**2nd PRE-AP HW DUE FRI. 3/10; ***1st/3rd AP HW DUE MON. 3/13

1st/3rd AP LANG

**HW DUE FOR A GRADE MON. 3/13:

 

1) MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ (given to you in class Thurs. 3/9 or Fri. 3/10/'supplemental' section) "Vietnam Veterans Against the War Statement by John Kerry, 1971 to the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations"

**SPEECH LINK:
KERRY 1971 VIETNAM VETERAN SPEECH 

**ALSO, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU READ THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION REGARDING JOHN KERRY/THIS SPEECH/KERRY'S ACTIONS:
JOHN KERRY 
KERRY MILITARY SERVICE 
KERRY'S ANTI-WAR ACTIVISM 

2) AS YOU READ, ANNOTATE THIS SPEECH, and TAKE NOTE OF/FIND/MARK (**AND I WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE THAT YOU DID THIS!!!):

**ANNOTATE CREDIBILITY ISSUES
**ANNOTATE LOGICAL APPEALS
**ANYTHING YOU SEE and/or QUESTION RHETORICALLY

**AND...

3) EACH OF YOU, (some in pairs) WERE ASSIGNED A SPECIFIC LOGICAL/RHETORICAL FALLACY ('THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT LOGICAL FALLACIES" GUIDE SHEET GIVEN IN CLASS) TO LOCATE/FIND AN EXAMPLE OF WITHIN THE SPEECH: BE READY TO SHARE YOUR FINDINGS!!!

**HERE'S A LINK TO THE LOGICAL FALLACIES SHEET YOU HAVE AS WELL:
THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT LOGICAL FALLACIES!!!  

**NOTE: YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT. BE DILIGENT IN COMPLETING THIS ANALYSIS/ANNOTATION ASSIGNMENT; USE THE TEXT TO BACK UP YOUR ASSERTIONS, AND BE PREPARED FOR EVERYONE TO CONTRIBUTE TO DISCUSSION MONDAY 3/13 IN CLASS!

2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE FRI. 3/10:

Complete the double-sided JOURNAL #6 assignment (WRITING SECTION) given to you in class Thurs. 3/9:

--SIDE 1: The Road and/or F451 HAIKUS Creative Writing Task: 
**create THREE (3) original haikus following the instructions/guidelines in class/on the sheet 
 
--SIDE 2: "Reshaping The Road" Syntax Task:
**REWRITE the DIALOGUE EXCERPT from the novel in a COMPLETELY NEW/ORIGINAL way!

**COME PREPARED TO CLASS TOMORROW, READY TO SHARE YOUR 'CREATIONS'!!!

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Make sure you've read McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road through **pp. 187 (LAST LINE: "It's okay said the boy.")

**BE READY FOR IN-CLASS DISCUSSION OF YOUR READING FRIDAY!