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Using the following link, watch the advertisement. As you watch, notice the word, image, and sound choices used. Complete the following assignment:
1. Determine which type of propaganda technique is being used.
2. Apply the rhetorical triangle to the ad, determining the speaker, viewer, message, and text.
3. Explain how this relates to BNW, and discuss how Huxley would have viewed this ad.
Continue writing your To Kill a Mockingbird essay. Come to class with questions.
Assignments:
10/25 - "Lottery" questions done, three quotes with lead-ins, & intro paragraph. We will discuss "The Necklace," "The Gift of the Magi," and "The Lottery," as well as your quotes, lead-ins and intro paragraphs.
10/29 - TKAM essay due-Final Draft & vocab sentence.
Make sure you come to class with any questions about your ASP essay. Here are the assignments for the week:
10/23 Poetry Test
10/25 A Separate Peace Essay Due - Final Draft and short story test - retake
10/26 Vocab Quiz 11 & Poetry Assignment due. Extra credit due.
We will begin Romeo and Juliet next week. Bring your textbooks every day.
Keep up with reading schedule for Brave New World. No Op-ed piece due this week, but you should be looking for a political cartoon for next week. Read over argument notes. Come to class with questions concerning BNW and argument.
Assignments: BNW 5.2-8 quiz/essay & Vocab 10 Quiz.
Continue Dark Romanticism unit.
Assignments:
10/24 Preliminary Outline and Thesis due & Poetry Packet due
10/25 Huck Finn 16-22Q & 10 Note Cards due (media center)
10/26 Vocab 11Q & 10 Note Cards due (media center)
Here are the calendar and outline for the research paper. Keep up with each step.
Thursday, 10/18 Ch. 1-5.1 Quiz
Wednesday, 10/24 Ch. 5.2-8 Q
Thursday, 11/1 Ch. 9-12 Q
Wednesday, 11/7 Ch. 13-16 Q
Tuesday, 11/13 Ch. 17-18Q
1. Read each of the following powerpoints. You are responsible for the information and for completing the assignments (ad analysis) on these powerpoints by Friday, October 12.
