Friday 10/9

Period 4 and period 7:
We began the period sharing out our fixes and I will say they are much closer to master than the originals. Nice job adding transitions and unpacking!

Please watch this intro video as a refresher then move from station to station to begin the process of completing 4 thorough ad analysis worksheets as a major grade.
Station 4--Video links for the one tv commercial you must complete--choose 1. The other three stations are around the room  and have print ads.
You will choose one ad from each station and complete a side of the worksheet (layer 1 chart and layer 2 paragraph).  You will be given 2 full class periods to complete these worksheets (10/9 and 10/13). At the end of the period on Tuesday, I will collect these for a major grade.  You are allowed to ask a partner for feedback BUT you are each responsible for writing your own paragraph.

HW: I will collect logs and post it sheets on Tuesday.

PERIOD 3:
We began the period listening to some master responses and looking at the rubric.

We then looked at the responses written yesterday and applied the rubric to those responses to determine how we all did.
The homework assignment is to choose one of the responses that you feel scored an apprentice rating and rewrite it making changes you feel are necessary to make it a response earning a master rating.  This should be done on a looseleaf sheet of paper and turned in tomorrow.
HW: I will collect logs and post it sheets on Tuesday AND the rewrite if you did not turn it in during class.

Thursday 10/8

Period 3 and Period 7:
Today we read for ten minutes then looked at the responses written yesterday and applied the rubric to those responses to determine how we all did.
The homework assignment is to choose one of the responses that you feel scored an apprentice rating and rewrite it making changes you feel are necessary to make it a response earning a master rating.  This should be done on a looseleaf sheet of paper and turned in tomorrow.

Period 4: 
We used the period to work with partners to continue the work of writing a response that identified the ad as using logos, pathos or ethos in a masterful way.  I showed an additional example of a master response in order to ensure everyone understood the expectation.
The homework assignment is to use the powerpoint to write your own response to any other ad on this presentation than the one you worked on today in class (or the Crest one that I used as an example).  This should be done on  looseleaf sheet of paper or on google docs and shared with me at acarlisto@lakeplacidcsd.net

Wednesday 10/7

• Ten minutes of reading during which time I checked post its and logs.--see me if you were absent today this is a grade.
• You will work with a partner, choose an ad and together deconstruct it, analyze it and present your analysis to the class.

HW: Read/log/post it
3rd and 7th period you have an additional assignment which is simply to reflect on the activity you did today--What did you realize about the assignment? yourself? the appeal? etc.. and how/why did you realize it?  Please see below for an example:
I realize that when I worked on the assignment with Frank today I had some trouble.  The first thing I realize by looking back is that all the ads had all three appeals so we had to really talk about which one fit our criteria best.  I guess I know that I have to have reasons for my choices.  Another thing we found is that if we skipped the step of looking closely at what was there--we struggled with giving specific details and even unpacking them so I guess this means not to waste our time. Additionally I found that it took quite a bit of work to be able to produce something that was at the mastery level. I was glad Frank was there to listen to my ideas because I think that made our response better.  We were better abel to use transitions and unpack our evidence if we first talked it through. I think I learned that planning and working with a partner is something I like to do since it forces me to think and to plan.

Tuesday 10/6

Today I shared the rubric for analysis with the students.  They worked together to craft a piece that a master would craft and we discussed why/how it was great.

I explained post its and students read for 10 minutes and practiced taking post its while they read.

HW: Read/log and post it--I will look at post its tomorrow be prepared to show them.

Monday 10/5

I collected reading logs today. We then read for 10 minutes, talked books for 5 and then assessed ad responses in order to model what the expectations are for the writing assignments to come.
In our careful study of the responses, we noted that the best responses did the following:

• Named the appeal and defined it.
• Told why using specific details from the text (3)
• Unpacked the evidence--that is to say-explained how the specific detail worked to appeal to the audience in the way we claimed.

We then partnered up to write a stand out response in our tips section of the notebook in order to have a model from which to work.

HW: read/log time 150 minutes due on this new log which is for 10/5-10/12

Friday 10/2

Today we read for 10 minutes.
Then we looked closely at the ads and wrote our responses.

Period 3--Be sure to complete your 150 minutes AND finish your response based on this ad--

Period 4 and 8--complete your logs with 150 minutes

Thursday 10/1

Today we looked at the example for the PEL and then worked with partners to deconstruct an ad.  We really hammered home the idea that in order to be successful the analysis must:
Name the appeal
Tell why w/SPECIFIC DETAILS
Unpack the evidence

HW: READ/Logs will be collected Monday 150 minutes!