Course Schedule
Unit 1 (Weeks 1-3)
Week of August 25, 2014
Week of August 18, 2014
Week of August 11, 2014
Day 1 (45 min)
Day 2 (90 min)
Classwork: Introduction to Rhetorical
Analysis.
Classwork: Complete and discuss
Activity 1 on page 41.
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 39-41).
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 41-43).
Day 3 (90 min)
Day 4 (45 min)
Due: Unit 1 - Activity 1.
Due: Unit 1 – Activity 2.
Classwork: Complete and discuss
Activity 2 on page 43.
Classwork: Complete and discuss
Activity 3 on page 47.
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 44-47).
Due: Unit 1 - Activity 3.
Classwork: Introduction to Rhetorical
Modes – Narration.
Homework: Read “A Plague of Tics” by
David Sedaris (Handout).
Classwork: Discuss “A Plague of Tics”
and The Language of Composition (pgs.
48-51).
Classwork: Discuss “A Plague of Tics”
and The Language of Composition (pgs.
51-54).
Due: “A Plague of Tics” assignments.
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 51-54).
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 54-56).
Classwork: Discuss The Language of
Composition (pgs. 58-61).
Classwork: Work on Rhetorical Analysis
Rough Draft (Activity 5 on page 63).
Classwork: Introduction to Rhetorical
Modes - Description.
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 61-63).
Homework: Work on Rhetorical
Analysis Rough Draft (Activity 5 on
page 63).
Homework: Read “Shooting Dad” by
Sarah Vowell (Handout).
Classwork: Complete and discuss
Activity 4 on page 56.
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 48-51).
Due: Unit 1 - Activity 4.
Classwork: Discuss
Activity 4 on page 56.
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 58-61).
Homework: Work on Rhetorical
Analysis Rough Draft (Activity 5 on
page 63).
Course Schedule
Unit 1 (Weeks 4-6)
Week of September 15, 2014
Week of September 8, 2014
Week of September 1, 2014
Day 1 (45 min)
Day 2 (90 min)
Due: Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft
(Unit 1 - Activity 5).
Day 3 (90 min)
Classwork: Discuss “Shooting Dad” and
The Language of Composition (pgs. 6567).
Classwork: Discuss “Shooting Dad.”
Monday, September 1
No School
Homework: Read The Language of
Composition (pgs. 65-67).
Due: “Shooting Dad” assignments.
Classwork: Work on Culminating
Activity on page 69-78.
Monday, September 8
No School
Due: Culminating Activity.
Classwork: Introduction to Rhetorical
Modes – Process Analysis.
Homework: Read “The Joy of Reading
And Writing: Superman and Me” by
Sherman Alexie.
Classwork: Complete and discuss
Activity 6 on page 68.
Classwork: Work on Culminating
Activity on page 69-78.
Homework: Work on Rhetorical
Analysis Final Draft.
Day 4 (45 min)
Due: Unit 1 - Activity 6.
Classwork: Discuss Rhetorical Analysis
Essay.
Homework: Work on Rhetorical
Analysis Final Draft.
Due: Rhetorical Analysis Final Draft.
Classwork: Discuss Culminating Activity
on page 69-78.
Homework: Work on Rhetorical
Analysis Final Draft.
Classwork: Discuss “The Joy of Reading
and Writing: Superman and Me.”
Classwork: Discuss “The Joy of Reading
and Writing: Superman and Me.”
Friday, September 19:
End of Grading Period
Due: “The Joy of Reading and Writing:
Superman and Me” assignments.
Classwork: Unit Wrap-Up.