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Senior Writing Week of April 29

Senior Writing Week of April 29. Unit 3 Journals Submit Employment Skills Comparison and Application Journal Intro to Persuasive Techniques and Argument. Monday, April 29. Opening – Please copy down the following quotation. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing .”

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Senior Writing Week of April 29

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  1. Senior WritingWeek of April 29 Unit 3 Journals Submit Employment Skills Comparison and Application Journal Intro to Persuasive Techniques and Argument

  2. Monday, April 29 • Opening – Please copy down the following quotation. • “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” • By Walt Disney • Learning Target: I will understand and be able to explain the concepts of pathos, logos, and ethos.

  3. Monday –April 29 • Unit 3 – Lesson 1, Part 1. Complete to correct Tuesday. • If you finish Lesson 1 – work on your two journals due for Tuesday: Employment skills and Application essay.

  4. Persuasive Key concepts • Intro to Persuasion • Demographics • Pathos, Logos, Ethos • Other advertising or persuasive techniques • Commercials

  5. Context of Communication

  6. Demographics • What are they? • What are yours? • Race • Gender • Age group • Social groups – clubs, job, neighborhood, friend groups • Region of the country • Education/Educational goals • Region of the country • Religion • TV programs, music, movies • Why do they matter?

  7. Pathos, Logos, Ethos – 3 Greek Words • What does each mean? • How does each apply to persuasion? • http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/persuasive-techniques-advertising-1166.html • Handout on the three with examples. • Other techniques • View commercials

  8. Tuesday, April 30 • Opening: Please copy this quotation. • “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford • Learning Target: I will understand the concepts of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos. I will recognize some persuasive techniques in advertising.

  9. Agenda • Explain rest of Lesson 1 • Do Ex. 2 • Turn in Employment Skills Journal and Application Journal • Return and Go over Unit 2 Test • Retakes • Review • In class Friday • Additional Commercials

  10. Unit 2 Test • Review Test • Discuss Retakes • Available for help: Tuesday after school, Wednesday after school, Thursday before and after school.

  11. Context of Communication

  12. Persuasive Techniques • Review: Pathos, Logos, Ethos • Review – Other techniques • How are techniques used? • How are they used in persuasion in other situation? • Why is it important to be aware of these techniques?

  13. Wednesday, May 1 • No Opening • Lesson 2, Exercise 3 • Learning Target – Understand how persuasive techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments.

  14. Wednesday – cont’d • Lesson 2 Grammar • Persuasive techniques • Topic reading/discussion • Argument • Definition • Purpose • Becoming persuasive • Read and discuss claims, counterclaims, evidence, anecdote

  15. Misplaced Modifiers: What is wrong? • “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.” (Groucho Marx) • “FOR SALE: Mahogany table by a lady with Chippendale legs” (Ad in newspaper) • “Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Lane” (Headline in newspaper)

  16. Argument • Define: an exchange or exploration of divergent viewpoints; a well thought out set of reasons in discussion of an issue and often aimed at persuasion. • Often ideas are explored via argumentation. Sometimes ideas are overturned, expanded, or reaffirmed through argumentation.

  17. For your consideration • For nearly 2000 years (as late as 1920), “bloodletting” was considered the best treatment for a variety of illnesses. • The CLAIM that bloodletting was beneficial to human health was not widely discussed or evaluated until into the 1800’s. • Because people questioned this claim: sought REASONS and EVIDENCE to explore it • We now accept a different CLAIM.

  18. Sample Argument • Read and write on sample topic. • Discuss topic given to you. • What is a possible claim on this topic? • What are possible reasons to support the position you came up with? • What are possible reasons to support the opposing side? • What would be useful for evidence?

  19. Topic • Possible Claims • Possible Reasons

  20. Reasons and Evidence • Reason • Evidence • Reason • Evidence

  21. Thursday, May 2 • Opening: Response to a topic – Take paper on your table, compose a response to that topic – about a paragraph. • Discuss argument – topic, how to argue • Discuss possible reasons and support • Correct Retake for Review

  22. Topic Consideration • Learning Target: • Understand how persuasive techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments. • Link claims and evidence to support a reason and the claim.

  23. Topic • Read over the introduction to the topic. • Read over your response to the topic. • Pull out claim • Pull out reasons • Now – support – what could you pull in for support?

  24. Article Review • Chunk article • Read and annotate • Underline any key words/phrases/evidence that might be useful. • Highlight in yellow any reasons that fit yours or you might use in addition to yours. • Highlight in pink any information you might use as evidence for your first reason. • Highlight in green any information you might use to support your second reason. • Mark any other info you think might be useful in your Introduction (I), Conclusion (C ), or for your Counterargument (CA).

  25. Discuss Reasons and Evidence • Decide on a piece of evidence that could be used to support 2 of the reasons. • Decide on a way to address counterargument – • Report out ideas • Discuss one reason point. • Discuss a second reason point • Discuss a counterargument.

  26. Friday, May 3 • Opening: • “Throw the baby from the bus a kiss.” Please write down a corrected version of this. • Dangling Modifiers • Retake the test • Work time – • Collage or Life Map • Journal 2 or 3 • Article Report

  27. Dangling Modifiers • Flying over the African landscape, the elephant herd looked magnificent. • Picture it. Not pretty. Hope they do not fly overhead. • Covered with hot melted cheese, we ate the pizza. • That could be painful. I really prefer my cheese on the pizza.

  28. Agenda • Complete Dangling Modifier exercise. • Learning Target: Recognize the error in sentences and rewrite for clarity. • Retake Test • When you finish the retake, you may get a COW and do any of the following: • Work on redoing/fixing your life map orcollage. • Redo either Journal 2 or 3 – check directions – look at comments and revise. • Revise Article Report given revision suggestions from me, using the information from the originality report and/or using the grammar check.

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