...LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN: IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WKEND 2/21-2/23 AND **REQUIRED HW ASSIGNMENTS DUE MON. 2/24**

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

ATTENTION ALL, 1ST/2ND AP/ENG 1102: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING UPDATES CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED FOR CLASS MON. 2/24 AND TUES. 2/25; THESE "SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENTS" ARE A REQUIRED GRADE, AND IF NOT COMPLETED, ZEROES WILL BE ENTERED FOR BOTH YOUR AP AND 1102 GRADE!!!
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**ATTENTION: IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK (**WK #8 UCHS**; WK #7/*MIDTERM WEEK YHC):
*important info RE: your YHC ENG 1102 MIDTERM coming TUES. 2/25; stay tuned!

• MON. 2/24: AP LANG
• TUES. 2/25: AP/ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING WED. 2/26**
• THURS. 2/27: AP/ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING FRI. 2/28**

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1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**AP LANG/ENG 1102: SNOW DAY(S) ASSIGNMENTS DUE MON. 2/24:

1) Go ahead and complete (BEFORE CLASS MONDAY!!!!) the BACK SIDE/PRACTICE #2 of your *SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS PRACTICE SHEET* 

• *WRITING SECTION or MISC. SECTION of binder
• REMEMBER THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR A *REQUIRED* GRADE

• AND, for *extra* motivation,
• *use the front side *corrections* you should have made weeks ago as we checked this to guide you b/c this time the grade is NOT just for completion, but for ACCURACY
• ...and a HEADS UP: MON. 2/24 in class you'll have another assignment of this nature tied to the completion of this sheet/assignment for an additional part of this grade, so be ready!!!

2) ALSO, FOR MON. 2/24:

• Using the classic political cartoon posted below (presented here BOTH in its original form/Soviet Union ca. 1953 AS WELL AS adapted to U.S. context as well), COMPLETE A VISUAL RHETORICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE IMAGE(s) in context (*as you did with the Vietnam Vet. photo w/J#17 Part I)

--via Imgur/Google Images, 20 Feb. 2020; Krokodil Magazine, Soviet Union, 1953

--via Google Images; same cartoon, this time with AMERICAN/U.S. contexts

• ANNOTATE/MAKE NOTES on a sheet of paper for the image(s) [sorry; no print out til Monday UNLESS you print your own copy of the cartoon(s)] and APPLY the O.P.T.I.C. ANALYSIS STRATEGY for VISUAL RHETORIC LINKED HERE AS WELL as a reminder/notes for VISUAL RHETORIC analysis

• Once again, note what stands out rhetorically? What's missing? What's present? What do you *assume* based upon this photo? What appeals are present? Body language? Overall themes presented? Connotations DIFFERING/SIMILAR from the SOVIET to the AMERICAN context--HOW?

• VALUABLE VISUAL/OPTIC DISCUSSION GRADE MON. 2/24 (and TUES. 2/25)--BE READY TO CONTRIBUTE WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND YOUR BEST EFFORTS!

**ALSO, ATTENTION ENG. 1102 (*ONLY) STUDENTS; ALIX/SAVANNAH (1st) and NATHAN (2nd): PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BOTH THESE ASSIGNMENTS WITH YOU IN CLASS TUES. 2/25 FOR ME TO TAKE UP FOR A GRADE/GET YOU CAUGHT UP FOR THESE DISCUSSIONS/REQUIRED GRADES!

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REMINDER EVERYONE--ENG 1102/AP LANG--FOR  TUES. 2/25:

**AS SOON AS CLASS BEGINS TUES. 2/25, BE PREPARED TO COMPLETE YOUR ENG 1102 INDEPENDENT READING GROUP "MINI LESSON" GROUP MEMBER EVALUATIONS!!

• BE PREPARED, and make sure everyone has their binder, presentation notes, etc., as well as your PRESENTATION EVALUATION NOTES for each group you observed THURS. 2/13, TUES. 2/18, and WED> 2/19; THESE WILL BE TURNED IN AS A PART OF YOUR GRADE!!!

