Bias, Persuasion, and the Sonnet

Bias, Persuasion, and the Sonnet

First period reviewed the notes from reading yesterday. Yesterday’s lesson was a two-fold lesson: first, they got information about bias; second, they worked on note-taking skills. Yet the second objective can foil the first, so we made sure everyone knew what...

Final Persuasion, Imagery, and Bias

First period, after going over some note taking basics, we went back to the lab to continue the online lesson on bias. We’ll be finishing up tomorrow. Second and sixth periods reviewed their vocabulary for Friday and completed the presentation on persuasive...

Arguments, Bias, and More Poetry

First period continued work at the lab. They’re working on two related things: bias and persuasive techniques. Second and sixth periods began the lesson on persuasive techniques. We’ll finish it up tomorrow. Fourth period completed the lesson on Billy...
Test, Voice, and Political Ads

Test, Voice, and Political Ads

First period worked on voice in the first chapters of Nightjohn. We used several quotes to begin looking at how word choice helps create a writer’s voice. Second and sixth periods had their parts of speech test. Fourth period finished up the bias unit with a...

Voice, Propaganda, and Review

First period began Nightjohn. We’ll slowly begin incorporating discussions of and exercises about voice and sentence structure. Second and sixth periods reviewed for the test tomorrow on the parts of speech. Fourth period turned to old cigarette commercials for...