**ONLINE LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUES. 4/14; PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**ATTENTION *EVERYONE (*including Alix and Nathan b/c you two did not complete this part in AP!) IN AP LANG/ENG 1102: ASSIGNMENT and INSTRUCTIONS for TUES. 4/14:

FIRST and FOREMOST, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE SPECIFIC STEPS BELOW IN ORDER TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CORRECTLY TODAY/TONIGHT, TUES. 4/14, TO BE READY FOR OUR MORNING HANGOUTS SESSION(s) WED. 4/15 where you'll show me all your work

• IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE STAY CAUGHT UP/don't make this hard on yourself or RUSHED, READ EVERYTHING BELOW, and complete the steps below for this assignment so you'll be ready for our *HANGOUTS MTGS WED. 4/15 (*more info TBA) to "turn in"/show your work from today/tonight FOR A GRADE and add to it tomorrow

• **And note that I've timed how long it took me to complete this assignment: it was somewhere in the range of 1hr. to 1hr. 15min. of solid/consistent work, so KEEP THAT IN MIND as you sit down to complete this

• **ALSO: SOME OF YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR BEST EFFORTS INTO WHAT YOU TURN IN (I'm reading everything you submit, y'all!), so TREAT THIS ASSIGNMENT AS IF WE WERE IN CLASS--BE THOROUGH, and act as though this were a 'normal' class meeting where WE DISCUSS and I ask to see your work (as I will WED. 4/15 in our HANGOUTS MTGS.)**

• QUESTIONS? ASK! AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, REMEMBER: COMMUNICATION IS KEY!

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1) Today you'll be reading, listening to, and then jotting notes/annotations RE: argument/rhetorical strategies in/for one of the most highly-publicized Presidential speeches and scandals in US history: Pres. Bill Clinton's second-term in office "August 17th [1998] Apologia" speech to the nation, watched/heard by millions, regarding his public admission of his participation in an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; Clinton was 49 at the time the affair started, and Lewinsky was 22; the relationship occurred between 1995-97, and it came to light in 1998 

• However, before we read/listen to the apology speech, read below the following screenshots I've condensed here from the Bill of Rights Institute's site/page RE: "The Impeachment of Bill Clinton"; the info below is VERY HELPFUL in giving you a quick 'gist' of the VERY COMPLICATED situation that led to the scandal and subsequent US House of Representatives impeachment of the 42nd US President: 

Read the "Summary" above please....

...and read the "Narrative" above for a slim 'overview' of a painfully-complicated situation

2) NOW, let's READ Clinton's "August 17th Apologia" speech transcript below

• **ASSIGNMENT PRO-TIP: it may be helpful here to JOT DOWN SOME OF YOUR OWN NOTES/IN ADDITION TO THE QU's BELOW, post-it style, on paper, typed up, etc. IN ORDER TO SHOW ME TOMORROW THAT YOU'VE THOROUGHLY COMPLETED THIS ASSIGNMENT

**CLICK ON THIS TO EXPAND THE SIZE TO READ**

3) AFTER READING CLINTON'S SPEECH ABOVE, FOR YOUR WRITTEN/REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT DUE TO SHOW ME DURING THE MORNING HANGOUTS SESSION(s) WED. 4/15, take a sheet of paper OR post-its as you may have already started/as you might have done IN class, and JOT DOWN YOUR ANSWERS/ANALYSIS about the speech (*format doesn't matter so much, so don't worry; JUST ANSWER!)

• NOTE: these qu's/points of RHETORICAL ANALYSIS are a sorta/pseudo-combination of SOAPSTone and SPACECAT analysis strategies, so NOTE FORM but THOROUGH is fine!

