Rhetorical Analysis Essay--

Today we will:
1. Go over student rubric----please save for future reference!!!
2. Look at a student sample from the AP exam (different topic of course) --save for reference!!
3. Review our rhetorical analysis assignment--Thoreau's Walden
4. Go over your own rhetorical analysis essay and make any necessary corrections--it may be helpful to ask a peer to go over it for you if you did not get any edits from me.
5. Turn in your final draft either today or tomorrow for an essay grade

***THERE WILL BE NO NEW ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN TOMORROW!******

ENJOY YOUR BREAK OR FEEL FREE TO READ AHEAD IN THE BOOK--REMEMBER TO KEEP WRITING QUOTES IN YOUR DOUBLE-ENTRY JOURNAL!!!!

class work

Into the Wild

Close Read and Characterization

Character Description – Christopher McCandless (Please cite your text using MLA citation)	What does this reveal about his character?

Character Sketch

Presentation

What pieces of textual evidence gave you the best insight into McCandless and his character? 

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Overall, give three adjectives to describe McCandless based on your textual evidence.

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Chris McCandless assignment---remember to meet in 184 tomorrow for AP classroom/rhetorical analysis review Thursday

video link
Read Ch. 7: pages 61-69
complete characterization assignment

Check the side board for this week's agenda please!

Today we will:
1. Take our your dialectical journals for Into the Wild. (At this point you should have read Ch. 4 and 5 up until page 46)
2. Watch a movie clip

Work on the study guide questions for Ch. 4-5:
Chapters 4 and 5; pages 25-46 3. Chapter 4 ends with the following quote from McCandless’ journal: “It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found” (37). Identify an experience from this chapter and explain what “meaning” you think Alex has found. Use a quote to support your explanation. 4. What does “Plastic People” in chapter five mean? What are two things McCandless considered plastic? Do you agree with his assessment? Support your answer with a quote.

For homework: Read Ch. 6 "Anza-Borrego" (pages 47-60)

Conclusion questions/Begin to look at the Rhetorical Analysis Essay packet

IF YOU DID NOT FINISH THE PRECIS YESTERDAY--PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FINISH IT ASAP!!!

• Why does Thoreau leave the woods?  Is this a valid reason?  Remember back to “Where I Lived, What I Lived For”—why did Thoreau go to the woods?  According to “Conclusion,” did he achieve his purpose?

• What does it mean to “hear a different drummer”?

• What similarities between poverty and wealth does Thoreau find?  What benefits of poverty does Thoreau see? 

• If the “sun is but a morning star,” what do you think Thoreau’s opinion about mankind is?  Are we just in our infancy as well?  Who or what is our best teacher?

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For the second part of class we will start going over the rhetorical analysis essay---what does the writer do with his/her writing and why?

We will be writing our first rhetorical analysis essay in class over the next few days---PLEASE SAVE ALL OF THESE SHEETS IN YOUR BINDER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE!!!

Walden...again

Today we will--
1. Finish our questions on Walden from yesterday (#1-8). Remember you were supposed to read and annotate the remainder of the text (not including the Conclusion, that was optional)
2. When you are finished, work on writing your rhetorical precis using the attached white sheets as a guide--IT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN ON LINED PAPER--NOT ONLY FILLED OUT ON THE WORKSHEET TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE.---it shouldn't be done hastily--take your time!

TURN IN BOTH THE WALDEN QUESTIONS AND THE PRECIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

Walden assignment continued

1. Continue reading selections from Walden
---"Solitude" we will read together and annotate/summarize
---"The Pond in Winter" and "Spring" you will annotate on your own annotate/summarize
2. Answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper

Questions section 1: "Where I lived and what I lived for"
1. Why does Thoreau find it necessary to tell his audience "he wished to live deliberately" in the woods? (par 3)
2. Explain Thoreau's use of the word "simplicity" in par. 4. What is he referring to and how does he believe it benefits a person.
3. In par. 5 Thoreau talks about the idea of "work". What is Thoreau's opinion on it? How do you know?
4. Explain the quote from par. 8 "Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in." What literary device is this and what is he trying to say?

Questions section 2: "Solitude"
5. In your opinion, why does Thoreau refer to the evening as "delicious"?
6. Who are "Nature's watchmen" and why are they referred to in this way?

Questions section 3: "The Pond in the Winter"
7. Explain how Thoreau uses imagery in this section and what effect it has on the reader.

Questions section 4: "Spring"
8. Compare and contrast "winter" to "spring" (the previous paragraph to this one).

For homework: Complete reading and annotating the conclusion