Wednesday,+August+17th

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Quiz
Log in to QuizStar. (Username: bsdfirstnamelastinitial Password: Pioneers1) Take a quiz on homework reading pg.1-13.

Mini-Lesson: Elements of Rhetoric
Download the glossary for //Language of Composition// View original news footage from Lou Gehrig's speech on July 4, 1939. Guiding Questions:
 * 1) What is rhetoric?
 * 2) What terms are given for an author's main idea?
 * 3) What does it mean to understand the **context** of a text?
 * 4) What is persona?
 * 5) What are some ways a writer/speaker may appeal to ethos?
 * 6) What is an assumption? How can this be important in an argument?
 * 7) What are some ways a writer/speaker may appeal to logos?
 * 8) Why should a writer/speaker acknowledge counterarguments?
 * 9) What are some ways a writer/speaker may appeal to pathos?
 * 10) What is the problem with an argument that relies solely on pathos?
 * 11) Terms: What do the following terms mean?
 * Propagandistic-
 * Polemical-
 * Satiric-

Modeling: Einstein's Letter (pg.9-10)
As a class, use the graphic organizer to analyze Einstein's use of rhetoric.

Small Groups: //A Whole New Mind//
Use the graphic organizer to analyze Pink's use of rhetoric in the passage concerning Asia on pages 36-40.

Note: Mr. