Assignments+4th+Six+Weeks


 * 4th Six Weeks**
 * Be sure to __print__ out all assignments and __turn them in to me__ upon returning to class. You may also email me assignments at __chyde@lcmcisd.org__** **. Don't forget to check the __Vocabulary page__ and the __Warm Ups page__ for make up work as well.** If you missed one day, your make-up work will be due one day after you get back. If you missed 2 days, then 2 days after you get back. Warning: If you did not turn a __legitimate__ excuse in to the office, this means you were truant (an unexcused absence). You may not make up work for truancy.

1. Shoot and Edit commerical 2. Print out and complete the outline posted below. (This is an individual assignment) 3. After your outline has been approved by me, you can type your letter to your opposition. Use page R14 in your Grammar Textbook for assistance. 1. View and take notes on the following video clips: Using a FlipShare Camera Editing FlipShare Video Converting Flip to Movie Maker FlipShare and Windows Movie Maker Please feel free to look up and view your own tutorial for the questions you have. 2. Write a script for your commercial. Scripts must include stage directions as well as dialogue from actors. 3. If your commerical can't be shot on campus, then you need to shoot your commerical for homework. Bring your file in on a jump drive. 4. Read Chapter 3 of //Thank You For Arguing//. 1. Finish the assignments from the __last 3 class periods__. The last 3 class periods must be done in the correct order or the assignment will not make sense. Start from the bottom and go up. 2. Get a copy of Chapter 3, //Thank You For Arguing//. 1. Use the following graphic organizers to prepare for your commercial: Print several of these**:** 1. Finish your Manipulation Planners from last class. 2. Create a T-chart. Label one side of the T-chart Pro and the other side Con. Think about the situation that you and your group want to change; If you had it your way, What would be the consequences? List the consequences that would be good under the Pro side and then list the consequences that would be negative on the Con side. If you have trouble seeing the negative consequences, just ask me, most any adult, or someone who is your opposition. You must consider all sides of an argument before beginning one! 1. Make a list of situations that annoy you in your home, your school, your state, your country, and your world. 2. View the following commercials. On a sheet of notebook paper, make a list of all the techniques the marketers of these commercials use on you. See if you can spot all of their tricks; Don't be a gullable fool! Title each section of your notes according to what the commercial is selling. 3. Choose a team of no more than 3 people. (This is one of those projects where you will feel like you're married to these people, so choose wisely!) Share your annoying situations lists and as a group choose one of those situations that you really want to attack. I can tell you now that you will be making a commercial for the general public and you will be writing a letter to your opposition. Print out the Manipulation Planner __twice__. Aim one of your Manipulation Planners at the __general public__ and the other at your __opposition__. 1. Farmer Brown vs. the Cows debate 2. Farmer Brown vs. the Ducks debate 3. Farmer Brown vs. the Hens debate 4. Make a list of situations that annoy you in your home, your school, your state, your country, and your world. 1. Plan for debate. 1. Read through "The Tools." (Blue packet). Take notes or highlight important information. 2. I read //Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.// The class was split up into sections and each section was assigned a letter to respond to from the book. First, fill out the Manipulation Planner (use your blue "Tools" packet to help you; the techniques come from this packet). Then, you will write a letter in response to the assigned letter from the book using rhetorical techniques to persuade your audience. 1. Work on letter from 1/6-9. Turn in (email). 2. Read Chapter 2 of //Thank You For Arguing// (pgs. 15-26) Omit pages 22-23. 3. Quiz over Chapter 2. If you were absent, you need to come in and take it before of after school. 1. Read Chapter 1 of //Thank You For Arguing (pgs. 3-11)//. You need to come see me to get your copy. Bolded words from chapter will be on vocabulary test along with **ethos**, **pathos**, and **logos**. Vocabulary and chapter test date is still TBA. 1. Discussion of the book we will be covering this semester. 2. Print out and read the following article: 3. Write a 3/4 page response to this article in letter form. Address the letter to Jay Heinrichs. Be sure to separate different ideas into different paragraphs and follow the appropriate letter format. There are some good examples of letters in your textbook on pages R14 and R15. One is a business letter and the other is a friendly letter. It is up to you to decide what letter format you should use. "Mrs. Hyde, how do I find out how this Jay Heinrichs' address?" Hmmm.... How could you find that out? The starting point is most likely right in front of you and you have a computer.
 * 2/14 (A-day) and 2/15 (B-day),** **2/16 (A-day) and 2/17 (B-day)**
 * 2/10 (A-day) and 2/13 (B-day)**
 * 2/10 (A-day) and 2/13 (B-day)**
 * 2/6 (A-day) and 2/7 (B-day),** **2/8 (A-day) and 2/9 (B-day)**
 * 2/6 (A-day) and 2/7 (B-day),** **2/8 (A-day) and 2/9 (B-day)**
 * 2/1 (A-day) and 2/2 (B-day)**
 * 2/1 (A-day) and 2/2 (B-day)**
 * 1/27 (A-day) and 1/30 (B-day)**
 * 1/27 (A-day) and 1/30 (B-day)**
 * 1/25 (A-day) and 1/26 (B-day)**
 * 1/25 (A-day) and 1/26 (B-day)**
 * [|High Fructose Corn Syrup- actors]**
 * Direct TV**
 * VW**
 * [|Mac vs PC- actors and wardrobe]**
 * Snuggie- color**
 * [|SPCA]**
 * Tattoo- message is opposite of words: tone**
 * Hoveround- See the World?**
 * Texas Hammer**
 * Obama and McCain- ad hominem**
 * 1/23 (A-day) and 1/24 (B-day)**
 * 1/23 (A-day) and 1/24 (B-day)**
 * 1/19 (A-day) and 1/20 (B-day)**
 * 1/19 (A-day) and 1/20 (B-day)**
 * --****1/17 (A-day) and 1/18 (B-day)**
 * If you were absent or in ISS**, use the following letter to respond to. Remember, you are Farmer Brown, who does not want to give the cows, who live in the barn, what they want. Use the manipulation planner and then write a letter. Turn both in next class.
 * 1/12 (A-day) and 1/13 (B-day)**
 * 1/12 (A-day) and 1/13 (B-day)**
 * 1/10 (A-day) and 1/11 (B-day)**
 * 1/10 (A-day) and 1/11 (B-day)**
 * 1/6 (A-day) and 1/9 (B-day)**
 * 1/6 (A-day) and 1/9 (B-day)**

Don't be scared to say or ask what you really think. Do you agree with Heinrichs, disagree? What would you like to tell him? What would you like to ask him? Do you have a personal anecdote to share with him? When you finish, it is due in my __email__ box. "Mrs. Hyde, what is your email address?" Hmmm... I wonder where you could find that without asking me...

1. Review of class procedures including, supplies, warm-ups, grading, textbooks, etextbooks, logins and passwords, email addresses, vocabulary, being absent, in ISS, or DAEP, and etc. [|Supplies.docx] 2. Walk through of Wikispace and Writing Coach and ETextbook:Grammar. 3. Warm-up walk through using computer. (1 online interactive warm-up and 1 etextbook warm-up) See Warm-ups page for instructions.[|Snuggie- color]
 * 1/4 (A-day) and 1/5 (B-day)**