He was absent today.

Continue calculating discount rates and examine the cash flow analysis process.

JPaul was absent for class. The class time was used to enter grades into Veracross.

As the textbook contains detailed strategies to employ in writing the rhetorical analysis essay, we first studied and discussed the book's organizational suggestions as well as its emphasis on tying the identified rhetorical choices of the writer to the specific audience. We specifically read and studied Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm's anti -war speech to Congress and critiqued a sample student essay analyzing this speech. JP discussed how the topic sentences in the student essay logically support the thesis but critically JP also noted how the evidence within the paragraphs did not support the topic sentences. We further noted where the student essay effectively quoted the speech to create pathos and where the quoted material appeared irrelevant . We further studied a series of sample thesis statements in the book noting how additional detail in the thesis strengthens a thesis statement . Last, we studied differing techniques to employ in drafting a conclusion to a rhetorical analysis essay.

JPaul worked independently on his assignment.

assignment
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Today he completed activities 5.5 and 5.6 on pages 113 and 114. He also completed his grammar book, page 89, where he is learning about the future tense in Spanish.

JP completed Chapter 16 concept exercises on interest rate parity in the context of currencies from different countries.

JPaul was absent for class. The class time was used to prepare materials.

We reviewed JP's homework analyzing rhetorical situation questions on the speech delivered by the Prime Minister of New Zealand after a terrorist attack at Christchurch. I continued to suggest that JP employ AP terminology to explain and to supplement his written work. Specifically, we examined how diction and connotation promote the speaker's purpose. Further, I suggested that his responses reference the intended audience and the effectiveness of the rhetorical choice given the audience . We further discussed the speaker's use of metaphor comparing hatred to a virus and specifically addressed how the speaker extends that metaphor throughout the speech by using words such as "immune" and "cure" to emphasize her purpose. Last, we began outlining paragraph by paragraph all of the speaker's rhetorical choices which can serve as an outline for JP's rhetorical analysis essay.