The horrors of a confrontation with Authority

We’ll give William F’s piece a through analysis in class today. Half of the groups will be tasked with getting a handle on the interpretation section of the Critical Reading questions as they relate to WDWC and the other half will use the Evaluation section. After groups go at it, we’ll talk as a full group.

Next, we’ll do a section of multiple choice questions based on paragraphs 1-8.

After a break, we’ll take a look at a set of terms I constructed with help from the Interwebs.  This should be a pretty exhaustive list of words that–while not likely to be expressly asked about–are helpful concepts and strategies to keep in mind. I’d like to give everyone 5-10 minutes to talk about the list and then 5-10 minutes to:

• Choose 8 terms.
• Create examples of those terms that–if read–should allow a reasonably bright AP student to figure out which term it refers to.
• Then, we do battle. I have a Jeopardy game and we might try AP Term Baseball if we have time.

Also, I’d like to show a quick PP on how to do this kind of analysis using Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural address.

HW: Choose a topic or claim that you feel strongly about (e.g. Global Warming is so serious that we should take emergency measures now to combat it.). Write one paragraph that make an argument for your claim. Write another paragraph that makes an argument for the opposite claim. Make it so that someone cannot tell which side you agree with. Try to choose a topic that your friends don’t know your feelings on.