Spring+2014+Essential+Questions

__**Daily Essential Questions:**__

1/23/15: Consider the relationship of an individual to the community. How can an individual maintain integrity and pursue personal dreams while contributing to the overall society?

Week two: 1/26/15: It is said that a picture paints one thousand words; consider rhetorical analysis of visual texts in your response. Can a visual text, such as a cartoon, maintain a full-fledged argument?

1/31/14: As you consider Hester Prynne and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., evaluate whether an individual holds a responsibility to the community. Defend your opinion with ethos.

Week Three:

2/3/14: Henry David Thoreau said, "I went to the woods to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Consider Hester's retreat to isolation as you analyze the role of nature as a symbol of life.

2/4/14: Hawthorne focuses his attention on the problem of evil and the nature of sin. How does he develop this theme in the complex relationships between characters?

2/5/14: Hawthorne focuses his attention on the problem of evil and the nature of sin. How does he develop this theme in the complex relationships between characters through the use of symbolism?

2/6/14: Hawthorne uses images frequently to create the mood and emphasize his ideas. Notice especially the use of plant life to differentiate between those with whom nature sympathizes and those with whom nature does not. Select one such example and examine it thoroughly with examples.

2/7/14: Consider the use of darkness and shadows and the sunlight of the forest as you evaluate the relationships of characters to setting.

Week Four:

2/10/14: When you read closely, you develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words itself and then the larger ideas those words suggest. As you reflect on "Mother Tongue," consider how the use of language develops a larger idea. Identify and discuss the impact of "Mother Tongue."

2/11/14: Language has deep connections to our thoughts and beliefs. How does the language we use reveal who we are?

Week Six: 2/24/13: Appeal to false authority occurs in a misrepresentation of a person as an expert. Reflect upon your speech selections and evaluate the credibility of your speaker.

2/26/13: Often, persuasive essays employ a claim of fact, an assertion that something is true or not true, or rather a claim of policy that proposes a change. Another type of claim involves a claim of value, which is an argument that something is good or bad. Examine your speech selection and delineate which, or how many, of the three are employed by the speaker.

2/28/13: Deduction is a logical process whereby one reaches a conclusion by starting with a general principal or universal truth (major premise) and applying it to a specific case (a minor premise). Through an examination of your own speech, or one presented in the text book, identify and evaluate the deductive process.

Week Seven:

3/3/13: Begging the question is a fallacy in which a claim in based on evidence or support that is in doubt. It "begs" a question whether the support itself is sound. Consider a commercial or add that begs the question and evaluate the impact of such a question on the claim.

3/5/13: The classical oration is a five part argument. Using your notes, create a classical oration on s ocially constructed gender roles. Write one sentence per stage.

3/7/13: Consider the words, "Fight like a girl" and its relevance to breast cancer. What is the more-commonly known phrase and how is the change of connotation impacting?

Week Ten:

3/27/14: Look at the chart on page 327 in your textbook. Create a statement from each chart about North Carolina. Create a unique sentence for the SAT word.

Week Eleven:

4/8/13: While you cannot change a reader's mind dramatically, you can aim for a compelling argument that leave the reader thinking. What point is made by the artist in your Museum Project:

4/9/13: In order to write persuasively, one must know that a complex issus does not have easy solutions but, rather, a variety of valid views on the subject. What is your view of student dress code? Consider the argument as you present your case.

4/10/13: To write a qualified argument, you must anticipate objections to your position. Explain one objection and argue against it.

4/11/13: A reasonable voice recognizes that there are more than two sides to an issue-more than pro-con. Describe the appearance of an academic approach to the counter-argument.

4/12/13: What are the challenges to writing the affirmative of an argument with which you find disagreement? How will you approach this on an exam?

Week Twelve

4/16/13: How does writing about other peoples' voices effect your own voice? Does one influence the other? How?

4/17/13: The American Dream has also been called our national mythology and is predicated on the belief that hard work will not go unrewarded. Compare/Contrast the concept with the statement made by Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal."

Week Thirteen 4/22/13: Reflect on the last multiple choice seminar and develop three goals for the next one.

4/23/13: What is the role of the economy in our everyday lives? How are objections and comments to handled by the general public?

4/24/13: The American Dream is founded on the premise of meritocracy, or the concept that hard work yields success. Do you agree with that statement?