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Honors Paideia B Agenda 8/17/2015
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Lou Gehrig Annotations
 Complete the Ticket-In and SSR
 Review the Essential Question and the Daily Objectives
 Diction Notes and Practice
 Writing Notes
 Complete T-shirt Presentations
 Read, Annotate, and Practice SOAPSToneRS using King’s
“I Have a Dream”
 Complete a Closure Question
Honors Paideia A Agenda 8/18/15
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sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete the Ticket-In and SSR
Review the Essential Question and the Daily
Objectives
Diction Notes and Practice
Writing Notes
Read, Annotate, and Practice SOAPSToneRS using
MLKs “I Have a Dream”
Complete a Closure Question
Rhetorical Device #1-Diction Notes
 Diction is the author’s choice of words and it is the foundation
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of ALL other literary and rhetorical devices.
When studying diction, students must understand both the
connotation (the meaning suggested by the word) and the
denotation (literal meaning).
Example 1: when a writer calls a character slender, the word
evokes a different feeling from calling the character gaunt.
Effective diction is shaped by words that are clear, concrete,
and exact. Good writers avoid words like pretty, nice, and
bad. Instead they employ word that invoke a specific effect.
Example 2: (Okay) The army wants revenge. (Better) The
army thirsts for revenge.
Example 3: (Okay) The door shuts. (Better) the door thuds
Diction Notes
 Diction depends on topic, purpose, and occasion.
 The topic often determines the specificity and sophistication of
the diction. Example: Articles on computers are filled with
specialized language like: interface, blogging, e-mail.
 The author’s purpose- persuade, entertain, amuse, informdetermines diction. Words are chosen for a particular effect.
Example: If the author’s purpose is to inform, the reader
should expect straightforward diction. On the other hand, if
the author’s purpose is to entertain, the reader will likely
encounter words used in ironic, playful, or unexpected ways.
Diction Notes
 Arrange each word into an order from negative (left)
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to positive (right)
labor, work, toil, employment
sleepy, tired, exhausted, drained
inaccurate, bogus, mistaken, wrong
happy, delighted, ecstatic , content
Complete the Following Activities
 Read and Annotate Lucy Stone’s “Disappointment is
the Lot of Women”
 Complete SOAPSToneRS
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Identify the portions of the speech that use “ethos” (a appeal
based on her good character), identify those that use “logos” (a
logical appeal), and those that use “pathos” ( an emotional
appeal)
Examine the diction. What patterns does the author use?
What words and phrases are repeated?
What is the author’s purpose. Cite quotations from the text to
support your answer.
Writing Notes- Expository Paragraph
You Must:
 Have a topic sentence
 Use transitions
 Explain and give examples
 Have a conclusion
 The most common problem in paragraph writing is
not the ideas. Most have good ideas; the
problem is organization. To reiterate, you must
have good ideas and good organization!
Good Ideas Poor Organization
I do agree with arresting parents of chronically truant student
because sometimes kids don’t realize that what they do can
have serious consequences, and you can’t push your parents
around so you can do whatever you want. Sometimes parents
don’t know how to be parents, and they need to learn how to
discipline their children. It doesn’t mean they should be
arrested but it is an eye opener that all they’re doing by letting
their kids skip school is harming them. I don’t see why they
wouldn’t get a tutor for their kids or some other help in the
first place, but is something that they definitely need to start
doing. Enforcing that skipping school is a crime and helping
others do it is also one is a good idea, at least in theory, so the
student can get the proper education they need. It’s not just
the parents either that need to be reminded of the law,
because all of those kids have a mind of their own and know
exactly what they’re doing when they skip. Arresting students
might be a good idea as well.
Good Ideas, Good Organization
In order to address America’s educational issues,
parents of chronically-truant students should be
arrested. This policy was put in place in Orange Co.
California in 2011 and allows the police to arrest parents
of students who have missed over 10 days of school. The
policy is only used as a last resort once parents have
ignored other resources including tutoring and
counseling. According to the article “Police Sweep
Arrest Parents for Kids’ Skipping School” truancy sweeps
in Orange Co. California have resulted in a “dramatic
increase in attendance and decreased suspension and
expulsions, as well as increased test scores at the targeted
schools.”
Organizing an Outline
Topic:
Key Idea 1:
RDF (Reasons, Details, Facts): Adds
clarity and answers the question: what
do I mean?
Elaborations, Explanations, Evidence,
Events
Examples, Experiences, Expert
Opinions,
Effective Illustrations
Key Idea 2:
RDF (Reasons, Details, Facts): Adds
clarity and answers the question: what
do I mean?
