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Quickwrite. Read the following text and write a response to the question below it: “When the [television] commercial for toilet bowl cleaner shows a woman doing that dirty chore, men internalize the message: It's a woman's job.”
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Quickwrite • Read the following text and write a response to the question below it: “When the [television] commercial for toilet bowl cleaner shows a woman doing that dirty chore, men internalize the message: It's a woman's job.” Considering females and males in the home, do you agree or disagree that there are such roles as “women’s jobs” and “men’s jobs?” Please explain your answer completely.
English III “It’s a Talk About it’ Tuesday!” August 27, 2013 Mr. Houghteling
Quickwrite • Read the following text and write a response to the question below it: “When the [television] commercial for toilet bowl cleaner shows a woman doing that dirty chore, men internalize the message: It's a woman's job.” Considering females and males in the home, do you agree or disagree that there are such roles as “women’s jobs” and “men’s jobs?” Please explain your answer completely.
AGENDA 1. Quickwrite. 2. Advertising and self-image anticipation guide. 3. Annotating text. 4. “The Price of Happiness” 5. Context, Purpose, and the rhetorical triangle.
Anticipation Guide Copy down each of the provided statements. Then state whether you AGREE or DISAGREE next to the statements. We will then discuss each one. You must listen to one another and build upon one another’s ideas.
Statement #1 Advertisements influence how I feel about myself.
Statement #2 Girls are more affected by advertisements than boys.
Statement #3 I believe most advertisements are truthful.
Statement #4 Attitude counts more than appearance.
Statement #5 I believe I look like the people I see in advertisements.
Statement #6 Advertisements make people buy things that they don’t need.
“The Price of Happiness” • Number the paragraphs. Do NOT number the headers. • As we read, ANNOTATE the text. Use / or + / — , or circle or underline or question mark. • For each paragraph, write down a short phrase or sentence that summarizes the MAIN IDEA of the paragraph.
“The Price of Happiness” • As we finish reading, create three discussion questions or statements (opinions) that were raised by the article. We will compile these questions and statements and discuss them after .
“The Price of Happiness” • Questions taken from the text: • “What happens when a girl or woman compares her real self with this narrow, unreal image of ‘perfection’?” (10) • What happens to males who do not fit with the “male images” that most commonly appear in ads?
HOMEWORK • Download today’s Powerpoint presentation. • Learn and review the rhetorical terms presented today in class.
CONTEXT • The setting or specific set of circumstances in which a speech or text is created. • A question to ask when considering CONTEXT is “Why MUST the writer create this piece?”
PURPOSE • The writer’s objective for creating the piece. • A question to ask when considering PURPOSE is “What does the writer want to ACCOMPLISH?”
THE RHETORICAL TRIANGLE • The relationship between the three elements of the triangle help to deepen our understanding of the text. AUDIENCE SPEAKER SUBJECT
SPEAKER • What impression do you want to make? • How will you convince readers to believe you? (credibility) • What do you have in common with the audience in order to create a bond with them?
AUDIENCE • How much do they already know about your subject? • What do they expect to see in this document? (format, diction, style) • What prejudices or pre-conceptions might they have about your subject? • What are their interests? • What do they need to know?
SUBJECT • What is your topic? • What is the best organization or format to present this topic? • How comfortable are you or your audience with this topic? • What is prompting you to tackle this subject?