September 12

Have students get into their small groups and discuss their candidate's comment...not all presenters discussed their comments.

For the remainder of class and/or homework

 

Working independently, read Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (69-72). Answer questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (look up subordinate clause on your phone if needed) in your notebook/three-ring binder.

Tomorrow we will go over the Kennedy work you did today/tonight.

September 12
Zeugma
Examples of Zeugma

Let's review answers to question 2, 4, 5-7.

Work on questions 9-13.

An example of rhetorical analysis in an opinion essay:

huffingtonpost.com: the-rhetorical-brilliance_of Donald Trump

Prd 1, Ashlee Trump and Twitter

1st period, Amber T Bernie Sanders's speech

Prd 1, Kevin Gomez: Hillary Clinton w child re deportation

Prd 1, Lauren Engels: Trump declares himself ineligible for presidency?

Prd 7 Arden: Trump Nomination Acceptance

Prd 7, Lauren H: memorable quotes from 2016 campaign

7th Katie Palermo: 20 dumbest thing Repub candidates said in 2015

Prd 7 Erin Sullivan Trump veterans admin reform

Prd 7, Michael F Clinton Acceptance speech


JFK quiz Wednesday (15 points).  Know the following terms for the quiz:

alliteration                   allusions          
archaic diction             anaphora        
parallelism                   imperative sentence    
cumulative sentence    periodic sentence
antithesis                     zeugma          
rhetorical question      hortative sentence     personification   
ethos                            pathos

Thursday and Friday...MagnaSoles review and goal setting

Dear Students,

I apologize for yesterday.  I attached both the sub plans and my phone number to the sub request I submitted. The sub should have had the sub plans or, at the very least, should have called me if he had any problems accessing them.  

Periods 1&7: Senior AP English, Room 210

Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis in The Language of Composition.  Read 40-45 paying close attention to the speeches by Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill and the commentary the text provides on those speeches.  We want to bring the same awareness to our analysis of the speeches and comments that students found last night.   

Watch dramatic reenactment of speech...

What are the SOAPS for your candidate's comments.  Make a simple chart.

Also, what struck you as noteworthy/interesting about these comments?  What caught your attention?
How would you describe the tone?
Are there any key word choices you notice?
Any significant details included (or excluded)?  

In short, explain why the particular comment caught your attention and what you notice about the rhetorical features of the comments.  They might talk about purpose, audience, occasion, ethos, logos, pathos, persona, polemic, subject, word choices, sentence structure, tone, etc.  Anything that they notice about the message was delivered and how it was tailored to meet a specific purpose and appeal to a particular segment of the American audience. (15 minutes)

Homework: Read 48-63.  This section will provide you with several examples of how to annotate for rhetorical elements and then write essays about the rhetoric of a chosen piece.  

Periods 1&7: Senior AP English, Room 210

Have students read pages 40 to 45 in The Language of Composition about Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis, paying close attention to the speeches by Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill and the commentary the text provides on those speeches.  We want to bring the same awareness to our analysis of the speeches and comments that students found last night.   Give them 15-20 minutes to silently and carefully read those pages (40-45).

Then have students form groups of four with the people sitting around them.  They should share their respective candidate’s comments, first explaining the rhetorical situation and context from which the comments came, and then reading the comments aloud to their groupmates.  They should then explain why the particular comment caught their attention and what they notice about the rhetorical features of the comments.  They might talk about purpose, audience, occasion, ethos, logos, pathos, persona, polemic, subject, word choices, sentence structure, tone, etc.  Anything that they notice about the message was delivered and how it was tailored to meet a specific purpose and appeal to a particular segment of the American audience. (15 minutes)

Homework: Read 48-63.  Please tell students this will provide them with several examples of how one annotates for and writes essays about the rhetoric of piece of written text.  

Candidates’ Comments mini-lesson

Homework: Find spoken or written comments by a current political candidate, which you would like to would like to analyze and explore from a rhetorical perspective.  While we encourage the use of videos when available, please make sure you bring a written copy of the comments (e.g., a hard copy of a CNN, Fox, or NY Times article). Please write down the video and/or text link and also send a copy to me via email (wwesley@lths.net). 

Tomorrow, using your growing knowledge of rhetoric (e.g., from IPC or notes taken in this class) and the glossary of terms provided on pages 36-38 in The Language of Composition, identify several (2-4) rhetorical elements that you think are important in assessing the comments.

On the paper copy, write three or four annotated comments related to those elements you have chosen to focus on. Be prepared to share your chosen text and your comments in a small group and large group settings.

Collect college essays

Most recent draft and previous draft with peer reviews attached

Intro to Rhetoric
In relation to your application essay
Three appeals
audience
purpose

HW: Read to the middle of page 17 in The Language of Composition

2nd draft and progress paragraph due

Two peer reviews of 2nd draft 

HW: Revise this 2nd draft, explain changes in a paragraph, and hand it in to me by Tuesday, 9/6.  (5 points).  This should be the best draft possible.  I will read it and give you three points of feedback.

Exercise in Descriptive Writing: Dullest Day of The Summer 

5-7 minutes...Discuss Zinsser with partner and class...what were the best pieces of advice for you? From Simplicity?  From Clutter?

5 minutes:  But sometimes you need to add meaningful and descriptive words:

Exploding the moment:

A portrait of Julia Child leans precariously on my bedside table competing for space with sticky notes, pennies, and a plastic alarm clock. Julia has been my role model ever since I spent an hour at the Smithsonian American History Museum watching cooking show after cooking show. As she dropped eggs, burnt soufflés, and prepared a whole pig, she never took herself too seriously and with her goofy smile and accompanying laugh.

Review the rubric...

10 minutes...Use the rubric and Zinsser and Explode the Moment discussion to critique and edit your own paper...

I will do a visual check at this point. (5 points for a completed draft)

15 minutes...Now, find another person with and exchange papers. Write directly on their paper and on the rubric, providing meaningful, encouraging, helpful feedback.

HW: Do your own review of your first draft, making comments/edits/additions directly on your first typed draft.  Also fill out the rubric and at the top of that rubric write "John Doe's" Self-Review of 1st Draft.  Next, using your peer and self-review papers, type your 2^nd draft to bring in two copies for Friday. At the top of your paper, before the body of your essay, provide a paragraph which describes the types of changes you made between the first and second draft and why you made them.


Note:  Please save all of your typed drafts and peer reviews.  They will eventually be handed in.