• BY THE END OF CLASS TUES. 2/25, you'll ALL complete your group member private evaluations; these, along with your notes taken (*and anything else from your presentation you may want to turn in) for these MINI LESSONS will be turned in to me as a REQUIRED part of your overall ENG 1102 MINI LESSON PRESENTATION GRADE

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ALSO, IMPORTANT REMINDER AP LANGUAGE STUDENTS--

• NEXT WEEK AS SOON AS WE GET BACK ON SCHEDULE, I'LL KEEP HANDING BACK/GOING THOROUGHLY OVER WITH EACH OF YOU YOUR GRADED/SCORED AP LANG EXAM RHET. ANALYSIS TIMED PRACTICE RESPONSES
• we'll also complete CRITICAL/IMPORTANT JOURNAL #19, the REVISION EXERCISE for one body paragraph for your AP LANG. EXAM RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ORWELL PROMPT PRACTICE/more info and instructions to come!

• **I'll also give back your graded JOURNAL #17 *PART I (*2nd block only) OPTIC of Vietnam Vet photo and *PART II (*both) RE: NORMAN MORRISON evaluation PROSE v. POETRY rhetorical appeal response

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

ATTENTION ALL, 4TH BLOCK PRE-AP AMERICAN LIT.: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING UPDATES CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED FOR CLASS MON. 2/24; THESE "SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENTS" ARE A REQUIRED GRADE, AND IF NOT COMPLETED, ZEROES WILL BE ENTERED FOR BOTH YOUR GRADE!!!
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**SNOW DAY(S) ASSIGNMENTS DUE MON. 2/24:

1) Returned to you in class WED. 2/19, go ahead and complete (BEFORE CLASS MONDAY!!!!) the BACK SIDE/PRACTICE #2 of your *SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS PRACTICE SHEET* 

• *GRAMMAR section of your binder
• REMEMBER THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR A *REQUIRED* GRADE

• AND, for *extra* motivation,
• *use the front side *corrections* to guide you b/c this time the grade is NOT just for completion, but for ACCURACY
• ...and a HEADS UP: MON. 2/24 in class you'll have another assignment of this nature tied to the completion of this sheet/assignment for an additional part of this grade, so be ready!!!

**ALSO, ATTENTION NIYA, MOLLIE, EMMA P., and SETH: PLEASE CHECK YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL AS I SENT YOU AN ATTACHMENT OF THE SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT PRACTICE SHEET (as well as some other info) SINCE I GAVE THESE BACK WEDNESDAY 2/19 when you all were absent

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2) OPEN AND READ the NYTimes Upfront news article LINKED BELOW:

"CHINA'S CRAM SCHOOLS" -B. Larmer (30 March 2015) pp. 12-15

• READ CAREFULLY FOR THE JOURNAL #7 ASSIGNMENT detailed below, as we will discuss what you learned and your responses in class Mon. 2/24 FOR A SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT GRADE (**and this article/your reading will be the basis of another important assignment Mon. 2/24 and Tues. 2/25; more info TBA**)

3) FINALLY, on paper or typed/printed, ANSWER THE RESPONSE QUESTION BELOW for this article as JOURNAL #7 (in the WRITING SECTION of your binder):

Journal #7: Upfront  “China’s Cram Schools”

EVALUATION/PERSONAL Response

IN A HAND-WRITTEN or TYPED, ORGANIZED 7-10 sentence **EVALUATORY/PERSONAL RESPONSE (“I”/“we” are fine) PARAGRAPH, RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

According to Larmer’s article “China’s Cram Schools,” the Chinese government is pushing for reforms in their college-admissions process and the rigorous gaokao testing process, but these efforts have met resistance from some parents.  

Based on the article **AND USING TWO examples of “text evidence to back up your thoughts,” WHY do YOU believe this parent resistance to reform of the system is happening (Larmer #)? **THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE and use the text and your thoughts to answer the question.

• For example: Consider the article and our discussion about how much some Chinese families sacrifice for their children and how much is riding on this high-stakes exam.

**ALSO BELOW: INCLUDE THIS CORRECTLY-WRITTEN TEXT CITATION AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR RESPONSE, PLEASE

Work Cited

Larmer, Brook. "China’s Cram Schools." Upfront, 30 March 2015, pp. 12-15.

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PLEASE BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY! 

• also, FYI we have one more section of the book to focus on as we finish up discussing the characteristics of DYSTOPIAN SOCIETIES (TBA), then I'll be getting these back from you