Agenda for Tuesday, October 18

1) Proofreading Practice 3.3 (10 min.)

2) GENBIT (20 min.)

3) Reading Selection Work (40 min.)

• Review Content & Reconcile Vocabulary

• DIDLES Me This, Batman!• Comprehension Check

4) Independent Work (Time Permitting)

• AP Assessment Practice

5) Review Homework (10 min.)

Proofreading Practice 3.3

AP English 11 Number One Student WJE: GENBIT Strategy October 18, 2011

o General Statemento Explain or Expand upon the general

statemento Narrow to your specific writing topico Background Info—specific information

about your book or topico Thesis Statement—one sentence that

sums up what your entire essay will be about

Thesis Statement Development

Thesis Steps

1. Read the prompt carefully.

2. Take the prompt and revise it into a question.

3. Concisely answer the question in a single sentence.

4. Your answer becomes your thesis statement, or the last line in a GENBIT Introductory paragraph.

Given the Prompt…o In a well-developed essay, identify

similarities and differences of style, subject and theme in The Way from Rainy Mountain and Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds".

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AP English 11 Number One Student WJE: GENBIT Strategy October 18, 2011

o Draft an introductory paragraph for an essay responding to the following prompt using the GENBIT Strategy:• Identify and analyze the rhetorical strategies

utilized by Peter and Hull to convey tone in “The Peter Principle.”

o GENBIT Steps:

1. Review prompt.

2. Develop the thesis statement.

3. Work through GENBIT strategy in your writing journal.

AP English 11 Your Name Here Selection Work COMPLETED FOR HOMEWORK!

o “The Peter Principle” by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull

o Complete the following in your reading journal:1. While reading:

o Annotate as necessaryo Track the 14 Tier 2 terms in the article:

locate, context clues, define giving part of speech. Definitions to be reconciled next class.

2. Write a rhetorical précis for the article.3. Answer “Comprehension” questions 1—4

“The Peter Principle” Tier 2 Vocabularyo Imponderables (7) n. not discernible; that which

cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated

o Indolent (7) adj. lazy, slothful, slow o Insolent (7) adj. bold, disrespectful, abusive,

arrogant o Dreadnought (7) adj. heavy, thick, expansiveo Inaudible (7) adj. silent, hushed, difficult to hearo Incomprehensible (7) adj. difficult to understand,

not understandable o Hypothesized (8) verb. speculate, think about

deeply and theorize

“The Peter Principle” Tier 2 Vocabularyo Hierarchy (8) n. chain of command, grouping,

pecking order, placing, position o Minion (10) n. sycophant, brownnoser; a servile

follower or subordinate of a person in power o Dismantled (18) v. take apart, disassemble o Protocol (22) n. rules of conduct, behavior in

certain situation o Subordinates (22) n. person that serves another,

aid, inferiors, helper (less – connotation than “minion”)

o Eccentrics (34) n. person who is bizarre, unusual o Ostensible (37) adj. supposed, apparent

Break for a Minute

1. Submit Reading Journal for Review in the correct pile

2. Turn in Writing Journal in the correct pile

3. Take out a sheet of loose leaf…

DIDLS Me This, Batman!

Student Guide, p. 15:o Dictiono Imageso Detailso Languageo Sentence Structure

Remember, just as in literary analysis, your ability to use DIDLS effectively is impacted by your own familiarity with different styles—the depth and breadth of your reading experience matters!

AP English 11 Your Name Comp Check: “Peter Principle” October 18, 2011

o Complete a DIDLS analysis of the selection.

o Consider your DIDLS analysis notes when responding to the following questions & prompts:Purpose and Audience: 1

—3Style & Structure: 1—4

Homework

1. Complete “The Peter Principle” activities.

2. Tier 2 Quiz next class.