Thumb Drives Memory Sticks

All students must bring a thumb drive/memory stick to class in order to save their work!

Week 12 ( Print by Monday for 100 extra credit points)

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Correct SPA EXAM Bring memory sticks/thumb drives to class daily. Peer review essays	Type essays Run through spell and grammar check Submit to turnitin.com by Wednesday
Tuesday Shortened day	Discuss African Proverbs	Type essays Run through spell and grammar check Submit to turnitin.com by Wednesday
Wednesday	Grammar Subject and Verb agreement	TBA
Thursday G	Grammar Diagramming Sentences	TBA
Friday Mr.	Grammar Diagramming Sentences	TBA

Week 11 ( Print this syllabus for 200 extra credit points

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Quotation by Cesar Chavez “If you are outraged at Conditions, then you can’t possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can’t change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice.”	SPA EXAM Remember  Take a position Pro or Con (For or against) and stick with it!  Use counterargument/claim to express the opposition side (Other’s may think that…) Write a clear assertion/thesis statement that you can back up with evidence from the texts: Facts, examples, data, and statistics that are in the text. Remember you must cite evidence from at least 2 different places to get a passing score! In your body paragraphs where you prove that your position is correct remember the pattern is say, mean, matter for every quote and explanation! Don’t forget to restate your thesis/assertion and provide a counterargument and rebuttal in your conclusion! Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word. Connotations are the meanings and associations with a word that go beyond the dictionary definition.  Words with similar dictionary definitions may have different connotations. The example from your book: Determined has a positive connotation, whereas pig-headed or stubborn have a negative connotation.	Review Essay Template to help you finish your exam tomorrow. Get a good nights rest and get to class on time! Remember to check your essays that your have cited the authors or provided appropriate parenthetical citations at the end of a quotation or paraphrased sentence! The author, First and Last Name writes, “…” Or (Last Name, Page, Article Title).
Tuesday	SPA Exam	Review essay template for any last minute changes to make sure your SPA essay has a powerful conclusion.
Wednesday	SPA Exam Test  (15 minutes)
Thursday Guest Teacher, Field trip for many students to UCLA Dr. Cohen is grading SPA exam	Read Cesar Chavez Lives Questions 1-3 pp. 53 Analyze political cartoons	If you are on the UCLA field trip you must complete the class work Read Cesar Chavez Lives Questions 1-3 pp. 53 Analyze political cartoons Also Read pp. 54-45
Friday Mr. Genut	Complete exercises 1-6 page 56 in class	Read African Proverbs pp. 57-61 Complete 1 and 2 pp. 61

Week 10 ( Print by Monday for 100 points)

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Overarching Questions: How do advocates persuade people through writing? How do the methods the author’s use relate to their arguments? How does the following quote add to your understanding of advocacy? Quotation by Cesar Chavez “If you are outraged at Conditions, then you can’t possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can’t change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice.”	Read Langston Hugh’s  “Mother to Son to get the Gist. Answer in your reader’s writer’s notebook: What is the poem about? Who are the Character’s? The speaker? The audience? What is the issue? For extra credit answer: What is the tone (author’s attitude towards the abject)? What is the mood (the emotion the author want the reader to feel)?
Tuesday	SPA Exam Test Prep Review Previous Exam 5 paragraph persuasive essay Structure	Complete essay at home
Wednesday	SPA Exam Test Prep MLA Citation Review	Edit  practice essay
Thursday	Spa Exam Test Prep Connotation and Denotation Review	Complete Connotation and Denotation Worksheet
Friday	Spa Exam Test Prep Connotation and Denotation Review	Study for SPA Exam Exam will be Monday, Tuesday and 10 minutes of Wednesday if needed. Remember to back up your assertion/claim/thesis with facts, data, statistics from at least 2 different articles  as required in your test instructions! Do forget to provide a counterargument( address a counterclaim) and a  rebuttal. You can always introduce by the phrase, “Others may think that…however…). Remember that you must cite the authors either directly  or using parenthetical citations.