2. Whose idea was it? Socrates: 469-399 B.C.E. Plato: 424-348 B.C.E.
Father of Western philosophy and Mentor to Plato. Epistemology and logic.
Plato: B.C.E.
Student of Socrates and founder of “The Academy” Philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric and mathematics.
Aristotle: B.C.E.
Student of Plato, and teacher to Alexander the Great.

3. Rhetoric Rhetoric: Close Reading: Rhetorical Analysis:
The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, and embellished over the centuries by scholars and teachers, is that rhetoric is the art of observing in any given case the “available means of persuasion.”
Close Reading:
Reading to “develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves and then on the larger ideas those words suggest.”
Rhetorical Analysis:
Defining an author’s purpose, then identifying and analyzing the techniques and strategies employed to achieve that purpose.

4. Eco Fact of the Week

5. Why Goals and Objectives?
Course Goal—broad, long-term
To understand the elements of argument and other genres or writing, and apply them in both writing, and analysis.
Daily Objective—accomplishing “pieces” of the “goal,” one step at a time
To understand and evaluate the finer elements argument

6. Recognition and Congratulations!
Happy Birthday!
It’s Nick’s birthday!

7. Holiday Fundraisers, Period 1
#1 The Helping PAWS Club: members of the Helping PAWS Club will be distributing collection bags to first period classes for our Save the Cheetah Fundraiser.
We are asking students to donate spare change or whatever they want to help in this cause. Whatever we raise this month will be doubled by corporate sponsors that contribute to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, a non-profit organization working to save the Cheetah from extinction. The cheetah is Africa’s most endangered big cat. We’ve lost over 90 percent of the world’s population of wild cheetahs in the last 100 years, and if we don’t act today, we could lose the cheetah forever.
Our goal is to raise a $1000 so that our school can adopt a Cheetah that is being rehabilitated by the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, Africa.
The race is on to save the cheetah – with your help, we can win it! Please donate Nov. 3 –Dec. 2.
#2 Air Force JROTC: Food Drive
As we approach the holiday season, Air Force JROTC is collecting food and monetary donations to aid families in need.  Simply bring any canned or other non-perishable food items or monetary donations to your 1st period class any time before November 18th.  JROTC cadets will pick up the donations throughout the week and transport them to the Salvation Army.

8. AP Language and Composition Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Time will pass; will you? 28 school days remain in the fall semester. Happy Election Day!
Today’s Objectives:
To read and learn about the man, Mark Twain
To discuss the use of the “N” word in different contexts.

9. 51 of the most beautiful sentences in literature @buzzfeed.com
28. “Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” --T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

10. Housekeeping
Thanks for volunteering at Paz de Chisto food kitchen this Friday—your altruism is appreciated and noted!
Lasya Anantuni-period 0
Sage Hamming-period 0
Devan Campbell-period 1
Anisha Bhargara-period 3
The Daily Course Calendar was last updated Nov. 7.
Writing Contests are now posted on the class website—you can earn optional credit for these.
Bringing your book to class—it’s on the assignment calendar, and you are responsible for bringing it!
The next date is December 9. Three volunteers needed from 4 until 7 p.m. Sign up by 12/2.

11. Coming Due—do not squander time—that’s the stuff life’s made of!
Monday:
Biographical Notes on Mark Twain (word-processed)
One paragraph—so far, what is your impression of Twain? Are you looking forward to reading his writing? Why?
Thursday:
The last bibs, 8, 9 and 10, are due Thursday.

12. Today’s Class— please have your vocabulary logs on your desks
Ken Burn’s “Mark Twain” (20 min)
Group Work (30 min, including paragraph):
For each of the three essays, determine what you think are the most important “points to ponder”—what does this information reveal about Twain that will help you understand his writing?
“The Seriously Funny Man”: 2 bullets
“American’s Original Superstar”: 10 bullets
“Getting Past Black and White”: 4 bullets
One paragraph—so far, what is your impression of Twain? Are you looking forward to reading his writing? Why?
Break: 5 minutes

13. The “N” word Group Shares—research (2 rounds; 10 min)
Group Shares—questions (2 rounds; 10 min)
Have you ever used this word, in any context?
What is your reaction when you hear this word used in a casual context? An academic context?
Reading/Annotating (20 min)
“Text to Text: Huckleberry Finn and “In Defense of a Loaded Word”
From Randall Kennedy’s book Nigger—The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Class Socratic Discussion: The “N” word—please use these two essays as discussion prompts