Friday, January 17, 2025

**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102: LONG WKEND IMPORTANT CATCH-UP HW DUE COMPLETED BEFORE CLASS TUES. 1/21**

 1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

HW DUE TUES. 1/21:  

1) Over this LONG WEEKEND, (hard copy given to the FEW of you in class FRI. 1/17), READ/RE-read the excerpt/"Prologue" from Victor Herman's autobiographical memoir Coming Out of the Ice (JOURNAL #13) that is ATTACHED ON THE CLASSROOM AS A PDF.  

2) As you READ/re-read, for class TUES. 1/21, be ready IMMEDIATELY IN CLASS to LOCATE and ANNOTATE (on the actual paper/post-its, etc.--y'all know what to do) ONLY TERMS AND LANGUAGE DEVICES THAT USE LOGOS (logical) APPEAL; you will be given TIME IN CLASS TO DO THIS (TIMED), but if you haven't read this "Prologue" ahead of time and watched my video w/instructions...well, you're screwed.  
  • in other words, when you annotate, think what strategies does the author/narrator [Herman] use to reveal logical structure/order/etc. to his readers in his memoir's "Prologue"?  

**SOME TERMS/DEVICES TO CONSIDER as you annotate:  
  • examples of "____ DICTION" (*be specific here!!)
  • SYNTAX (sentence order)/STRUCTURE; short, choppy, juxtaposition, etc.
  • PUNCTUATION CHOICES (*VERY NOTICEABLE IN THIS EXCERPT!!! italics, ... --)
  • **PARALLEL STRUCTURE/juxtaposition of IDEAS/WORDS
  • **SPECIFIC repetition types (end of sentence/beginning/phrases/etc.)
  • POINT OF VIEW (POV)/TENSE of narrative
  • metaphorical/simile comparisons that would *MAKE LOGICAL SENSE* to readers   

3) BUT WAIT; there's MORE! To broaden your understanding of the background behind Herman's harrowing experience in the USSR (**AND** to be ready for your IN-CLASS J#13 WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS MEMOIR PROLOGUE next week after we complete ANNOTATIONS TOGETHER)read the info on the following three QUICK links (*these three are also linked on the Classroom*):


--The Gulags: Stalin's Forced Labor Camps 


****ALL IN ALL, HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN to be ready for TUES. 1/21:
  • WATCH MY LOOM VIDEO w/instructions and critical info to do well on this both HW and IN-CLASS J#13 assignment!
  • READ Herman's Coming Out of the Ice memoir "Prologue" attached on the Classroom as a pdf (*kids that were here Friday, you have a copy and you can go ahead & annotate if you want for extra credit; those of you out will get a hard copy 1/21)
  • READ MY INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE, esp. #2 and #3, so you'll be 100% READY TUES. 1/21 for QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION about what you read & ANNOTATIONS IN CLASS (*half of J#13 grade), and by WED. 1/22 an in-class J#13 WRITTEN RESPONSE (*half of J#13 grade)

WORRIED ABOUT YOUR GRADE RIGHT NOW? THEN ABSOLUTELY PUT YOUR BEST INTO THIS MULTI-DAY J#13 ASSIGNMENT, PLEASE. :o)

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