Out the Door” –open note!
A partner is optional but allowed on this quiz
Read over the quiz first
Use your notes to help you answer questions
Work slowly and carefully so as to not make silly mistakes
Write clearly and cleanly – do your very best in grammar, spelling, punctuation: IT MATTERS.
MATERIALS YOU NEED:
JANUARY, WEEK 2: 12TH-16THWednesday
ALL LATE/MISSING/MAKE-UP WORK:
Due: Friday, Jan. 16th by 3:03 – no exceptions
Make-up tests from Monday and Tuesday are waiting for
you in the ERC
SOAPSTone:
Analyzing Nonfiction
As you read, figure out WHO is telling, narrating the story.
“S” = SPEAKER
As you read, ask yourself: for what prompted the person to write this?
“O” = OCCASION
As you read, decide WHO the writer is writing to / who is the audience?
“A” = AUDIENCE
As you read, decide WHAT the writer’s purpose is –
What does the writer want the audience to think or do?
Informative? OR Persuasive?
“P” = PURPOSE
As you read,
decide WHO or
WHAT the article is
about.
“S” = SUBJECT
As you read, decide what the attitude of the writer is towards their subject.
“T” = TONE
Read ”Pentagon Removes Ban on Women in Combat,” by Ernesto Londono
Source: The Washington Post
Date: January 23, 2013
SOAPSTone it
Is he trying to INFORM you about a topic … or … PERSUADE you to think a certain way or do something?
IN-CLASS PRACTICE #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLx9wVzYaI
Ernesto Londoño, Foreign Aff airsErnesto Londoño joined the editorial board of The
Times in September 2014. Mr. Londoño previously worked at The Washington Post, where he covered the Pentagon and served as a foreign correspondent. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Londoño reported on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Arab uprisings from Baghdad, Cairo and Kabul. Earlier in his career, Mr. Londoño worked on the local news desks at The Dallas Morning News and The Washington Post. Mr. Londoño was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and moved to the United States in 1999 for college. He studied journalism and Latin American studies at the University of Miami.
ERNESTO LONDONO
Ernesto Londoño Joins The New York Times Editorial Board
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke | 07/16/14 2:00pm
Ernesto Londoño (image via Twitter)Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Ernesto
Londoño is joining the editorial board of The New York Times, editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal announced in a newsroom email this afternoon. In his new role, Mr. Londoño, who covered the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan and the Arab Spring for the Post, will mainly write about foreign affairs, as well as “lots of other stuff.”
“I’m excited to soon join @nytopinion as an editorial writer covering foreign affairs; deeply sad to leave…”
“Whether from Washington or overseas, Ernesto has time and again demonstrated an uncanny ability to see stories where the competition did not
and to execute those stories with intelligence and grace,” The Washington Post said in a newsroom email announcing
Mr. Londoño’s departure. “Through it all, he has distinguished himself as an exemplary journalist and an always generous colleague.”
JANUARY, WEEK 2: 12TH-16TH
Thursday
ALL LATE/MISSING/MAKE-UP WORK:
Due: Friday, Jan. 16th by 3:03 – no exceptions
Make-up tests from Monday and Tuesday are waiting for
you in the ERC
Education
EducationColumbia Universi
ty - Graduate School of Journalism
Masters of Science
1984 – 1985Oberlin CollegeBA, English,
Creative Writing1977 – 1981
RONI CARYN RABIN
Healthy- Living Blogger & Writer
Read: “Legalizing Marijuana Raises Health Concerns,” Roni Caryn Rabin
Source: New York Times
Date: January 7, 2013
SOAPSTone the article
Informing or persuading?
HOMEWORK TONIGHT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og01AmwO-fw
Read ”Just How Many Facebook Friends Do You Need?” by Robin and Samantha Henig
Source: Newsweek
Date: October 15, 2012
SOAPSTone it
Are they trying to INFORM you about a topic … or … PERSUADE you to think a certain way or do something?
IN-CLASS PRACTICE #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Ws5xquQ58
JANUARY, WEEK 2: 12TH-16TH
Friday
Read: “Earbud Safety,”
Source: WEBmd
Date: January, 2014
SOAPSTone the article
Informing or persuading?
POP QUIZ:
Partner
Quiz!
TODAY *** SOAPSTONE pop quiz
on “Earbud Safety” article***
Collect “Just How Many FB Friends Do You Need?” article – SOAPSTone sheet
Watch video clip about cellphone users
Final Practice SOAPSTone on a cellphone article
Video Clip: Making fun of cellphone users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfUD0WhE264
Bachelor’s degree in journalism for the U of Virginia
Previous writing jobs include paper tech magazines and the online wire.com magazine
Digital Technology writer for The New York Times
Focus on digital start-up companies, ways to use tech in your daily life, modern tech culture
Promoted Dec., 2014 to staff writer at The New York Times
JENNA WORTHAM
Read ”Turn Off the Phone and the Tension,” by Jenna Wortham
Source: New York TImes
Date: August 25, 2012
SOAPSTone it
Is she trying to INFORM you about a topic … or … PERSUADE you to think a certain way or do something?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfUD0WhE264
IN-CLASS PRACTICE #3
POETRY! “STEP AWAY FROM THE PHONE”
PUBLISHED ONLINE ON MAY 5, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AO0IgRC0Qk
EXTRA – PRACTICE ARTICLESDID NOT GET TO THESE IN CLASS
Read “Letter from Chief Seattle,” by Chief Seattle
Source: Rediscovering the North American Tradition
Date: Original letter: 1855Republished: Summer, 1983
SOAPSTone it
Is he trying to INFORM you about a topic … or … PERSUADE you to think a certain way or do something?
ASSESSMENT
#1
Read “I Won’t Be Celebrating Columbus Day,” by Suzan Shown Harjo
Source: Newsweek
Date: September 1, 1991
SOAPSTone it
Is she trying to INFORM you about a topic … or … PERSUADE you to think a certain way or do something?
ASSESSMENT
#2
