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.