tentative OCTOBER planner

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30 NO SCHOOL	1 REMINDER:   perspective journals are due today even though we don’t have class	2 Collect SPACE CAT entries for the TED talks Discuss top and bottom vote getters Craft a claim as to WHY the top vote getter was more effective that the bottom vote getter. Share claims out to whole class / discuss	3	4 Discussion activity... with WAPO article TED talk:  cognitive bias Homework:  Al Gore analysis due on the 8th
7	8 Review cognitive bias Al Gore Op ed analysis due today  In class essay based on your analysis	9 NO SCHOOL	10	11 Gather email addresses for turnitin.com Peer review  Homework:  paper is due next class
14 NO SCHOOL	15 DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR THE AP-- LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION	16 Collect Op ed paper / get chrome books Introduction to Truth concept map Work on concept map in class Homework:  complete the map for next class	17	18 Discuss concept maps with a group Take a picture of or copy your personal definition before handing the map in Begin viewing The Glass Menagerie / take notes on the construct of Truth Homework:  how does Tennessee Williams present Truth in this text?
21	22 Continue watching the play Small group discussions:  how to the characters grapple with Truth?  How does Williams grapple with Truth? How well does your concept map fit your understanding of The Glass Menagerie?	23	24 Complete the film Homework: start / continue work on Al Gore paper revision	25
28 Begin working on the Rhetorical Triangle activity with a partner Homework:  all of Part 2 is due next class- run your paper through Turnitin.com AND bring a print copy for peer review	29	30 Begin Part 2 in class-- spend time gathering information from your notes.  Fill in what specifics you need for homework. Homework: Draft due next class for peer review	31	1 AL GORE REVISION (intro / one paragraph) DUE TODAY Peer review of The Glass Menagerie paper-- use the peer review prompts in your colored folders Homework:  The Glass Menagerie paper (and your RD) are due next class (Wednesday). Please turn in your Rhetorical Triangle work, your zero draft, your RD, and your final draft-- in your folder