Week of February 24 - February 28

Week at a glance: This week we will wrap up our unit on "The Book of the Dead" and "The Lottery" and start our unit on rhetoric and research using Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

Monday:

Class Agenda:

Unit Test

DUE TODAY: Unit Test

Tuesday:

Class Agenda:

Start watching/discussing the Tv movie: "The Lottery"
Focus of discussion: Does the TV movie honor Shirley Jackson's purpose on writing "The Lottery?"

DUE TODAY: Nothing

Wednesday:

Class Agenda:

Finish watching/discussing "The Lottery"
Introduce new unit
Historical Context of LFBJ by MLK Jr:
- video: March that led to MLK's arrest
- The Letter he responded to (discuss rhetoric)

DUE TODAY: Nothing

Thursday:

Class Agenda:

Finish Historical Context of LFBJ by MLK Jr:
- video: The woman who pieced it together
Mini-Lesson - Basics of Rhetoric
- Rhetoric slideshow (slides 1-10)
Complete PREREADING portion of the LFBJ Packet
Rhetoric Focus: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Watch "Shark Tank: The Woobles" slides 12-13

DUE TODAY: Nothing

Friday:

Class Agenda:

Read/Listen to Part I of LFBJ (p 193-198; paragraphs 1-14, reenactment video (beginning - 20:08)
Work on Part I (pgs 2 and 3) of LFBJ Packet

DUE TODAY: nothing

Looking ahead: Next week we will continue our study of rhetoric and research through the use of Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."