1. Monday, February 12th What am I learning today?
Language – Learning Goal: Demonstrate the correct use of vocabulary and grammar in my writing. (ELAGSE12L1-6)
Literature/Composition – Learning Goals: Analyze a visual text using the OPTIC strategy, incorporating the precise language of photographic images. Write an analytical interpretation of the composition of an image. (Standards: ELAGSEW ELAGSEW a. ELAGSEL )
What am I going to do today?
Unit 1 Perspectives – Activities 1.6 & 1.7 – Visual Perspectives
Activity 1.11 – PPT Visual Rhetoric
Review EA 1 – see samples – Partners optional- In lab 113 Tuesday-Thursday to create argumentative photo essays
What will I do to show I learned it?
EA 1 – Argumentative Photo Essay

2. Frame: area of action that is captured by the camera
Subject: object, person, and/or matter being studied in the frame
Cropping: cutting off or concealing unwanted parts of an image within a photograph
Lighting: the overall effect produced by the amount or type of light in a photograph
Image: likeness of object, person, or scene found and/or arranged in a frame
Composition: the way in which the parts of the subject are arranged to present a visual image
Space: area established or set apart by the arrangement of subjects or matter

3. Tuesday – Thursday in lab 421 – Argumentative Photo Essay assignment

4. Friday, February 16th What am I learning today?
Writing – Learning Goal: Identify and analyze elements of good writing; engage the reader by including these elements in your own writing. (ELAGSE12W3, 4, 5)
Language – Learning Goal: Demonstrate the correct use of vocabulary and grammar in my writing. (ELAGSE12L1-6)
Reading - Learning Goals for Research: Read/analyze to incorporate primary source quotes and begin to develop support for the thesis in my research paper. Identify evidence of literary techniques and structures as a basis for interpreting my research novel: CEI = Claim, Evidence, Interpretation. (ELAGSE12RL10: Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, independently and proficiently.)
What am I going to do today?
SSSHHHH!! Silent Independent Reading - Novel for Research!! Whether or not we continue to have these “work days” for the research paper depends on how well you work/read today.
What will I do to show I learned it?
You have ten (4x6) primary source quote cards due by the end of class TODAY.