This Week we finished up MLK's "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" completed our first rhetorical analysis prompt and peer review cycle.
We introduced the major themes in American Lit and began looking at some big idea texts beginning with Emerson and Thoreau. We will be referencing the ideas of self-reliance and materialism from these texts as we examine the American Dream next week. We also used these texts to practice some skills in reading difficult texts. Next week we will look at the summer reading text Scratch Beginnings. Don't forget open house is Thursday 8/23.
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This week we introduced rhetorical strategies and learned to write the rhetorical precis.
We read and began to analyze MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. To begin we identified rhetorical devices and answered analysis questions about tone, contuction and purpose. Friday we took our first Multiple Choice Quiz. |