Thursday, September 29, 2016
9/29/16- Ben Dottinger
The accomplishments of today's class begin with the finale of the "Literary Toolbox" presentations, where the final group (of Zabrina Branning, Nick Colaco, Elias Frieling, and myself) looked through the class examples of anadiplosis, cacophony, imagery, and parallelism. Overall, the objective of this presentation was to offer the entirety of the class a strong source of up to 24 brand new literary terms. Following the end of the presentations, the class continued to foray into 1) analyzing the similarities and differences between literature and rhetoric and 2) evaluating the various components of the rhetorical triangle. It was established that analysis is a fancy way to describe when you try to understand how the parts of a composition work together. Continuing on, we learned that we’ll be doing both literary analysis, and rhetorical analysis. The main difference between literature and rhetoric is that literature is anything that tells a story (be it Breaking Bad, Romeo and Juliet, or certain newspaper articles), while rhetoric is anything that is argumentative; it is meant to persuade someone to do something. It is important to remember that rhetoric is aimed at SOMEONE, because it is important to know your audience so you can pick the best tactics for efficient persuasion. Pieces of rhetoric are typically speeches or letters. Class today came to a close with a review of the rhetorical triangle. First, there is logos, the most important part of your argument. Logos refers to your logic in the essay, or the objective statistics. Following logos is ethos and pathos, which is your credibility and your appeal to the audience’s emotion (see the picture below to see the rhetorical triangle). It is important to include all three sides of the triangle in order to prevent a weak argument riddled with a lack of evidence, sophistry, and apathy (respectively). Anyway, that is all! Until next time.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Nick Elnasser
9/28/16
To start class today Mr.Rivers reminded us to make sure that we grab the right computer so if any damage happens then we know who did it. After that we got back to the literary toolbox that we have been doing for the past couple of days. We started with antithesis which is the opposite or the reverse in a sentence. The group presented the rest of their slides and then came to assist us in making our own sentences with their literary devices. After that we discussed which of the sentences were the best ones and then we went on to the next group. Their first word was anadiplosis which is using the last word in a sentence to start the next sentence. When we had to make our own sentences James had a good example of it by using the direct TV commercial as a guide. After that group was done we were finished with the literary toolbox.
9/28/16
To start class today Mr.Rivers reminded us to make sure that we grab the right computer so if any damage happens then we know who did it. After that we got back to the literary toolbox that we have been doing for the past couple of days. We started with antithesis which is the opposite or the reverse in a sentence. The group presented the rest of their slides and then came to assist us in making our own sentences with their literary devices. After that we discussed which of the sentences were the best ones and then we went on to the next group. Their first word was anadiplosis which is using the last word in a sentence to start the next sentence. When we had to make our own sentences James had a good example of it by using the direct TV commercial as a guide. After that group was done we were finished with the literary toolbox.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Nick Colaco
9/27/16
Today's began with Mr. Rivers reminding the class to be constantly checking the class blog schedule to ensure that we each create our blog post on time. We then moved on to creating and discussing examples of the literary terms that the last group to present the previous day had taught us. After that group had finished, the next groups went up to teach the class about literary devices from Assonance, which is the repetition of a sound or vowel that doesn't rhyme, to Personification, which is using human attributes to give human like qualities to an inhuman thing or object. After the groups presented their words we then convened in our groups and created more examples for the terms. It was also at this time that Mr. Rivers had to make the executive decision to prohibit the use of fellow students names in our examples. Mr. Rivers then told us about his redneck drivers ed teacher Mr. Weister who when asked what should you do if you hit an inanimate object responded " What like a spaceship?". We finished the class by working in our groups to create more examples of the literary devices.
9/27/16
Today's began with Mr. Rivers reminding the class to be constantly checking the class blog schedule to ensure that we each create our blog post on time. We then moved on to creating and discussing examples of the literary terms that the last group to present the previous day had taught us. After that group had finished, the next groups went up to teach the class about literary devices from Assonance, which is the repetition of a sound or vowel that doesn't rhyme, to Personification, which is using human attributes to give human like qualities to an inhuman thing or object. After the groups presented their words we then convened in our groups and created more examples for the terms. It was also at this time that Mr. Rivers had to make the executive decision to prohibit the use of fellow students names in our examples. Mr. Rivers then told us about his redneck drivers ed teacher Mr. Weister who when asked what should you do if you hit an inanimate object responded " What like a spaceship?". We finished the class by working in our groups to create more examples of the literary devices.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
September 23rd blog
Jimmy Bliss
On Friday, September 23rd, Mr. Rivers introduced the Literary Toolbox to us. The literary toolbox is a vocabulary list, containing many literary terms, including foreshadowing, onomatopoeia and many others. We were divided into groups by where we sit in class everyday and were assigned 4 words per group. my group's words were onomatopoeia, apostrophe, euphony and polysyndeton. An apostrophe is talking to an imaginary item, or a person/thing that is not present. An onomatopoeia is a word whose pronunciation imitate sounds that they describe. A euphony is a sound that is pleasing to the ear. A polysyndeton is a connecting piece of sentences, with the word 'and' used repeatedly. We have Monday to complete the assignment, as well, if needed. That is all we did in class on Friday.
