Drill 4/30

1. Drill 4/30 • Now that you’ve started thinking about your persuasive speech, let’s consider note cards. Why is it a good idea to use note cards for your speech? • What do you think you should include in a note card that you’ve created for your speech? • Why is it a bad idea to have too many note cards?

2. Wednesday, April 30th Agenda: Mini-Lesson on Note Cards. Work on Note Cards. Sign up for Speech Times Homework: Finish Your Note Cards Practice Your Speech! Speeches Begin on Friday, May 2nd.

3. Requirements for Speech Note Cards: 6 note cards allowed for the outline + 3 note cards allowed for 3 different quotes Introduction with • Hook • Background info or context • Thesis statement “Body” of your presentation: follow handout. Remember to use RR: • If/then • rhetorical question • answer question • provide solution Conclusion: • Advanced Transition Word/Phrase and restate thesis in new words • Discuss general problems with your topic and your solution • End with a Call to Action that clearly communicates what the audience can do to help

4. Note Card Content Example • 1. Topic Sentence: Advanced transition word + main idea of thesis statement + first point to prove your thesis is true. • For example: Primarily, most people do not know how deadly a carnivorous diet can be, nor do they know how beneficial a vegetarian lifestyle can be because they have not been properly educated about it. • Note Card: Primarily, most people don’t know deadly carnivorous healthy vegi b/c NOT educated

5. Logos, Pathos, Ethos • Logos • An appeal to logic and reason • Pathos • An appeal to emotional reaction. • Ethos • An appeal based on your own credibility.

6. Learning Targets • I can organize the content of the persuasive essay into an outline for an effective speech. • I can use symbols, abbreviations, capitalization, chunky spacing, and highlighted words to make effective glance-and-go note cards. • I can implement the methods of logos, pathos, and ethos into my argument in order to strengthen it.