Monday – 4/14
Tuesday – 4/15
Objective: Students will read for comprehension and author’s use of rhetorical strategies in
preparation for AP rhetorical analysis essay.
Agenda:
 Warm-Up – Parallelism Worksheet
 Read Tuesdays With Morrie (TWM) or Independent Book Selection
 Complete TWM Study Questions
Materials: Handouts, highlighter, post-its, pen, pencil
Homework: Study for TWM Quiz #1 on Wed./Thur. Independent Book Project Log #1 due today.
Wed/Thur – 4/16-17
Week of: Apr. 14-18
Teacher: T. Moser
Team: English II Pre-AP
Objective: Students will construct a rhetorical analysis outline in preparation for writing an AP
rhetorical analysis essay.
Agenda:
 Warm-Up – TWM Writing Prompt: “Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.”
 Rhetorical Strategy Terms Quiz/New Terms Announced
 Rhetorical Analysis Outline – MLK “I Have a Dream Speech”
Materials: Handouts, highlighter, post-its, pen, pencil
Homework: Independent Book Project Log #1 due to Edmodo on Tuesday; TWM Quiz #1 on
Wed./Thur. Rhetorical Strategy Terms quiz Friday
Objective: Students will use their rhetorical analysis outlines to construct the opening paragraph
of a rhetorical analysis essay.
Agenda: SAT Testing – Period 3 meets in S100 on Wednesday
 Warm-Up – Parallelism Worksheet #2
 Tuesdays With Morrie Quiz (Periods 2, 4, 5, 7)
 Rhetorical Analysis Outline review
Materials: Exam, Worksheets, Book
Homework: Rhetorical Strategy Terms Quiz on Friday. TWM quiz today.
Friday – 4/18
Objective: Students will write a 15-minute timed rhetorical analysis essay in preparation for major
grade timed essay in three weeks.
Agenda:
 Warm-Up – Journal Prompt
 Rhetorical Strategies Terms and Tuesdays With Morrie Quiz (Period 3)
 Rhetorical Analysis – President George W. Bush 9/11 Speech
Materials: Handouts, Purdue OWL Writing Lab Website
Homework: Independent Book Project Log #2 – Tuesday. TWM and Rhetorical Strategy Quiz
today.