On Friday, September 23rd, Mr. Rivers introduced the Literary Toolbox to us. The literary toolbox is a vocabulary list, containing many literary terms, including foreshadowing, onomatopoeia and many others. We were divided into groups by where we sit in class everyday and were assigned 4 words per group. my group's words were onomatopoeia, apostrophe, euphony and polysyndeton. An apostrophe is talking to an imaginary item, or a person/thing that is not present. An onomatopoeia is a word whose pronunciation imitate sounds that they describe. A euphony is a sound that is pleasing to the ear. A polysyndeton is a connecting piece of sentences, with the word 'and' used repeatedly. We have Monday to complete the assignment, as well, if needed. That is all we did in class on Friday.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Christina Bally
9/22/2016
Today in class we wrote an essay on a successful person and how they gained their success. We were asked to explain whether the person's success is due to legacy and opportunity. What the essay consisted of included an effective thesis statement. An effective thesis statement includes a topic sentence with properly integrated evidence. What was also asked of us was to properly integrate evidence into the writing piece. We did this by forming an introduction to the evidence, following it with a citation and ending it with an analysis. We also were told to use cite evidence from websites using the author's name or the title of the article.
9/22/2016
Today in class we wrote an essay on a successful person and how they gained their success. We were asked to explain whether the person's success is due to legacy and opportunity. What the essay consisted of included an effective thesis statement. An effective thesis statement includes a topic sentence with properly integrated evidence. What was also asked of us was to properly integrate evidence into the writing piece. We did this by forming an introduction to the evidence, following it with a citation and ending it with an analysis. We also were told to use cite evidence from websites using the author's name or the title of the article.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Olivia Agius
9/20/16
Today in class we focused on the same objectives from yesterday’s class period. The first objective was to understand our classroom blogging assignment. We already discussed this yesterday, today was an overview of it. We talked about what it is exactly that creates a strong blog, which includes: engaging and addressing the reader, a use of a comfortable tone, the date, specific information presented in the paragraph, and some form of multimedia. In our groups we shared each of our practice blogs done for homework.Then, as a second objective we went back to integrating evidence through the introduction, claim, and analysis. We decided a strong thesis included a claim (argument), powerful active verbs, and topics (what the essay will cover). As practice, in groups we analyzed a thesis to identify what the claim, verb and topic was within it. Then, as a group we drafted a thesis about how legacy and opportunity help one achieve the American dream and succeed. This group work was to help with our essays we will be writing in class on Thursday. Our essays will be based on a person we believe was able to succeed in life, and using evidence to support our claim.When coming up with a thesis my group was stuck on including strong active verbs that would make sense with the writing. We finally were able to come up with one before the bell rang. In class we also discussed the book chat which will take place after lunch on the twenty first of September, tomorrow. On google classroom Mr. Rivers posted the rooms the book chats will take place. Since English is after the book chat we will be able to talk about it in class afterwards.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Zabrina Branning Pr 6 Blog
American Literature
9/19/2016
Today's class had a main focus of claims in your writing and how to make it flow into what you are trying to say. An important factor specified in class was the evidence. Though, we were having trouble creating a claim and not having it actually be evidence. For example, a question was would you rather go to Chipotle or Wendy's and why, while most chose Chipotle, our claims turned out to be evidence or facts, not our claim, like Wendy's doesn't have Chipotle sauce. Yes, this is true, but this can not be used as a claim because it is a true fact, Wendy's does not hold Chipotle Sauce. What can be used as a claim is that I choose Chipotle because it has larger food portions. There is no proof of Chipotle having larger food portions than Wendy's, but that is my opinion which can be used as my claim in an argument.
9/19/2016
Today's class had a main focus of claims in your writing and how to make it flow into what you are trying to say. An important factor specified in class was the evidence. Though, we were having trouble creating a claim and not having it actually be evidence. For example, a question was would you rather go to Chipotle or Wendy's and why, while most chose Chipotle, our claims turned out to be evidence or facts, not our claim, like Wendy's doesn't have Chipotle sauce. Yes, this is true, but this can not be used as a claim because it is a true fact, Wendy's does not hold Chipotle Sauce. What can be used as a claim is that I choose Chipotle because it has larger food portions. There is no proof of Chipotle having larger food portions than Wendy's, but that is my opinion which can be used as my claim in an argument.
Our Class Blog
Hey, Gang!
Welcome to our class blog. I realize that it looks pretty empty right now, but that's where YOU come in! You will be responsible for filling this blog with quality writing! Someone in our class will be responsible for posting a blog by 10pm EACH NIGHT!
A Quality Blog...
FINE PRINT:
Your blogging will make up your entire homework grade. Each post will be worth 5 points for its ability to accomplish the objectives above. Blogs posted after 10pm on the day they are due will lose 1 point, and after midnight they will lose 2. Please be proactive with the schedule; if you have to work on Thursday and are scheduled to post on Thursday, then talk to another student (AND ME) about switching spots on the official calendar. Please make sure that you post in the proper class. Don't forget to click PUBLISH!
To login and post your blog, follow the instructions on the YouTube Video.
Welcome to our class blog. I realize that it looks pretty empty right now, but that's where YOU come in! You will be responsible for filling this blog with quality writing! Someone in our class will be responsible for posting a blog by 10pm EACH NIGHT!
A Quality Blog...
- Reflects on the work that we have done in class that day (including objectives and inquiries)
- Uses titles, paragraphs, and stylistic choices to compose a clear and specific account of our day
- Draws in SPECIFIC examples from individual experiences/activities (including your first name and last intial (e.g. Bilbo B.)
- Includes some form of media (image, YouTube video, etc.) that connects to what we talked about in class
FINE PRINT:
Your blogging will make up your entire homework grade. Each post will be worth 5 points for its ability to accomplish the objectives above. Blogs posted after 10pm on the day they are due will lose 1 point, and after midnight they will lose 2. Please be proactive with the schedule; if you have to work on Thursday and are scheduled to post on Thursday, then talk to another student (AND ME) about switching spots on the official calendar. Please make sure that you post in the proper class. Don't forget to click PUBLISH!
To login and post your blog, follow the instructions on the YouTube Video.
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