English 11 weeks of November 17 and 24

By Thursday, visit http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/readdescript.html

Read the information regarding the Reading portion of the ACT. You should also click on the link : Read more about Reading Test content.


Send me an email with your name as the subject plus Reading; in the body of the email write a 6 word summary of what you learned.

Monday

Complete the following survey:

http://goo.gl/forms/xwuJ4usUYp

Visit the following satirical websites

The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/

The Spoof: http://www.thespoof.com/

The Daily Show: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/

Weird Al Yanchovic: http://www.weirdal.com/

Faux News: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/faux-news-alert-best-websites-for-fake-news-satire/

Select an example of satire – email me a link as well as the purpose of the example. Put your name and satire as the subject line.

Tuesday – Review “What is Satire?”. Notes on irony. Introduction to Mark Twain.

Wednesday – “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain

Thursday – Collecting text from “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”

Friday – “The Lowest Animal” by Mark Twain

Monday – Collecting text from “The Lowest Animal”

Tuesday – Working with Latin root words

Wednesday - 2nd hour only - Cultural exploration.

Technical Writing week of November 17 and 24

Monday - continue searching for topic. Receive information regarding Topic Proposal.
Tuesday - Mrs. Schumm presentation on Elibrary databases
Wednesday - Thursday - Work on Topic Proposal
Friday - Topic Proposal due

Monday - talk about Topic Proposal. Go over next steps in Research Paper
Tuesday - Work on research paper.
Wednesday - No class. Happy Thanksgiving!

English 11 week of November 10

By Thursday, complete the activity on transitions at

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/persuasiveflash/transitionalwords.htm

In an email send me a screen shot of your results at the end of the activity.

Monday – finish Walter Mitty. Cut and paste vocabulary in notebook.
Tuesday - Notes on Satire,  think of examples. Difference between parody and satire.

Wednesday  – Begin examples of satire on handout. Homework: use handout and complete examples 2 and 3:

Use for Example #2 - http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-83-of-web-content-unfit-for-human-consumptio,37389/

Use for Example #3 - http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-45-of-all-randomly-paired-freshman-roommate,37394/

Thursday – Collecting text – Calvin and Hobbes

Friday – Collecting text – Calvin and Hobbes

Technical Writing week of November 10

Monday – feedback from Luttke on Analytical Report

Tuesday – Analytical report revisions

Wednesday – Analytical report due. Share information

Thursday – Friday – Begin research paper

English 11 Week of November 3

By Thursday, send Luttke a message on Goodreads evaluating a book you read the first 9 weeks. Message should include title, author, genre, one sentence summary, and two sentences on your opinion of the book. It should be written in paragraph format. Remember to use transitions to allow for flow!

Monday - Essay returned, final grades, Pre test for Narrative Reading - Satire. Homework - Satire vocabulary - due Wednesday.

Tuesday - Friday - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie

Technical Writing week of November 3

Analytical Report

            The word “analysis” is actually very simple in meaning. It means to break something into its component parts, to see how it is put together. Still, for many students, it is a mystery word, a process that is something like an old-fashioned meat grinder. You put the meat in one end, and it comes out all chopped up on the other end. What happens in between the ends can sometimes seem mysterious, especially if a student is trying to get a handle on just what it is.

            Analytical reports call on you to answer questions, to ask why something happens, which product is best, or is an idea good. Analytical reports call for research, interpretation, and recommendation. And when you work within particular professional contexts, analysis often means very specific things involving your particular skill set and expertise.

            More than any other type of technical writing, analytical reports call on you to use critical thinking skills. They require you to analyze a problem, to analyze the work that has been done before on that problem, and to recommend a solution. Analytical reports also call for self-criticism and objectivity on your part to come to the best solution.

Objective: Explain the strategy of a website that you investigate and write a report identifying your research and make a recommendation of how and why Luttke should use this website over others in it’s category.

Report must include, but is not limited to:

1.     Introduction

2.     Main page of website – it’s purpose, allure, points of entry for other pages.

3.     Identity created by the website – elements that create a sense of continuity based on theme, color, mood, and tone.

4.     Ways to apply the information (identify audience with age range and gender; usefulness of website)

5.     Interpretation of usefulness of website design- your interpretation

6.     Comparison of this website to others in its category or interest area.

7.     Conclusion – overall effectiveness of website – your interpretation.

*You must include a presentation map – “screenshot” of the main page of your website, and other pages of the website as you reference them in your analysis.

*Title will be the website name and URL

*You should include a graphic when comparing your website to other similar websites.

*You will use APA formatting for sources and Works Cited