Monday March 7, 2016

English 9- Today we read chapter 24 in TKAM, I also rolled out the final writing project for the quarter.  Here is a copy of the paper I handed out today:

Name________________

3^rd Quarter Final Writing Prompt To Kill a Mockingbird (Summative):

Type 3 (skip lines, please!)

Analyze Atticus’ closing arguments (pg. 271-275, end of chapter 20) to the jury of Maycomb. Critique Atticus’ use of rhetorical appeals and his attempts to persuade for Tom Robinson’s innocence.

FCA’s (Focus areas)

1. Appeals clearly identified and critiqued

2. Use at least 3 quotes from the text

3. Use “says, means, matters” to analyze quotes

Outline

Introduction (Start with topic sentence, explain what you are writing about):

Appeal #1(ethos, pathos, logos):

Quote to support appeal:

Means:

Matters:

Appeal #2(ethos, pathos, logos):

Quote to support appeal:

Means:

Matters:

Appeal #3(ethos, pathos, logos):

Quote to support appeal:

Means:

Matters:

Conclusion (Re-state the most important insight you wrote about):

Here is the link for the text online:

http://eghssummerreading.weebly.com/uploads/6/6/1/2/6612673/tkm.pdf

English 10: Today was the first round of presentations. Research projects were due today.