Yay! Please check to keep up with our daily activities. Journal #1- East of Eden: Describe a place you've been to in the same way Steinbeck describes the Salines Valley in Ch. 1 Journal #2- Write about anything Journal #3- Image analysis (Dodge Durango) Journal #4- Image analysis (Sweatshirt) Journal #5- Pen & Paper over Screen- what is the difference for you (ch. 2 in text) Journal #6- Macbeth Journal (3 Scenarios) use 5 devices Rhetorical Device Test #1- Oct. 28 (Monday) Oct. 21- Journal #7: Job interview questions 1. tell me about yourself. 2. what is your greatest strength? 3. What is your greatest weakness? 4. How do you overcome stress or pressure? 5. Describe a difficult situation you've overcome and how you did it. 6. What are your plans for the future? Multiple choice practice: "On Reading and Writing..." Pg. 15 in 50 Essays- multiple choice questions provided. Oct. 23- Mock Job Interviews! Prepare yourselves and LOOK NICE! Oct. 28- Notes on rhetorical analysis (provided) & timed write (Birds) HOMEWORK: Write at least 1 page using the Birds prompt. Macbeth- Begin reading the play as a class (Act 1,i&ii) Nov. 1- Macbeth Act 1 Answers for "Superman & Me..." Nov. 5- Journal #8: Write about a time when an anticipated event did not turn out as planned. Phrase/Clause review Macbeth- Finish Act 1 HOMEWORK: Read Maya Angelou's "Graduation" pg. 469 - Rhetorical Analysis: Question #3 (Explain the significance of the last 2 paragraphs on the overall effect of the essay) Nov. 7- Homework due (roughly a page written about question #3) Rhetorical Device list #2- handed out (we will review it next class) Read and finish Act 2 in Macbeth HOMEWORK- Read the essay on pg. 481 "Marrying Absurd" and answer all 5 rhetorical analysis questions on pg. 483 in complete thought out answers (no essay needed!) Nov. 12- JOURNAL #9 pg. 480 (writing #3)- Mimic the style of "I Want a Wife" Continue reading Macbeth Introduce the campaign project Nov. 14 - Sub today! Macbeth Valentines Rhetorical Device Test on 11/18 Nov. 18- Rhetorical Device Test! Political Advertisement analysis- HOMEWORK: analyze 2 political advertisements and complete the handout 11/20 Continue reading Macbeth Nov. 20- Class discussion over homework Continue reading macbeth Nov. 22- Handout on Act 4, scene 3 (complete in class) Continue reading the play (try to finish reading it) Homework: FINISH READING THE PLAY OVER THE WEEKEND! BE PREPARED TO KNOW HOW IT ENDS. https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/macbeth/