English III - 6th Per - Mirek-Mirek 005 Assignments

When you have critically edited and revised your podcast, and you are confident you have an A or B (or whatever grade you are aiming for), upload the podcast here AND TURN IT IN! 

I encourage every student to upload their own copy of the podcast (especially if you have a little mistrust of your group member to upload the right version of the podcast). 

Best Wishes!

Upload and Attach Your Complete Audio Draft Here. During class, we will be participating in a peer review of another group's podcast. To participate and earn a grade for this peer review, you MUST have an uploaded draft for others to listen to.

Your goal is to develop a plan for your group’s podcast. An example is attached if you need to see how it gets filled out. This is due by next class. Each student needs to have a plan finished and submitted on Google Classroom.

Recording will start Friday.

Create, edit, and share your first practice podcast. This needs to be a vox pop interview that lasts between 90 seconds and 120 seconds. Your edited interview won't be long enough, so you need to record and add an introduction and outro. Use your CPS account for this project. If you cannot open this, let me know so I can share a link with you.

On Google Slides, create a slide with visuals that represent things that give your life meaning. Allow these to have impact. Be forward thinking (beyond the here and now). Where necessary, add captions so you remember what they represent and an outsider would understand them.

Upload your Editorial Final Draft here.

Directions: Answer the following questions to begin digging into your potential topic even deeper. This requires you to be much more specific than the brainstorming activity, so go to the details that you think matter most for your topic and you as the writer.

Answer the following questions by brainstorming as many fresh responses to each as you can, even if some questions may seem to overlap. The goal is simply to get down as many ideas--large and small--as possible.

Today, upload your final assessment piece. See the instructions below:

Choice 1: Satire Sketch -- Upload the following:
The full script of your sketch (with comments to the side about your rhetorical choices)
The recording of your sketch

Choice 2: Opinion Essay -- Upload the following:
The 450-650 word opinion essay (with comments to the side about your rhetorical choices)

How does a writer craft a text to encourage his or her audience to understand, act or believe? In 2-3 typed pages, determine a writer’s purpose and analyze the techniques he or she uses to achieve that purpose. You may want to consider the following questions before you begin writing your essay: What is the writer’s purpose? Which of the following rhetorical or stylistic elements best develop the writer’s purpose: diction, syntax, details, appeals, assumptions the writer has about his or her audience, and/or other noteworthy literary elements? 

When writing this essay, ensure that your thesis is clear, arguable and well-supported using properly formatted quotes and examples from the text. You may want to organize this essay by dedicating a paragraph to each specific rhetorical technique you are analyzing OR you may want to organize your essay by breaking the text into chunks and examining particular techniques that unfold as the text progresses. Your ideas should build with the text with effective transitions to create a cohesive piece. Finally, consider your audience by using a formal style with proper English language conventions.

Using a piece of rhetoric in your world, you and a partner will work through analyzing that source using the SOAPSTone method. This is formative work where you will demonstrate your ability to breakdown a source in detail. This work will be part of your portfolio in Unit 1.

Write me back. Type and submit at least a 1-page letter.   In your letter, introduce yourself as I did.  Tell me about yourself in three ways by using three things your like (some examples include music, television, games, fashion, food, hobbies, etc.). The challenge is to reveal something under the surface about you through these things you share. Go back to my letter to you. See how I shared my emotions through music, my personality through television, and my work ethic and approach through games. Open windows through this letter so we can make a connection.


This is your first assignment of the year, so impress me by writing a thoughtful and thorough letter.  I look forward to reading your letters and to making the journey of this year with you.