Elaborations, Explanations, Evidence,
Events
Examples, Experiences, Expert
Opinions,
Effective Illustrations
What is the best city to visit?
Topic:
Key Idea 1:
RDF (Reasons, Details, Facts): Adds
clarity and answers the question: what
do I mean?
Elaborations, Explanations, Evidence,
Events
Examples, Experiences, Expert
Opinions,
Effective Illustrations
Key Idea 2:
RDF (Reasons, Details, Facts): Adds
clarity and answers the question: what
do I mean?
Elaborations, Explanations, Evidence,
Events
Examples, Experiences, Expert
Opinions,
Effective Illustrations
Sample Outline
Topic: Chicago is the best American city to visit
Incredible Museums
World renowned exhibits
The Art Institute has works by O’Keefe,
Rodin, and Monet.
The Natural History Museum traces
animal history beginning with a full
sized T-Rex to modern day reptiles
Fantastic Food
Delicious foods that can not be found
anywhere else in the country
Garrett’s Chicago Mix Popcorn,
Combination of Cheese and Carmel
Chicago Style hotdog: With grilled
onions, peppers, tomatoes, etc.
What is the best American city to visit?
Topic:
Key Idea 1:
RDF: What do I mean?
EE: Elaborations, Explanations
EE: Examples, Evidence
Key Idea 2:
RDF:
EE:
EE
Tom broke the vase.
 Noun- is a word used to name a person, place, thing, or
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an idea (Tom, vase)
Verb- a word that expresses action or a state of being
(broke)
Article- a word that modifies or limits a noun ( the)
There are only 3 in English (a, an, the)
*Subject- the person, place, or thing that is “doing” the
action (Tom)
*Object- receives the action of the verb (vase)
*Passive voice is the exception and will be discussed
later.
Grammar Practice- Identify the noun, verb, article, subject
and object in the following sentences
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Rebecca won the race.
The boy enjoyed the soda.
Susan sang the song.
Evelyn ate the cake.
Ronald cleaned the house.
Nick bought the popcorn.
The girls played the game.
Edith watched the movie.
Honors Paideia B 8/19/2015
 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner,
sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
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Disappointment is the Lot of Women
 Complete the Ticket In and SSR
 Review the Essential Question and the Daily Objective
 Read and Annotate the I Have A Dream speech using
SOAPSToneRs
 Read and Annotate Stone’s Disappointment is the Lot of
Women
 Complete the Closure Questions
Diction Practice
 “For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the
school, and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.
Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my
first lifeline.”
- Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1. What is the denotation of the verb sop? This word is not
usually used to describe a person’s actions. What effect does
this have on the reader?
2. What is a lifeline? How is Angelou’s use of the word
different from its usual use? How does this diction affect
your understanding of the sentence?
3. Write a sentence using the verb “ring” in a fresh new way to
capture your behavior around your house. Use Angelou’s
sentence as a model.
Diction Answers
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Sop means to soak or drench in liquid. Used here, the word
evokes a feeling of total, debilitating misery. The freshness
of the word use surprises the reader and helps him/her
understand the intensity and completeness of the misery
(like a piece of bread used to sop up gravy until it’s heavy
and falling apart).
A lifeline is an anchored line thrown to someone drowning.
The word usually used literally. Here it’s used figuratively.
The narrator is not drowning in the literal sense; instead,
she is drowning emotionally (carrying through the idea
connoted by sop in sentence 1). The use of the word lifeline
lets the reader understand just how difficult the narrator’s
situation is and how desperately she needs help. It also lets
the reader know how strong the lady is- that she is anchored
and able to provide the emotional lifeline the narrator
needs.
Organizing the Outline- Creating a plan saves
time and improves writing!
Topic=Answer to the Questions
Key Idea: Answers Because…
Reason/Detail/Fact= Identifies/introduces key ideas and concepts
using reasons, details, and facts
Explanations/Elaborations/Examples=Presents evidence
EE= Provides explanations and examples (from the text!)
R/D/F_______________________________
EE__________________________________
EE__________________________________
*You will change the words and phrases into
complete sentences when you write the
paragraph
Sample Outline
Topic: Plymouth Colony
RDF: Mayflower
EE: Carried Pilgrims fleeing religious
persecution
EE: Arrived in 1620
RDF: William Bradford
EE: Governor
EE: Helped write Mayflower
Compact
Create an Outline for the Following Topic: What
movie should all young adults go to see?
