**REMINDERS FOR and HW DUE TUES. 2/25

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**ATTENTION: IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK (**WK #8 UCHS**; WK #7/*MIDTERM WEEK YHC):

*important info RE: your YHC ENG 1102 MIDTERM coming TUES. 2/25; stay tuned!

• 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; REMINDER FOR ASSIGNMENTS WE'LL CONTINUE WITH/COMPLETE TUES. 2/25:

1) We'll continue/complete our discussion of/analysis of the following SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT:

• 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 TUES. 2/25--BE READY TO CONTRIBUTE WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND YOUR BEST EFFORTS!

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2) **AT THE END OF CLASS 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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**EVERYONE, FYI: MORE INFO RE: YOUR IN-CLASS ENG 1102 MIDTERM TO BE GIVEN TUES. 2/25 DURING CLASS!!!

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3) **ALSO, ATTENTION ENG. 1102 (*ONLY) STUDENTS for TUES. 2/25; ALIX/SAVANNAH (1st) and NATHAN (2nd): 

• PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE:

• SNOW DAY "COMMAS/SEMICOLONS/COLONS" SIDE #2/BACK SIDE PRACTICE; it's for a grade!

• ALSO MAKE SURE YOU'VE COMPLETED THE SNOW DAY OPTIC ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT FOR THE POLITICAL CARTOON ABOVE 

• **HAVE THESE BOTH 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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4) AND FINALLY; ONE MORE REMINDER TO AP LANG STUDENTS FOR TUES. 2/25--

• tomorrow we'll also complete your CRITICAL/IMPORTANT JOURNAL #19 begun in class Mon. 2/24: the REVISION/LINE OF REASONING PRACTICE EXERCISE for one body paragraph for your AP LANG. EXAM RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ORWELL PROMPT PRACTICE you got back scored/graded Monday

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE TUES. 2/25:

1) For the GRAMMAR SECTION of your binder, please complete **SIDE ONE/FRONT SIDE ONLY** of the following DOUBLE-SIDED writing/grammar conventions practice sheet given to you in class MON. 2/24:

• "Commonly Confused Words 1"

• be ready to check the FRONT SIDE of this sheet TUES. 2/25 FOR A GRADE and participate with your answers 

• **PLEASE NOTE: we'll complete the BACK SIDE--"Parallel Structure" Practice--in class TUES. 2/25, so be ready!

• PLEASE DO YOUR BEST ON THESE WEEKLY HW PRACTICE SHEETS, as these give you access to SKILLS THAT WILL BE ASSESSED on your MAJOR MIDTERM QUIZ coming up TBA!

**REMINDER: DO NOT take these seemingly-simple practice/HW assignments for granted! Be ready Tuesday in class to volunteer your answers and receive credit for your work!

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2) Using the NYTimes Upfront news article  "China's Cram Schools" pp. 12-15 (WRITING section of your binder) given to you MON. 2/24 in class (*SNOW DAY #4 HW LINKED ON THE BLOG):

• Look CAREFULLY back over your TEXT/ARTICLE ANNOTATIONS you made in class Monday as we read; YOUR ANNOTATIONS ARE PART OF YOUR GRADE ON THIS SNOW DAY #4 ASSIGNMENT!

--We took notes on the "MAKING ANNOTATIONS: A USER'S GUIDE" sheets (WRITING SECTION), and then we read and ANNOTATED this ARTICLE TOGETHER IN CLASS MON. 2/24; NOW, be ready for discussion of this article and your WKEND JOURNAL #7 question response; BEFORE CLASS TUES. 2/25, ASK YOURSELF:

• Are the HIGHLIGHTS I MADE DONE WITH MEANING and CLEARLY ANALYZE/break down or relate to what I'm showing, not just randomly-colored lines OR TOO MUCH HIGHLIGHTED?

• Did I use a pen/pencil and ASK QU's or DEFINE TERMS on/in the text

• DID I CITE KEY QUOTES/MAIN IDEAS via HIGHLIGHTS and LABELED, POST-ITS, and/or CIRCLED/STARRED and LABELED? 

• DID I tie the article's points to VISUALS/PICTURES/MAPS within the text

• Have I used comments and underlines/arrows/brackets/stars WITH MEANING/PURPOSE and NOT just randomly that mean nothing??

**CONSIDERING THE QU'S ABOVE and whatever works best for you, MAKE SURE YOU have some substantial observations/ANNOTATIONS to bring to discussion to show me Tuesday as we go over the article and your J#7 RESPONSE!

**THE KEY: GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORT. MAKE YOUR WORK COUNT. 

**THIS ANNOTATING TASK FOR THIS "China's Cram Schools" article IS FOR A GRADE.

**Here's also a LINK to an annotated FICTION text to use as a 'guide' if you'd like (although your text is NONFICTION, the end-result is similar):
IMAGE of an ANNOTATED FICTION TEXT 

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

• 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