Discuss Magna-Soles essays 2 and 3

Do Self-Assessment sheet

In the textbook,  Chapter 10: Language, read pages 699 -704 (which includes Mother Tongue by Amy Tan) and do questions for discussion #'s 2, 3, 4, 5 in your regular notebook

Did anyone not yet take the JFK quiz?

Hand back JFK quizzes...For any question you missed, you may gain points back by writing out the definition and then providing an example from the JFK speech or another source and an explanation of why that is an example of this term. Due Wednesday.

Term:

Definition:

Example:

Explanation of why this sentence(s) is an example of the term:

I apologize, but it will take me the rest of this week to get your college essays back to you.  Starting tomorrow, I will try to hand back about 7 per day.

Take out materials - MagnaSoles prompt and passage, AP rubric, AP student essay examples.  Read essay 1, 2, and 3 quickly and independently, perhaps making a few notes about the quality of each, and the score yo might give them.  (10 mins) 

First essay...In your composition book this weekend you were supposed to have written down at least 6 lines from this esssay, so you should be fairly well acquainted with it. So, beginning with the first student essay, discuss with your partner what score (1 through 9) you think it deserves deserves and why.  With your partner, write a paragraph (5 to 7 sentences) explaining the grade you gave to each.  (10 mins)...

Group discussion of essay # 1 and share one AP writer's score...

Repeat process for essays 2 and 3

Hand back their essays

Homework: 
Evaluate the last essay, giving it a score and a paragraph explanation of your score.

Do the same thing for your essay: give it a score and write a paragraph explanation of it.

Tomorrow:  Do Self-Assessments and Pygmalion pre-reading (bring Pygmalion)

Take 

Observation Nation: What's new in the room?
Terry the T-Rex puppet

Finish reading The Onion prompt, one or two paragraphs at a time...

Pause to discuss the details that clue you in that the article is funny, that it's a parody

Discuss treatments from the Occident and Orient (herbal remedies)...

Review the AP rubric...

 Begin reading essay # 2A

HW:  In your How to Speak Rhetoric composition notebook...Finish reading essay 2A (the one at the top of the packet), and write down (literally copy them word-for-word) six or more sentences which you feel are both perceptive and articulate/well-written.

Take JFK rhetoric quiz

How to Speak Rhetoric...Please take out your composition notebooks.

Keep a running log of...
- Terms with definitions
- Sentences that use the rhetorical terms...always clearly underline rhetorical terms so you can find them easily

The rhetoric of satire and parody...

Absurdity
Hyperbole
Mimicry
Hyperbolic mimicry
A grain of possibility exaggerated to the point of absurdity

Selection of Detail
Diction

Magna Soles Review
Read the prompt and the essay again; then read the rubric.

Parody Definition

Parody is an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect. The humorous effect in parody is achieved by imitating and overstressing noticeable features of a famous piece of literature, as in caricatures, where certain peculiarities of a person are highlighted to achieve a humorous effect.

Parody mimics a subject directly to produce a comical effect. Satire, on the other hand, makes fun of a subject without a direct imitation. Moreover, satire aims at correcting shortcomings in society by criticizing them.

Parody Examples in Everyday Life

Example #1

In our daily watching of television, we may see extremely hilarious examples of parody which are shows that blend parody and satire. “The Daily Show”, “The Colbert Report”, and “The Larry Sanders Show” are renowned and these shows mimic famous political personalities and this allows them to target what they think are unintelligent political and social viewpoints.

Example #2

Parody has entered our day-to-day life through hilarious parody movies that mimic famous blockbusters. “Vampire Sucks” parodies and pokes fun at “Twilight” which was a film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s novel “Twilight”.

Satire Definition

Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles. A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn their corruption.

A writer may point a satire toward a person, a country or even the entire world. Usually, a satire is a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings. In addition, he hopes that those he criticizes will improve their characters by overcoming their weaknesses.

Satire and Irony

Satire and irony are interlinked. Irony is the difference between what is said or done and what is actually meant. Therefore, writers frequently employ satire to point at the dishonesty and silliness of individuals and society and criticize them by ridiculing them.

Examples of Satire in Everyday Life

Most political cartoons which we witness every day in newspapers and magazines are examples of satire. These cartoons criticize some recent actions of political figures in a comical way.

Some shows on television are satire examples like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and The Larry Sanders Show. These shows claim to target what they think are stupid political and social viewpoints.

Let us see a sample of Stephen Colbert’s social satire:

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don’t want to do it.”

Review the packet

Absurdity
Hyperbole
Burlesque

Discuss techniques 
Satirical Rhetoric is a literary device used in literature, art, media, speech, and music to ridicule various aspects of popular culture, most commonly a political topic, in order to draw attention to social or cultural criticism and bring about change, and/or improvement. 
Satirical rhetoric mocks the judicial authority by emphasizing the flaws, instability, and unrealistic demands.

Let's watch the JFK speech and then review questions 8-13.

Quiz tomorrow on the rhetorical terms already mentioned.  Know the definitions of each term and be familiar with examples of the terms from JFK's speech.

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 12Zeugma
Examples of Zeugma

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

Homework: Write answers to questions 1, 8-13 in your composition notebook.

An example of rhetorical analysis in an opinion essay:

huffingtonpost.com: the-rhetorical-brilliance_of Donald Trump

Thursday (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

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