1. AP English Language and Composition
Monday, October 20th, 2014

2. Warm-Up: Consider: write this down in your journal: Think/Pair/Share:
“Once I am sure there’s nothing going on I step inside letting the door thud shut.” – Philip Larkin
Think/Pair/Share:
What feelings are evoked by the word thud?
How would the meaning change if the speaker let the door slam shut?
Individually: copy down and complete the chart:
Verb expressing the closing of a door
Feeling evoked by the verb
Thud
2. Slam 3. 4. 5.

3. Notes: Impact Aid Forms – first 3 classes returned = donuts!!
Conference Schedule – questions?
Due – Obama 2002/2009 annot. + compare/contrast paragraph (staple together & turn in)

4. OPTIC
Look over the OPTIC sheet. Annotate the instructions. Summarize the directions in your own words.
Resource: CA p (Visual Rhetoric)
Complete an OPTIC sheet for each of the following visual arguments. Answer the corresponding question for each visual argument on the back of the OPTIC sheet (or on a separate sheet of paper)
Franklin – “Join or Die” + question #3 CA p
Adams – “Saigon Execution” + question #2 CA p
Ut – “The Terror of War” + question #1 CA p

5. Homework Due Weds. 10/22/14 Finish OPTIC + Questions
Find, print, and bring 2+ editorial cartoons
One from 1970’s or earlier
One from 2000 or later