HW #5: Using SOAPSTone, evaluate the same ad you already chose.  Try to identify biases in the piece.
Remember!
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone

Congratulations!  You finished your first essay for English class this year!
Remember, periods 3+9, your essay is due Monday.

Pds 2, 5, 7, 9, 10 HW #4 Choose an ad (either from TV or a print ad) and describe it.  Then, explain what makes the ad effective or ineffective.

Pd 3:  Choose an ad (either from TV or a print ad) and describe it.  Then, apply SOAPSTone to it, to show the point of view of the advertiser.

Vocabulary Quiz #1 on Friday 9/20
Final Draft of Persuasive Essay due Friday 9/20

HW #2 All Classes** Except ESL
Using the peer editing rubric as a guide, please edit and comment on the two sample essays.  Please do not write on the actual sheet though.  We will need that for tomorrow.

Set up your looseleaf paper as follows:
Sample A- Short Essay
Meaning 14/20-- because...
Development 13/20-- because...
Organization __/20
Language Use __/20
Conventions  __/20

Then do the same for the long essay.

You may print copies of the peer editing rubric and a copy of the two sample essays if you need to.

HW #2 ESL- Edit and comment on the short essay.

Vocab Quiz #1 on Friday 9/20
HW #3- Submit rewritten essay by Friday 9/20 (typed is nice, but not required.)

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For all Students:
HW #1 (Due Monday, 9/16) Write a 1-2 paragraph summary of your summer reading book. Then, write a 1-2 paragraph critique of the book, explaining what you liked or did not like about the book.
 
Remember, homework (or any assignments) that are copied from an outside source will receive a grade of zero.