For this week-
3 pts worth of LitMag
2pts- 1 page- Why did you choose the novel you are reading? What do you know about it? What are you expecting to get out of it?

Choose one of the following for 1 pt

Poem
Multimedia
1 page short fiction
1 page personal interest
1 page infom



Finish Reading Your Novel by Apr 18th

10 pts each- Answers the Journalist's Questions
Who has influenced me?
What has influenced me?
When did these things take place?
Where did these things take place?
How have I evolved as a reader/writer?
Why does this matter to me as a reader/writer today?

40 pts- Presentation
Conforms to Time Limit 3-31/2 minutes
Makes effective use of multimedia
Is polished and/or clearly rehearsed

Using a Web 2.0 tool (Prezi w audio/ Voki/ Xtranormal, etc.), you are to prepare a 3-31/2 minute presentation that talks about your development as a reader/writer from childhood until now.

    You might talk about what people, texts, events that have shaped you. How have you changed, developed, transformed? Where do you see yourself going? What will you do or become?

    You should answer each of the journalists's questions (about yourself) in your presentation.

BE CREATIVE!

Due Friday 22nd at the beginning of class. - No late submissions will be accepted.

Pick 7 pts worth

•Rhetorical Analysis Essay (Your Choice Subject...Within Academic Reason)- Refuting Rhetorical Fallacies- REQUIRED- 2pts
•Non-fiction Informational text- 1 ½ pages-2 pts
•Poem- 1pt
•Essay- Argument, Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis-1 ½ pages- 2 pts
•Personal Interest Article- Non-Fiction- 1 pt
•Fiction (Short Story)- 2 page- 2 pts
•Multimedia Piece- 1 pt

Look at "The Star Spangled Banner." You can find it at the bottom of the Rhetoric tab under Resources.

Pick the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th stanzas and write a 1 page interpretation of it.

This is due MON 11th at the beginning of class.

•Find and point out logical fallacies in a nationally publicized advertisement or advertising campaign

•Create an advertisement for a “New” competing product/service- Magazine/Commercial

•Write a 2 page essay using the Toulmin model that critiques the fallacious argument(s) present and offers either solutions or opposing perspectives

* Advertisements will be graded on Presentation, Originality, Clarity of Message, and Response to Fallacious Opposition
* Papers will be graded on- Structure, Content, Strength of Argument, Conventions of Usage, and Overall Effectiveness