Monday – 5/5 –
Period 2
Objective: Students will read for comprehension and author’s use of rhetorical strategies in
preparation for AP rhetorical analysis essay.
Agenda:
 Warm-Up – “Morrie Minute” – CBS News
 Read Tuesdays With Morrie (TWM) or Independent Book Selection
 SOAPSTone John F. Kennedy Inaugural Speech
Materials: Handouts, highlighter, post-its, pen, pencil
Homework: Independent Book Project Log #4 due to Edmodo today by 3:15 p.m.; Rhetorical
Strategy Essay -- Friday
Friday – 4/25
Wed/Thur – 4/23-24 –
Periods 3, 4, 5, 7
Materials: Handouts
Homework: Independent Book Project Log #4 due to Edmodo on Tuesday by 3:15 p.m.; Rhetorica
Analysis Essay – Major Grade -- Friday
Tuesday – 5/6 – Periods
2-7
Week of: May 5 - 9
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: STAAR Testing – Algebra I
 Warm-Up – “Morrie Minute” – CBS News
 Rhetorical Strategy Terms Review
Objective: Students will use their rhetorical analysis outlines to construct the opening paragraph
of a rhetorical analysis essay and discuss TWM
Agenda:
 Warm-Up – “Morrie Minute” – CBS News
 Tuesdays With Morrie Socratic Circle
 Rhetorical Analysis Outline-- JFK review
Materials: TWM Book and Outlines
Homework: Rhetorical Analysis Essay - Friday
Objective: Students will write a 40-minute timed rhetorical analysis essay.
Agenda:
 Rhetorical Analysis Essay – Timed Writing
Materials: Outline and Speech; pencil, paper
Homework: Rhetorical Strategy Terms & TWM Quiz on Monday