Manfra's Wolves

Watch one of the following candy movies based on your groups number: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Period 1: *Watched documentary on Witch hunts and completed worksheet *Completed essay on The Crucible Period 2&5: *Watched short bio video on Nelson Mandela *Read Nelson Mandela Noble Peace Prize speech *Discussed similarities to other Nobel Prize winners *Answered assessment questions by October 27 *One Billion Acts worksheet *Read about Peace Corps Period 3,4,6: *Collected Wallstreet Journal assignment *Free response question on Sex Ed *Read John Locke's Political Society *Watched lecture from Harvard about John Locke *Answer assessment questions by October 27 *Read excerpt from "Spirit of Laws" (Periods 4,6) *Answer assessment questions by October 29 (Period 4,6) Remember Membean for this week will count for the second nine weeks.

Period 1: *Finished reading Act 4 of the Crucible *Commonlit assessment questions for the passage of the Salem Witch Trials *Read article about the girls from Le Roy and began writing essay that compared those girls to what happened in the play Period 2 & 5: *Read Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech and answered questions from Commonlit *Presented Nobel Peace Prize presentations *Collected PeaceJam letters for event on November 11th Period 3,4,6: *Completed body paragraphs for Abigail Adams prompt *Analyzed the Star-spangled banner *Wrote a comment about the Star-spangled banner on the class website *Watched a video dealing with digital citizenship and values matter *Membean October assessment #2 is available on Friday, October 20th **Wallstreet Journal assignment due next class College Fair will be October 24th during last block. End of the nine weeks is October 26th. Teacher work day October 27th.

We have analyzed text and visuals for rhetoric, but before we finish the nine weeks it would not be right to forget about song lyrics.  Most songs impact us in some way so lets see why. Click on the link below to read the history behind our national anthem: Star Spangled Banner article In class we have gone over the complete lyrics of the national anthem. After our discussion in class and reading the article, I want you to post a comment below with your thoughts about this song.  Are you surprised with what you learned?

Period 1: *Practice for PSAT *Intro quiz on the Crucible (notes and Acts 1&2) *Finished reading Act 3 *Start working on Crucible project Period 2 & 5: *Took PeaceJam survey *Watched video on the Nobel Peace Prize *Issued Nobel Peace Prize project (researching a particular winner) *Read Malala Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (Commonlit) *Answered assessment questions Period 3,4,6: *Practice for PSAT *Visual Rhetoric -- Mirror and Window effects *Showed advertising campaigns and discussed their impacts and whether they were successful or not ( Dove campaign , Nike , Pepsi ) *Created checkology.org accounts *Reviewed Banneker rhetorical analysis scores *Working on annotation using another AP Prompt *Issued Wallstreet Journal assignment

Once we finish reading the play you will be responsible for completing one of the following projects: Choices-- A. Create an alphabet book where each letter of the alphabet represents something from the play.       Example: A for Abigail -- one of the main girls that is accusing women in the town of being a witch. B. Create the front page of a newsletter for Salem where you write at least four articles.  Your articles can explain events from the play, analyze a character(s), and/or give an opinion about the events. C. Create a collage that represents different ideas from the play.  You can have images of people that represent the characters, symbols that represent the themes, etc. to create the collage. D. Create a Bio-Poem for one of the characters from the play.  Use the following format: Line 1: Your first name Line 2: Four words you would use to describe yourself Line 3: Begin your line with “Related to” and tell about 3 family members you are related to and tell somet

PeaceJam survey Please click on the link above to complete the survey.

On the AP Lang Exam it is important to be up to date on current events because that may help you with the open-ended argument essay (Essay 3). You will take a Wallstreet Journal newspaper home and over the next two weeks gather one article related to each of the following topics: 1. Politics/Government 2. Economics 3. Environment 4. Your choice Make sure you write a summary of each article (include the who, what, when, where & why). Assignments are due-- October 23 for Period 3 October 24 for Period 4 & 6 Worth 8 points doubled. This will be the last major grade for the nine weeks.

Students will be given a Nobel Peace Prize winner to research in class. You will gather and present the following information in a Powerpoint or Prezi presentation: 1. Name of person 2. Picture of person 3. Where are they from? 4. What category do they represent: Disarmament, Peace Congresses, Brotherhood between nations, promoting peace or human rights/negotiations. 5. Why were they selected?  What was their major contribution to society? (Do not copy and paste. You need to put the ideas into your own words.) 6. Do you believe that this is still an important issue in today's world? Explain your opinion. You can use the following website for more information:  Nobel Peace Prize You will make your presentations next week. Period 2 -- October 18 Period 5 -- October 19 Share your presentation using the "share" link on Powerpoint (look for Catherine Manfra) or you can share through google docs. This project is worth 10 points doubled .

Period 1: Continued reading "The Crucible" and completing Theme chart for Acts 1 & 2. PSAT Workbook practice (finished section 1) Period 2 & 5: Watched brief video about Gabriel Garcia Marquez Read "The Old Man with Enormous Wings" and answered assessment questions Analytical essay on why people go on journeys.  Watch introduction video about PeaceJam and write comment on blog Period 3,4,6: PSAT Practice workbook Intro to Visual Rhetoric Selected images from news and advertisement to analyze First assessment for membean in given (Oct. 6th) Next membean assessment will be Oct 20th Important Dates: October 11th -- PSAT (Bring ID, number 2 pencil and calculator)

We are going to begin discussing a program called PeaceJam in class over the next few weeks. I want you to watch the following video that gives a brief history of how PeaceJam got started and I want you to post a comment below telling me what you think about the program and whether you are interested in what it has to offer? If you have heard about the program before let me know in your comment. Make sure you have posted a comment by midnight, October 8th. Your post is worth 5 points.

In class we went over the presentation on visual rhetoric.  Here is the link if you need to review the information:  Purdue Visual Rhetoric At home you need to complete the following and bring completed to next class: 1. Find a news photograph (can be from newspaper or magazine based on a news event). 2. Write an analysis of the photograph based on the areas we discussed in class. 3. Find an advertisement image. 4. Analyze the advertisement based on the elements we went over in class. Be prepared to share your images and your general thoughts. *Assignment can be typed or hand-written.  Images need to be printed or Period 4 & 6 due on Friday, October 6th. Period 3 due on Monday, October 9th. Worth 10 points.