Looking Back to Look Forward: April 21, 2017

Focus: How can we wrap up our last unit and set ourselves up for success in our final unit?

Shortened Class: Spring Assembly
4th ends at 10:44
6th ends at 1:03

1. Warming up (6th hour): Checking your grades, reflecting on your successes and needs, and making plans

• Circle any grades that are incorrect and write down why they are incorrect.

• Circle any recent work that you plan on revising/doing for the first time. Write down your plan/deadline for completing this work.

• Offer a brief reflection at the bottom of your grades: Do you feel proud of your work this semester in American Lit? Are these grades an accurate reflection of your learning? Why or why not? Any goals for the final stretch?

2. Introducing you to the American Lit Final Speech Overview and Rubric (also linked to website)

3. Selecting your one-minute speech topics and recapping Pathos, Ethos, and Logos

• 1st 2 rows: Pathos (appeal to our emotions / gut reactions)
• 2nd 2 rows: Ethos (convince us that you're trustworthy and highly qualified to talk about this topic)
• 3rd 2 rows: Logos (appeal to our sense of logic by giving us facts, numbers, graphs, etc.)

3. Watching the ending of The Great Gatsby with a focus on directorial choices

HW:
1. Make sure your book clubs are finalized; your SIGNED book club letter is due on Monday, April 24. You also need to walk in with the book in your hands on Monday.

2. Turn in your school copies of The Great Gatsby by next Friday, April 28. Or, now.

3. Whatever missing grades, revisions, make-up work, etc. you examined in our warm-up today--please take care of those over the weekend.

4. Start brainstorming ideas for your one-minute speech next Friday.