"Give me liberty or give me death!"

Writing Prompt: Do you think that it is harder to live for something or to die for something? In other words, is it easier to die for a cause (and be a martyr) or to devote your life to working towards a cause? Explain your belief. You may use real-life or personal examples to explain your point or view.

What are dialectical notes?

• another name for a double-entry journal or a reader-response journal.  
• notes that records a dialogue, or conversation, between the ideas in the text (the words that you are reading) and the ideas of the reader (the person who is doing the reading)
• write down your thoughts, questions, insights, and ideas while you read. A dialectical journal can include all sorts of things: class notes, notes on discussions, notes on papers, reactions to readings.

Persuasive Appeals

• ethos: Ethics & Moral Principles - Convince your audience of your integrity to gain their trust
• logos: Reason & logic - Use specific data and concrete evidence to support your argument 
• pathos: Emotions - Use description or narrate an example from your own experience and choose words that will create emotion and gain the sympathy of your audience

Read Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention. Identify types of persuasive appeals that Henry employs. 

Important Dates:
35 word maps due Friday, 10/1
Essay test on Friday, 10/1

"He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas."

Today:
Literary Terms Quiz
New vocabulary - word maps due on Friday!
Ben Franklin's aphorisms - page 74

When you have finished your quiz, get an orange book and open to page 73. Read the "Background" column on the right hand side of the page. Then, turn to page 74 and read 19 of Ben Franklin's aphorisms.

Choose five of the aphorisms you like the best and write 3-5 sentences explaining the following.

1. Paraphrase the aphorism into your own words.
2. Explain how this aphorism could apply to modern times.
3. Explain why you like this particular aphorism and how you could use it in your own life.

Homework: 
35 word maps due Friday!

For tomorrow: 
Find a piece of advice or a phrase that you try to live by. It can be from a song, a movie, a book, a poem, Ben Franklin or your own.

Write a one-page anecdote that shows how this aphorism or advice applies to real life. It can be a story that happened to you, a friend or family member. Be sure to explain what happened and how this aphorism is related to it.

Friday, September 24

Today, we reviewed thesis statements and organization in class. We then peer edited one another's papers.

Due Monday:

1. Study for quiz! Quiz on 50 literary terms on Monday!
2. Summer Reading re-write. You must turn in the original with the rewrite.
3. Literary Analysis essay: If you chose to rewrite your essay over the weekend, you must attach the original and the peer edit form to it. If you did not have your essay ready on Friday, you may turn it in late on Monday.

25 MUST STUDY WORDS FOR MONDAY:
antagonist            autobiography             biography
climax                 comedy                        dramatic monologue
epic                     exposition                    fable
frame story         objective                        interior monologue
parable                parody                            plot
point of view      protagonist                    resolution
satire                   setting                            myth
subjective            suspense                        tragedy             style

Thursday Wrap Up

Tueday, we jigsawed basic information about the Puritans and the Rationalists. We examined how Anne Bradstreet incorporated Puritan values and beliefs in two of her poems, "To My Dear and Loving Husband," and "Verses Following the Burning of My House."

Wednesday, we read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards. We identified the figurative language and persuasive techniques he used in his sermon. See me to make up this classwork.

Thursday, we read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and examined how he perceived his morality. We based this on Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development.

1. Stage One: Preconventional - Obedience and Punishment. "What's in it for me?"
2. Stage Two: Conventional - Follow laws and expectations of others and society. "How can I be a good citizen/member of society?"
3. Stage Three: Postconventional - Universal Ethical Principles: Social Justice/Human Rights - "What are the principles, values, and ethics of our society and humanity?"

Important Dates

Literary Concept Cards - due Thursday in class

Literary Terms Quiz on Friday - 25 new words and 25 of the old words!


Literary Analysis Essay due in class on Friday!

Rewrite of the Summer Reading Essay are due Monday, 9/27. Please turn in the original along with your revised copy.

Thursday, September 16

Today was Quiz Day (woo-hoo!!), so if you missed it you have one week to make it up.

We also had an essay assignment. The essay will be due IN CLASS on Friday, September 24. We will spend more time in class on Monday reviewing the assignment, but try to start this weekend if you can. E-mail me if you have any questions. I'll be happy to help. (mccartneychs@gmail.com)

Enjoy your weekend and read a book! I know you'll be missing English like crazy.

Monday Update

Here's what we did in class, as well as some important deadlines!

Writing Prompt: The writer Thomas Mann said, “War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.” Do you agree with this claim? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
 Remember, to earn full credit on your Writing Prompt, you should write at least 3/4 to a full page!!


Quotation Marks - Fast Overview

1. Introduce the quote
2. Use quotation marks before and after the quote.
3. If you are citing the quote, put the page number in
    parenthesis after the closing quotations marks and put
    punctuation at the end.
4. If you are not citing the quote, put the punctuation inside the
    closing quotation marks.


1. According to Tim O'Brien, "When you're afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world" (34).

2. In his novel The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien states, "When you're afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world."


Great job today with the poems! Remember to keep your handouts (hint, hint).

Deadlines
Summer Reading Essay - Tuesday, 9/14 by 3pm
Signed Syllabus - Wednesday, 9/15
America Poem + Response - Wednesday, 9/15
Quiz on the first 50 literary terms - Thursday, 9/16
Extra Credit Parent Letter - Friday, 9/17

First 30 Lit Terms power point 

First Day!

It's finally here... the first day of school! Welcome back!!

I am excited to get to know all of you! I hope our class will productive and worthwhile for all of us.

English 3/SAT English Syllabus

Assignments:
Tonight's Homework:

Write a letter to yourself about your goals and plans for this year.
What are you hoping to accomplish? What obstacles do you forsee having to overcome? How do you plan on accomplishing these goals?

1-2 pages, hand-written

Summer Reading Assignment due Tuesday, September 14
Signed Class Syllabus due Friday, September 17
Extra Credit Parent Letter due Friday, September 17