Oral History Lesson

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Last two assignments!

Below you will find my links to the oral history article assignment as well as the group book project final presentation. I will need to confirm with Mr. Nickel on the final due date for the oral history, so please check back later for the final due date. The group project final presentation will occur during our finals week, June 11-14. Sign up sheets will be posted in the classroom. If you are reading a book as an individual (have no group that you're working with) please see me for the individual book project final.

Oral History Article Explanation
Group Book Project Final Presentation

Group Choice Novel

Please review this slideshow and choose which book your group wants to work with.

AP Test Tomorrow!

Get a good night's sleep.

Relax.

Look at this slideshow if you want.

You are ready!

Argument Work

Please read the information in the PDF available here.


Then, write a "at home in class essay" on the following prompt. Please write in pen just like you would in class. This essay is due on either Thursday or Friday, depending on your schedule. (Please do not look at the prompt until you are ready to write the essay.)







In 1891, Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) observed, “Disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” Wilde claims that disobedience is a valuable human trait and that it promotes social progress. Write an essay that argues your position on the extent to which Wildes’ claims are valid. Use appropriate examples from your reading, experience, or observations to support your argument.

Op-Ed Article due Tuesday

Step 1: Select an opinion/editorial online on a topic that you are interested in. This could range from serious international policy (Iran nuclear agreement) to something social (Kanye West’s remarks on slavery). Pretty much anything that you have strong opinion on and that someone else has written on as well. Once you have located this by headline DO NOT READ THE ARTICLE. You may want to check that it at least 3-4 “screens” in length.

Step 2: Write your own opinion on the topic that you chose. You’ve been in this class for a while, so you will want to consider how to use rhetoric and persuasive techniques to express your opinion. This should be 1-1 ½ pages typed (double spaced).

Step 3: Read the original article that you found online. Be thinking about how the author’s argumentation compares to yours.

Step 4: Write an analysis/evaluation comparison between your argument and the article that you read online. You might consider breaking each up into sections (beginning, middle, and end) and comparing/contrasting which techniques you and the other author use and for what purpose. Then consider which approach was the most effective in achieving the argument. You may want to consider comparing the use of devices and techniques such as tone, diction, figurative language, syntax, rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, etc. This written evaluation should be a minimum of 2 pages typed (double spaced) and contain quotations from each article.

Step 5: You will be turning in printed copies of your own article and the analysis you wrote comparing the two. Please be sure to include a web location for the article that you read online somewhere.

Synthesis Revisions

Here is a link to the slideshow from class yesterday.

You have four revision opportunities.

1. Revise your claim to make it more clear and align with the language of the prompt.
2. Add argumentative phrases (the stars on the board)
3 & 4: Revise one or more of your examples to include more detailed elaboration.

This will be turned in (numbered) an attached to your original.