Here is the link to the new website. I haven’t transferred stuff yet, so you can still come here.
http://blogs.egusd.net/mmagsig/
2nd period BRING YOUR YELLOW RP SLIPS. Some of you are missing them. They are worth 5 pts. of a writing grade!
March 3, 2010
GET YOUR RESEARCH PAPER SLIPS SIGNED. THEY’RE WORTH 5 WRITING POINTS!! EASY POINTS!!
We’ll work more on WC tomorrow and take the MYPAS–a standardized test you should ace 
We probably won’t have time for SSR tomorrow since I still have to take you through philosophy, but I doubt we’ll have any time to spare…
March 1, 2010
Rhet. terms
Quick thesis exercise
Went to library
Homework: Bring LC tomorrow! 6 sources due tomorrow.
I’ll also collect yellow slips tomorrow.
February 25, 2010
Today we did vocab
Took notes on the American Gothic
Read “The Raven”
Watched the Simpsons parody of this poem.
If you want to look at the notes, go to my CP website http://mmagsigcp11.wordpress.com and look under the second week of October, I think.
Homework: 6 sources due on TUESDAY–I moved the date back a day
February 23, 2010
I’m still having issues with this site–don’t know if it’s district firewall or what. As a result, I can post agendas, but not upload documents. Magsig not happy 
February 19, 2010
The website is still having issues, so I can’t post any documents
Took Rhet. terms test #3
Took notes on Satire
Read a satire example
Homework: Study for Gatsby test on Monday.
February 17, 2010
Vocab.
Logical fallacies practice
Logical Fallacies answers
Returned Saint Joan essays (below is the prompt–go to p.3 [ question 2 ] of the .pdf file)
2006 form b Q2 joan of arc
Homework: Read the Gatsby criticism for tomorrow.
Friday is a rhet. terms test!! Also, if you want to re-write your Saint Joan essay, it’s due on Friday.
Gatsby test Monday.
February 16, 2010
Vocab (TEST FRIDAY through parallelism)
Pop quiz
Went over Gatsby criticism (#16 on the list)
Worked on Bell’s sentences (#3 and #4)
Took notes on logical fallacies (notes and examples below)
Types of logical fallacies
Fallacy Guide
Homework: print out criticism by Thursday (pp. 1-11 and 20-21)
February 12, 2010
Vocab (Synecdoche vs. metonymy)
Finished and discussed “Dr. Heidegger”
Sentence practice pp. 169-70 in Prose Style
Homework: Read pp. 197-204 in Language of Comp. Answer question 9 p. 204.
February 11, 2010
Vocab.
Notes on Footnotes (see below)
Footnotes
Applied Practice MC
Began “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”
Homework: Definition essay (final draft) due tomorrow.
