Pre AP English 10
November Agenda
Agendas, Vocabulary, Journals and Quizzes
Agenda 11/2/12
 SAT Vocabulary Lessons 1-3 Unit Test
 SSR-30 min
 Persepolis-Essential Questions
 Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet
 Socratic Seminar: Thursday, Nov. 8th
 In-Class Writing: Tuesday, Nov. 13th
 Go to My Website, Pre AP English 10, Persepolis, Possible Essay
Questions Document
 Choose 1 of the essay prompts and prepare an outline with textual
support; May use during your timed writing.
Agenda 11/8/12
 Socratic Seminars!!!
 You may use your SS prep sheet and/or books.
 Minimum time: 10 min
 Maximum time: 15 min
 Remember you must:
 Ask a question
 Answer a question
 Refer to the text
 Groups will go in this order:
 2, 4, 1, 3
 SS Exit survey/SSR if time allows
Socratic Seminar Reflection
 Answer the following questions and turn in before leaving
today:
 1. What did you learn from your seminar? List any interesting
ideas that were presented in your seminar and why they were
interesting?
 2. What did you feel that you did well in this seminar?
 3. What do you feel that you could improve upon for next
seminar?
Agenda 11/13/12
 AP Rubric
 In class writing: 60 minutes
 May use the following:
 Persepolis book
 Outline
 Socratic Seminar notes
 Must use pen (blue or black ink)
 If you finish with time left, first go back and proofread/edit,
then use remaining time for SSR.
Agenda 11/15/12
 Asian culture/philosophy research activity
 You will be assigned 1 of 4 Asian philosophies
 You will go to my webpage, under Pre AP English 10, Asian
Literature tab, click on the document Asian Philosophy Notes.
 You will use this document to take your notes and guide your research.
 You will then open the document Asian Philosophy Links
 Research your philosophy at both links
 You will have to find 1 additional source about your philosophy
from the school library’s databases.
 Your notes should be submitted to turnitin.com by the end of
class.
Agenda 11/19/12
 Journal
 Asian philosophy notes
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In groups of 4 (1 of each philosophy researched)
Share main ideas (summarize) your philosophy
Other members will take notes on each philosophy
5 minutes for each philosophy
 Asian literature (poetry) identification
 Read the poem/s given to your group
 Looking at your notes, determine as a group which Asian
philosophy the poem best represents and why?
 Switch every 5 minutes and repeat the process
Journal
 Asian culture, Asian philosophy, Asian literature.
 What are your thoughts on the above? What stereotypes do
you have about Asia and Asian culture? How is it different
from our own American culture? How is it the same?
Agenda 11/27/12
 Vocabulary Lessons 4-6 Unit Pre-Test
 Rhetorical Appeals
 Ethos/Pathos/Logos
 Evaluate Ads
 Speeches and Rhetoric
 Annotate speech
 Identify Types of Evidence and Rhetorical Appeals
Agenda 11/29/12
 Read Gandhi’s Speech
 Annotate for rhetorical appeals and persuasive techniques
 Then, complete a SOAPSTone identifying each element and
giving textual support
 HW: For next class, have read Chpts. 6-11