Topic:
Key Idea 1:
Reason, Details, Facts:
Elaborations/Examples:
Elaborations/Examples:
Key Idea 2:
Reason, Details, Facts:
Elaborations/Examples
Elaborations/Examples
Rhetorical Device #2
 Repetition-repeats the same words or phrases a
few times to make an idea clearer and for emphasis.
It has the ability of making a simple sentence sound
like a dramatic one.
Stylistic Device #1
 Allusion: A reference. An allusion may refer to a
work of art, a historical event, mythology, a work of
literature, etc.
I Have a Dream Questions
Why might King have chosen to utilize a simile
comparing the Emancipation Proclamation to“a
great beacon light of hope”? Why is saying that
African Americans exist on a “lonely island” a
fitting metaphor during this time period?
2. Give one example (other than “I have a dream”) of
repetition in the piece. What effect does this have
on the reader?
3. Why is the description of a “sweltering summer”
particularly moving?
4. Provide an example of alliteration (repetition of the
initial consonant sound) in the piece. What does
this add to the speech? Why is this device
particularly important in a speech?
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I Have a Dream Questions Continued
6. King says his dream is “deeply rooted in the
American dream.” What does he mean by
saying this?
7. Why might King have chosen to quote “My
Country ‘Tis of Thee” in his speech?
8. King ends with a Negro spiritual. How—and
why— might this have moved the crowd?
9. What is the most moving line of this speech?
Why?
Honors Paideia A 8/20/2015
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sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
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Disappointment is the Lot of Women
 Complete the Ticket In and SSR
 Review the Essential Question and the Daily
Objective
 Quiz 1
 Complete the Closure Questions
Honors Paideia B 8/21/15
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sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
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Disappointment is the Lot of Women
 Complete the Ticket In and SSR
 Review the Essential Question and the Daily
Objective
 Quiz 1
 Complete the Closure Questions
Honors Paideia A 8/24/2015
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sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete both sides of the Ticket-in and SSR
Review the Essential Questions and Daily Objectives
Complete the Grammar and Diction Practice
Read and Annotate the Four Freedoms
Complete the Closure Questions
Honors Paideia B 8/25/2015
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sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete both sides of the Ticket-in and SSR
Review the Essential Questions and Daily Objectives
Complete the Grammar and Diction Practice
Read and Annotate the Four Freedoms
Answer the Questions Using the Text
Complete the Closure Questions
Grammar Practice- Identify the noun, verb, article,
subject and object in the following sentences
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Aaron slept in a tent.
Rosie swept the floor.
Lena wrote an essay.
Jacob taught the class.
Annie performed the duet.
Wallace drove the car.
The dogs gnawed the bone.
Sophia went to the store.
Diction Practice
 “There was a scurrying around and then eight of them
snatched up their guns, formed up into twos, and marched out
behind the office. He wheeled his horse about and trotted
toward me. I jumped back and plunged for the tavern
doorway.”-Collier, My Brother Sam is Dead
1. Look at the word snatched in the first sentence. Notice how
clearly you can visualize the action because of the strong
verb. How would it change the meaning of the sentence if it
read the “eight of them picked up their guns?”
2. What does the use of the word plunged in the third sentence
tell you about the narrator’s attitude toward the other
characters in this passage.
3. Use the word plunged in a sentence, but instead of having
the word express a negative emotion, have it express
excitement and happiness. Remember that in many cases
the context of the word determines its deeper meaning.
The verb snatch implies a quick eager grabbing. There
is an urgency in the motion. Pick up, on the other
hand, has no such urgency. It is neutral and implies
not speed or emotional attachment. Changing the verb
mutes the intensity of the motion.
2. The word plunge connotes a forceful and violent action.
The picture is of one diving for the door. No one
plunges for a doorway unless he desperately wants to
get there. The narrator, therefore, is no fan of the other
characters and desperately want to get away from them.
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Diction Practice Continued
Weak Action
Verb
Perfect Action
Verb
Weak
Descriptive
Adjective
Perfect
Descriptive
Adjective
Stand
Slouch
Pretty
Delicate
Walk
Nice
Move
Good
Talk
Smart
Mean
Looked
Bad
Take
Soft
Create an Outline for the following: If you were a
superhero who would you be?
Topic:
Key Idea 1:
Reason, Details, Facts:
Elaborations/Examples:
Elaborations/Examples:
Key Idea 2:
Reason, Details, Facts:
Elaborations/Examples
Elaborations/Examples
Rhetorical Devices# 3
 Parallelism-uses words or phrases with a similar
structure.
