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=Monday, May 12=

Intensive Writing Week!

 * ===Grammar Warm-up:===
 * ===Hacker subj./verb ex. 21-2===
 * ===Use the book!===
 * ===James Fenimore Cooper===
 * ===remember Romantic literature?===
 * ===Twain on Fenimore Cooper===
 * "The Mysterious Stranger"
 * what is he up to?
 * ===study questions===
 * ===final quiz on Thursday, May 15===
 * ===using study questions!===

=Tuesday, May 13=
 * ===grammar warm-up: Section 22===
 * ===LOOK AT Section 22a===
 * ===The way we speak is not the way to write correctly.===
 * ===Ex.: Everyone should do their own work. NOPE.===
 * ===blue box on p. 210 gives revision strategies===
 * 22b examples show when two different versions are correct:
 * the intention is different
 * ===22d:===
 * ===another rule to deal with===
 * ===a note to help with clarity===
 * ===an exception for clarity===
 * ===DO exercise 22-1===
 * ===TURN IN exercise 22-1===
 * ===What did Twain think of Fenimore Cooper's writing style?===
 * ===WRITE a half-page (one sentence?)===
 * ===in Cooper's style, according to Twain===
 * ===breaking at least three of Twain's rules for romantic fiction===
 * ===beginning on p. 542===
 * ===list which three rules you broke===
 * ===TURN IN your brilliant work===
 * ===Read Twain's War Prayer===
 * ===In discussion with others:===
 * ===Answer questions on the text===
 * ===Analyze his rhetoric for ethos, pathos, and logos!===

= = =Wednesday, May 14= = = =Thursday, May 15= = = =Friday, May 16= > The Mysterious Stranger > > >>> - you will need to narrow the topic; choose a small part of the idea > your examples and what order to put them in to be most effective. Doodle > on the back of this sheet. It is a good idea to use 10 of your 30 minutes in > planning. > - Turn in what you've written at the end of class. > > > > > > >
 * ===The Adventures of Mark Twain on netflix===
 * claymation
 * =Mysterious Stranger quiz=
 * =Closed book!=
 * =You may use your study questions.=
 * =When you're done:=
 * =Staple study questions to the quiz=
 * =Turn in to the Gold Box!=
 * =What about Satan?=
 * =Big Issues!=
 * =Discussion with note chart=
 * Discussion of new Big Questions
 * After completing today's assignment, pick up the white sheet with the weekend/Project Day assignment
 * 30-minute writing assignment:
 * Intensive Writing –
 * Choose one of the following topics.
 * Write a 30-minute essay which includes the following:
 * a clear thesis (a topic and an opinion)
 * arguments to support your thesis
 * from your life
 * from literature
 * from what you know of the world around you
 * return to the idea of the thesis at the end
 * You will not have time to write a rough draft, but you do have time to plan
 * 1) **Humor:**  Do you agree with Twain's proposition at the end of “The Mysterious Stranger” that “your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon - laughter”? Is this true? Are there problems that can be battled with laughter? Which ones? How?
 * 1) **The Moral Sense**: While Satan, the mysterious stranger, clearly sees our moral sense as a flaw, it is part of what we are. When do people use their “moral sense” well, and when do we use it badly? What's the difference? Does it help with tough decisions? (What about the end of //Of Mice and Men//? What about the characters in //The Scarlet Letter//?)
 * 2) **War:** Do you believe that our efforts as human are as focused on killing and cruelty as Satan says they are? Is Satan missing some of our best work? Or is he right?