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Thursday, March 27, 2014

English 11 week of April 7

By Wednesday: Answer this question in a email response to me

Can you think of a time when you successfully used a logical argument to persuade someone of something? What was it?

Monday - Patrick Henry speech, fill out ethos, pathos, logos chart
Tuesday - Thomas Paine essay, fill out ethos, pathos, logos chart
Wednesday - Presentation from The Art Institute
Thursday - Officer Rick Smidendorf presentation on Drinking and Driving
Friday - Rain date for Drinking and Driving; Abstract of either Henry speech or Paine essay using ethos, pathos, and logos chart. 100 words.


Thursday, March 20, 2014

English 11 week of March 24

By Wednesday at 9 am I would like you to update your Goodreads account. During reading time Wednesday I will be silently checking if your book matches your Goodreads currently reading - if it does you will receive your points for this activity.

Monday - Paragraph for similarities and differences in order to draws insightful and thoughtful conclusions from the similarities and differences, usually highlighting either one or the other. 

Tuesday - Revisions of paragraph

Wednesday - Transferring similarities and differences with paragraph unto foldable.

Thur/Fri - half days for Parent Teacher conferences.  Similarities and Differences foldable due at the end of class.

 Conference schedule

Wednesday evening 5:00 to 8:30 in the high school gym
Thursday afternoon 12:30 to 3:30 in teacher classrooms
Thursday evening 5:00 to 8:30 in the high school gym 

Friday, March 7, 2014

Technical Writing week of March 10

Monday-Tuesday  - Cinderella Man

Wednesday-Friday - Act of Valor

English 11 week of March 10


By Thursday, answer this question in an email response to Ms. Luttke.

When and how should an individual take a stand in opposition to an individual or a large group?


Monday – Overview of Civil Rights Movement through video; Fact and Opinion highlighted in excerpt of Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin L King

Tuesday – Thursday – movie: The Long Walk Home – about the 1950s Montgomery, AL bus boycott

Friday – I have a Dream speech through video – highlight Fact and Opinion in the text of the I Have a Dream Speech

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Civil Rights Movement overview in video




Excellent overview of Civil Rights Movement at

 Intro to Civil Rights Movement with music and images at  

No more: Children and Civil Rights Movement at