AP English 11

Mar. 3

mmagsig11 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:50:50 +0000

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!

Mar. 2

mmagsig11 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:12:43 +0000

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…

Mar. 1

mmagsig11 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:25:19 +0000

Rhet. terms
Quick thesis exercise
Went to library

Homework: Bring LC tomorrow! 6 sources due tomorrow.
I’ll also collect yellow slips tomorrow.

Feb. 25

mmagsig11 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:18:40 +0000

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

Feb. 23

mmagsig11 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:31:23 +0000

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

Feb. 19

mmagsig11 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:35:38 +0000

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.

Feb. 17

mmagsig11 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:49:54 +0000

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.

Feb. 16

mmagsig11 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:11:46 +0000

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)

Feb. 12

mmagsig11 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:10:55 +0000

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.

Feb. 11

mmagsig11 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:49:54 +0000

Vocab.
Notes on Footnotes (see below)
Footnotes
Applied Practice MC
Began “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”

Homework: Definition essay (final draft) due tomorrow.