1. Monday – Aristotle’s Modes of Persuasion and Appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos notes in class. Tuesday – notes continued from Monday Wednesday – Quiz, Quiz, Trade Review Thursday – Journal prompt and practice quiz Friday – Aristotle’s MOP Quiz

2. Monday – read and discuss Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia convention Tuesday – Identify examples in Henry speech: metaphor, rhetorical questions, personification, alliteration, etc. Wednesday – read George Bush 9/11 speech and identify tone and figurative language in speech Thursday –Tone paragraph (modeling) for Bush and Henry speeches Friday – Quiz over tone and figurative language terms

3. Monday – Journal prompt; intro to Slaughterhouse Five and read page 1-11 Tuesday – read page 11-22 (Chapter 1) and work on motifs worksheet Wednesday – Benchmark testing Thursday – read chapter 2 Slaughterhouse Five and discuss Literary Element: Satire Friday – Quiz for Chapter 1 & 2

4. Monday – Slaughterhouse Five Ch 1 & 2 Reading Quiz; Read Chapter 3 Tuesday – Finish reading chapter 3 with discussion; assign chapter 4 Wednesday – finish reading chapter 4; discussion of Trafalmadorian philosophy and fate Thursday – review chapter 3 & 4; read chapter 5 Friday – finish reading chapter 5

5. Monday – review Chapters 3-5 for Slaughterhouse Five (S5) Tuesday – Quiz for S5 chapters 3-5 Wednesday – Read S5 chapter 6 in class; assign chapter 7 over break Thursday – Fall Break (no school) Friday – Fall Break (no school)

6. Monday – Fall Break (no school) Tuesday – Journal response; discussion over Vonnegut’s symbolism in S5 and paragraph modeling to write a response of literary analysis over symbolism in S5 Wednesday – return paragraphs for revision; read chapter 8 Thursday – review chapters 7 & 8; read chapter 9 in class Friday – Quiz over S5 chapters 7 & 8

7. Monday – write introduction and 2 nd body paragraph for S5 literary analysis (discuss character, setting, theme, genre, etc) Tuesday – read S5 chapter 10 in class Wednesday – final Slaughterhouse Five review for test Thursday – write last body paragraph and conclusion for lit. analysis essay; work on essay revisions Friday – Slaughterhouse Five final test; work on S5 essay revisions.

8. Monday – Literary Analysis essay rough draft due Tuesday – Rough draft revisions Wednesday – Type final essay in Library Thursday – Final typed essay due Friday – Introduction to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

9. Monday – powerpoint and notes over playwright Arthur Miller and the McCarthyism Era Tuesday – read Act I The Crucible Wednesday – finish reading Act I The Crucible Thursday – review Act I for The Crucible Friday – Act I Quiz

10. Monday – Act II for The Crucible; start Act II Character Comparison chart to identify author’s bias Tuesday – turn in character charts and discuss Arthur Miller’s biased opinions in The Crucible; start reading Act III Wednesday – read and discuss Act III Thursday – review Act II & III Friday – The Crucible Act II & III quiz

11. Monday – Read and discuss Act IV Tuesday – The Crucible final study guide Wednesday – Thanksgiving Break Thursday – Thanksgiving Break Friday – Thanksgiving Break

12. Monday – review for final Crucible test; MLA review for research Tuesday – Media Center for research Wednesday – Media Center for research/final test for The Crucible Thursday – Media Center for research Friday – Media Center for research – sources and notes due

13. Monday – watch The Crucible Tuesday – watch The Crucible Wednesday – film review due; work on research essay in class Thursday – research in media center – rough draft due Friday – research in media center -

14. Monday – Media Center – final research essay due Tuesday – Semester Test Review Wednesday – Semester Test Review Thursday – Semester Finals Friday – Semester Finals