Saturday, September 10, 2011

American Rhetoric Movie Speech: Inherit the Wind (1960)
Henry Drummond questions Mathew Brady on the scientific Authority of the Bible
This video is of much better quality than the one I posted earlier.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Summer Reading Assessment
Please be advised that you will be administered an "objective" test and a short answer test (2-3 paragraphs) over your assigned reading: The Color Purple/Inherit the Wind on Monday, 12 September.

Later in the week, we will engage in a class discussion of those texts. Please keep in mind that these literary works could very well be used on the CRITICAL LENS section of the NYS English Regents (January 2012).

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Homework Assignment (9/8) Due Friday (9/9)

Refer to handout: "Weekly Quotations/Writing Prompts" and respond to a quote listed for Week #1.

Weekly Quotations
Ground Zero by Suzanne Berne
Homework Assignment Date Due TBA

Review content of the Close Reading and Descriptive Essay power points prior to responding to this essay. Specific guidelines will be addressed in class.






Saturday, September 3, 2011