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 MON. 3/13:

1) From the "Master Sentences" List #1 (WRITING section of your binder):

Complete/create your own version of sentence #5, labeled:
 "The Complex Sentence/Anticipation" 

**follow instructions given/modeled to you in class

**you may write your sentence(s) on this sheet, BUT please do so NEATLY and completely

2) Make sure you've read McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road through **pp. 234 (BOTTOM OF PAGE/LAST LINE: "I know. Pray for lightning.")

3) Be ready for a QUIZ MON. 3/13 over Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and its implications/references in The Road (**from class reading/discussion Thurs./Fri. 3/9-10)
**Here's a LINK to the Ted ED video for Plato's allegory:
Ted ED: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"