 Example: I went to the store, parked the car and
bought a pizza.
 Example: We will be able to work together, to pray
together, to struggle together, to go to jail together,
to stand up for freedom
 Antithesis-makes a connection between two
opposing ideas/things - “That's one small step for a
man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong)
The Four Freedoms
SOAPSTR/S-
Group Activity
 How do you get everyone to participate effectively?
 How do you handle disagreement?
 How do you assign tasks fairly?
 How do you hold everyone accountable?
Four Freedoms-In a group carefully analyze the speech one paragraph at a time. Note
changes made in word choice, phrasing, or punctuation. In the first review, simply look for
the changes from one draft to the next. After you have noted the changes, determine the
impact that change had on the meaning or intent in the reading.
 Review the way the four freedoms within the speech are presented.
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Structurally, how do the constructions follow a parallel structure and
how do they deviate from a parallel structure? What impact do those
choices in structure have on meaning?
Why do you think Roosevelt would not name the “new order?”What are
the differences between the “new order” and the “moral order?”
Can we have our fourth freedom and abide by the definition of a good
society? How can these both exist? How does the inclusion of the
contradiction impact meaning?
Consider the definition of negative and positive liberty. Read each of the
four freedoms carefully and determine for each of the four freedoms,
what kind of liberty is applied? Use textual evidence to support your
answer.
Who do you think is the primary audience? What textual evidence would
support this assertion?
What is Roosevelt trying to convince his audience to support? How does
he craft his speech to promote his cause? Use textual evidence to
support your answer.
How is he to convince his audience? Draw from textual evidence to
support your answer.
How does the use of precise language, phrasing, and punctuation
promote tone and meaning? Use specific textual evidence to support
your answer.
Honor Paideia A Agenda 8/26/2015
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sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete both sides of the Ticket-in
Review the Daily Objectives
Complete the Grammar and Diction Practice
Continue to Read, Annotate, and Complete
SOAPSToneRS for The Four Freedoms
Complete the Closure Questions
Grammar Practice- Label the Nouns, Verbs, Article, Subjects
and Objects in the Following Sentences
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The girls had a picnic.
Sam walked the track.
Angela devoured the fruit.
Abbey told a lie.
Reba followed the rules.
Michael liked basketball.
James read a book.
Mrs. Atkinson cleaned the desks.
Diction Practice
 “Meanwhile, the United States Army, thirsting for
revenge, was prowling the country north and west of
the Black Hills, killing Indians wherever they could
be found.” -Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded
Knee
1. What are the connotations of thirsting? What
feelings are evoked by this diction?
2. What are the connotations of prowling? What kind
of animals prowl? What attitude toward the US
Army does this diction convey?
Questions for My Name is Margaret
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In describing her “irrelevant preparations for adulthood,” Angelou notes that she was “lagging behind.”
What impact does this word choice (diction) have on our understand of her feelings toward her
upbringing?
In the same paragraph, Angelou uses parentheses to describe an African American female’s shopping and
working experience. What does this grammatical convention serve to do? How would the effect be
different if she had not used the parenthesis?
In what ways does a white woman’s kitchen become Angelou’s “finishing school”?
Find and write a sentence that Angelou isolates. What effect does this isolation have on the piece?
Provide an example of Angelou’s use of humor. How does this help characterize young Margaret?
What effect does the parenthesis surrounding “according to Miss Glory” have on the piece? In what ways
does create tone?
Provide an example of indirect characterization for Mrs. Cullinan. What does this detail tell the reader
about her?
The clause “no one mentioned Mr. Coleman” is offset in parentheses. To what effect?
What is ironic about the fact that Margaret keeps repeating the phrase “poor Mrs. Cullinan”?
Why does Mrs. Cullinan shorten Margaret’s name to “Mary”? How does Margaret respond?
What reason does Margaret give for not wanting to be called “out of her name”?
Miss Glory reveals she has accepted the new name Mrs. Cullinan provided for her. What does the selection
of detail meant to show the reader?
What might the dropping of the serving tray metaphorically represent?
What is revealed about Miss Glory in her response “You mean to say she broke our Virginia dishes? What
we gone do?”
What types of sentences does Angelou use to conclude the piece? Why might she have chosen this syntax?
Freshman Seminar Agenda 8/22/2014
 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner,
sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
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AOW on Right Corner
 Complete both sides of the Ticket-in
 Review the Daily Objectives
 Complete the Quiz
 Complete the Assessment Reflection
 Introduce Writing Notes