Welcome to a new year!!

Welcome to American Studies!! I am so glad that we get to spend this year together.

Grades

Your final grades are posted. The final exam grade is there as well as your overall grade. Your overall grade is your grade in the class. Those of you that have a 65%, 75% or 85% are eligible for the grade bump from the CST incentive. If you received a Proficient or Advanced then your grade will be changed during the fall semester. This change will be made before November so that your new GPA can be taken into account for college applications.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New grades are posted

Check your grades online. Please see me between classes if you have questions.

Mrs. S

Rhetorical analysis Self Review

Rhetorical analysis essay review


Find and highlight your thesis in pink or red. Does it address all parts of the prompt? Does it say what the author’s main claim is? Does it make a comment on how the author accomplishes his argument? If not, rewrite it.

Highlight or underline the first rhetorical device you address in a different color. How does the author’s use of that rhetorical device help their argument? If you did not address this, do it now.

Highlight or underline the second rhetorical device you address in a different color. How does the author’s use of that rhetorical device help their argument? If you did not address this, do it now.

Highlight or underline the third rhetorical device you address in a different color. How does the author’s use of that rhetorical device help their argument? If you did not address this, do it now.

After reading my sample essay how do you think your essay compares? How could you have done better? What do you need to do next time to improve? What grade would you have given yourself?

Rhetorically Active Verbs

Here you go!! http://ebackpack.guhsd.net/ssdr89/Sites/verbs.pdf

Black Men in Public Spaces Pre-reading

These questions are due tomorrow (Tuesday):


1.Are black men the only ones stereotyped by our society? What other groups are?
2.Have you ever been in a position of suspicion being suspected of wrong-doing just because of your age, race, sex, or ethnicity? Describe the situation, and what you did about it?
3.Is it the young black man's responsibility to let everyone know he is not a threat (wear a cowbell)? If so, how do we let it be known we are not a threat? If not, whose responsibility is it for ending this kind of prejudice?
4.Why would I have you read this essay? (BTW: you should actually ask this about every assignment)

Point of View Notes

Here you go. http://ebackpack.guhsd.net/ssdr89/Sites/point of view.ppt of view.ppt