El Dorado High School

Skip to main content
Main Menu Toggle
Mr. Ken Putnam » Home

Home

Welcome to Mr. Putnam's Language Arts Home Page!
 
Phone Number:  (714) 986-7580 ext.  11205
Email (Contact):  [email protected]
Homepage (Daily Agendas and Homework): 
 
Schedule:
Period 0:  AP Language and Composition
Period 1:  English Language Arts II 
Period 2:  AP Language and Composition 
Period 3:  English Language Arts II
Period 4:  English Language Arts II
Period 5:  Conference
 
 
Tutoring:  Break, Lunch and After School by. Appt.
 
 
 

Posts

ELA II 9/18/19

-Collect Final Draft :Birmingham Body Paragraph
-Finish Watching "EOTB"
-EOTB Questions
-Dystopian Lit. Chart:  "EOTB"

AP Lang 9/18/19

-Golden Line Seneca Falls:  Device/Significance/Reason for Selection
-Discuss Rhetorical Analysis Chart:  Seneca Falls
-Rhetorical Analysis Prompt:  Intro. & Body
HWK  Finish Intro. and Body Paragraphs

ELA II 9/17/19

-Finish Final Draft of Body Paragraph
-Dystopian Lit. Information
-Begin "Eye of the Beholder"
-Provide Dys. Lit. Chart
-HWK.  Final Draft of Body Paragraph Due Tomorrow

AP Lang. (9/17/19)

-Pairs:  Rhet. Situation & SOAPSTone for "Seneca Falls Keynote Address"
-Discuss
-Rhetorical Analysis Chart of "Seneca Falls..."
HWK:  Finish Rhetorical Analysis Chart

AP Lang (9/16/19)

-Collect Claims/Evidence/Aphorisms? Civil Disobedience
-Voice Lesson 2 (Diction)
-Seneca Falls Speech 1848 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
           -Annotate:  Rhetorical Situation, SOAPSTone
HWK:  Finish Annotations
 

ELA II 9/16/19

-Stamp Birmingham Body Paragraph Rough Draft
-Peer Review Body Paragraph
-Revise Body Paragraph
-Begin Final Draft

AP Lang. (9/13/19)

-Portfolio Run
-Aphorisms
-Intro. Claims and Evidence
-ID Thoreau's primary claim and provide and explain four pieces of evidence from "Civil Disobedience"
HWK:  Finish Claims and Evidence

ELA II (9/12/19)

-Finish Tone Analysis Chart for "The Ballad of Birmingham"
-Provide Writing Notes (Blue Packet)
-Intro. Body Paragraph Prompt
-Outline Paragraph
HWK:  Finish Outline

AP Lang. (9/12/19)

-Review Rhetorical Situation and Apply it to "Civil Disobedience"
-Present Aphorism and Provide Examples (Ben Franklin)
-Aphorism Wksht. for "Civil Disobedience"
HWK:  Finish Aphorism Interp. & Analysis

ELA II 9/11/19

-Review "The Ballad..." Background Terms
-Read & Annotate "The Ballad..."
-Discuss Via Doc-Cam.
-Think Questions 1-3 Focus ?'s 2-3
-Begin Tone Analysis

AP Lang. 9/11/19

-Discuss Social Justice Intro. Handout
-Read/Annotate & Connect Dickinson's Poem "Madness is..." with SJ Unit
-Provide/Discuss Transcendentalism Notes
-Being "Civil Disobedience"
HWK:  Read "Civil Disobedience" (We Will Annotate Tomorrow)

ELA II 9/10/19 (Putnam)

-Fig. Language / Imagery Analysis
-Define "Ballad of Birmingham" Terms

context, connotation, ballad, freedom, sacred, & 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing

HW:  Finish Terms

AP Lang. (9/10/19)

-Continue Test Corrections
-Intro. Voice Lessons
-Define Voice and Diction
-Voice Lesson 1 (Diction)
-Provide Social Justice Unit Introduction (handout)
-Provide "Civil Disobedience"
HW:  Skim Text (We will read/annotate/discuss in depth and detail tomorrow)