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The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page:

Ethos, Pathos, Logos. The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page:. Activity 4 – Debate project work. Your debate project work will include the following: *Debate Cover S heet *Value Statement *Pro/Con Chart *Adult Questionnaire *Student/Adult Survey (non-debaters only)

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The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page:

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  1. Ethos, Pathos, Logos The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page:

  2. Activity 4 – Debate project work • Your debate project work will include the following: *Debate Cover Sheet *Value Statement *Pro/Con Chart *Adult Questionnaire *Student/Adult Survey (non-debaters only) *Four Research Articles with Debate Notes

  3. Activity 5:Surveying the Text • Look at the article “A Change of Heart About Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin. Think about the following questions: 1. Where and when was this article published? 2. Who wrote the article? Do you know anything about this writer? (Hint: Look at the end of the article.) How could you find out more? 3. What is the subtitle of the article? What does that tell you about what the article might say? 4. The article was published on the editorial page. What does that mean?

  4. Activity 6 – Annotations for “a change of heart about animals” • Highlight main idea (you should have at least one in the article). In other words, what is the sentence in the article that tells the reader what the article’s message is. • Highlight or Circle THREEunknown wordsor difficult words in the article in a different color • Write the definition next to each word. • Next ANNOTATE: In other words, after EVERY OTHER paragraph write a two (short) sentence summary explain the main idea of those paragraphs in your own words or commenting on the ideas in that paragraph. (I should see several of these per page!)

  5. Activity 7: thinking critically about ethos, logos, pathos • I will distribute a worksheet with questions for you to respond to. Please record your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

  6. Activity 8 – Annotations for “letters to the editor in response to ‘a change of heart about animals’” and “hooked on a myth” • Highlight main idea (you should have at least one in the article). In other words, what is the sentence in the article that tells the reader what the article’s message is. • Highlight or Circle THREEunknown wordsor difficult words in the article in a different color • Write the definition next to each word. • Next ANNOTATE: In other words, after EVERY OTHER paragraph write a two (short) sentence summary explain the main idea of those paragraphs in your own words or commenting on the ideas in that paragraph. (I should see several of these per page!)

  7. Activity 9: pre-writing packet for animal bill of rights essay– due Friday*you must complete this for homework today!!! Activity 10: in-class essay: animal bill of rights – essays will be in written in class on Friday!!!

  8. Do Animals Deserve a bill of rights?

  9. Debate Notecard suggestions • Only write on the front-side of your notecards • Number your notecards • Only use complete sentences for: (1) Your opening hook (2) When quoting a person directly (3) When quoting a specific definition or a detailed, technical fact or statistic (4) Your closing statement • Highlight your notecards with two different colors: *1 color for what you say (yellow) *1 color for what you will do or want to remember to do i.e. make eye contact; take a dramatic pause, stomp your fist (pink/green/blue/purple)

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