Speaker/Occassion/Audience/Purpose/Subject/Tone 
and Speaker/Purpose/Audience/Context/Exigence/Choices/Appeals/Tone

4) Now that we've analyzed the TEXT of Clinton's apology, let's LISTEN to and WATCH his speech delivery here:

President Clinton's "August 17 [1998] Apologia" [speech to the nation/AFTER his Grand Jury testimony]



5) NOW, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU JUST WATCHED, ANSWER ALSO THE FOLLOWING QU's:

• Does viewing this televised broadcast change how you view the speech in any way? Tone? Sincerity? IF SO, HOW or WHY? OR...WHY NOT? BE SPECIFIC.

• Clinton was known for his effective style of communication thanks to his extensive public speaking experience, highly-favorable Presidential speech ratings, and what some have called his "deep well of charisma,"--or what's also been referred to as his "ability to scale intimacy in a room of 50 or 50,000 people."  
• Based on this speech you just viewed/watched, what speaking or stylistic techniques presented by Clinton here add to that assessment of his speaking ability? Consider body language, eye contact, voice speed, gestures, wording, *rhetorical effect (*APPEALS TO ETHOS/PATHOS/LOGOS), etc.

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6) AND FINALLY, BECAUSE IT'S TOO GOOD TO PASS UP, WATCH THIS...

Saturday Night Live (SNL) Clinton Apology Cold Open 12/12/98

• ...and...just how *evasive* was Clinton in his answers to Starr during his infamous Grand Jury deposition [yes: a sitting US President had to testify in front of a grand jury]; well, see for yourselves, folks: here's all 375+pages of the transcribed Grand Jury Testimony & Deposition of President William Jefferson Clinton
• just read, for starters, pp. 471-500-ish (*Mock Trial kids take note RE: how to really throw a cross attorney for a LOOP...it's a real WOW-moment)

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**OVERALL, APLANG/ENG1102, FIND AN HOUR OR TWO TODAY/TONIGHT TUES. 4/14 AND:**

• read/ANNOTATE ON PAPER or POST-ITS/ANSWER/watch/view/complete the SIX STEPS above

• BE READY TOMORROW MORNING, WED. 4/15, (*times TBA*) FOR REQUIRED HANGOUTS SESSION(s)/MTG(s) to PHYSICALLY SHOW ME FOR A GRADE your notes/answers to all above and for GRADED DISCUSSION of your thoughts on/notes about Clinton's apology speech

• THEN, LOOKING AHEAD FOR WED. 4/15 into THURS. 4/16: there's another, VERY SHORT Clinton speech that didn't quite make it to air publicly, so we're going to read it during the Hangouts meeting(s), talk briefly about it, and FYI you'll be completing an ARGUMENT-BASED/RHETORICAL ANALYSIS JOURNAL RESPONSE BY THURSDAY EVENING based on BOTH CLINTON SPEECHES we read/listen to that combines your understanding of CLAIM/ARGUMENT EFFECTIVENESS **as well as how LOGICAL FALLACIES CAN CAUSE a FLOW IN AN ARGUMENT (**SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS/PROMPT TBA WEDNESDAY)

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• FYI, ALSO DURING HANGOUTS WED. 4/15: I'll also go over anything that needs clarifying from yesterday's USATestPrep POST-Spring Break "Refresher" Assessment and get all your ENG1102 kids ready for your first reading in Americana 

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**ATTENTION EVERYONE IN HONORS AMLIT./COMP.: ASSIGNMENT and INSTRUCTIONS for TUES. 4/14:

FIRST and FOREMOST, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO BELOW IN ORDER TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CORRECTLY TODAY/TONIGHT, TUES. 4/14, TO BE READY FOR OUR HANGOUTS SESSION(s) WED. 4/15 (*some time between 11:30 and 12:45/more info TBA tomorrow morning*) and  where you'll show me all your work

• IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE STAY CAUGHT UP/don't make this hard on yourself or RUSHED, READ EVERYTHING BELOW, and complete the steps below for this assignment so you'll be ready for our *HANGOUTS MTGS WED. 4/15 (*more info TBA) to "turn in"/show your work from today/tonight FOR A GRADE and add to it tomorrow

• **And note two specific things about TODAY/TONIGHT'S TUES. 4/14 ASSIGNMENT:
• 1) you've known above the questions you're answering for this assignment since THE FRIDAY BEFORE BREAK, and I POSTED THEM IN THE BLOGPOST YESTERDAY AS WELL!!! and...

• 2) I've timed how long it took me to complete this assignment: it was somewhere in the range of 45min. to an hour of solid/consistent work, so KEEP THAT IN MIND as you sit down to complete this today/tonight

• **ALSO: SOME OF YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR BEST EFFORTS INTO WHAT YOU TURN IN (I'm reading everything you submit, y'all!), so TREAT THIS ASSIGNMENT AS IF WE WERE IN CLASS--BE THOROUGH, and act as though this were a 'normal' class meeting where WE DISCUSS and I ask to see your work (as I will WED. 4/15 in our HANGOUTS MTGS.)**

• QUESTIONS? ASK! AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, REMEMBER: COMMUNICATION IS KEY!

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1) FIRST, ANOTHER IMPORTANT REMINDER, ALL:

• GO AHEAD AND COMPLETELY FINISH READING THE ROAD (+/- 80 pages if you've been keeping up) by THIS THURS. 4/16
• another reminder tomorrow as well as an end-of- week assignment TBA RE: the final reading/into next week with LOTS OF DISCUSSION (clearing up confusion and questions you may have, too)

2) AND FINALLY, ALL; ASSIGNMENT TO COMPLETE FOR TODAY/TONIGHT TUES. 4/14: 

• the reading in THE ROAD before/into break RE: the pivotal and only *named* character ELY (pp.160-184-ish), take a sheet of paper, POST-IT NOTES as you might in class, etc. and PHYSICALLY/THOROUGHLY answer the following questions posted on this blog for more than two weeks now: 

• NOTE: I know some of you may have already answered these qu's, and if so, HOORAY!!!! I'd encourage you now to make sure you've answered them thoroughly and that you have "TEXT EVIDENCE" to back up answers where I ask for that (#)! :) You'll be ready for the Hangouts sessions tomorrow for sure if you've done this!

• Who is ELY, and how do the man and his son meet him? How do they interact with him.

• How old is Ely? How do you know this answer? **CHOOSE "TEXT EVIDENCE" TO SHOW THIS (#).

• Describe the man's reaction to, and attitude toward, Ely. What are his concerns about the old man?

• How about the boy--how does he react toward Ely?

• By that same token, how does ELY REACT TO THE BOY? **CHOOSE "TEXT EVIDENCE" TO SHOW THIS (#).

• Does Ely believe in God? Even with this answer, does the old man ever seem to contradict himself? **CHOOSE "TEXT EVIDENCE" TO SHOW THIS (#).

• How does Ely help to define the world which they now inhabit? **CHOOSE "TEXT EVIDENCE" TO SHOW THIS (#).

• **Finally, ELY could symbolize an Old Testament Prophet. **BONUS FOR AFTER BREAK for looking up/researching this reference McCarthy may have included here, and why.

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**OVERALL, HONORS AMLIT./COMP., FIND AN HOUR OR SO TODAY/TONIGHT TUES. 4/14 AND:**

• work on finishing COMPLETELY READING The Road by Thurs. 4/16; lots more final discussion/clarifying questions/etc. to come in the next week after reading completion

• BE READY TOMORROW MORNING, WED. 4/15, (*times TBA IN THE MORNING*) FOR REQUIRED HANGOUTS SESSION(s)/MTG(s) to PHYSICALLY SHOW ME FOR A QUIZ GRADE your notes/answers to all the qu's above and for GRADED DISCUSSION of your thoughts on/notes about this specific section of McCarthy's novel (pp. 160-184-ish)

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• FYI, ALSO DURING HANGOUTS WED. 4/15: I'll also go over anything that needs clarifying from yesterday's USATestPrep POST-Spring Break "Refresher" Assessment grades/results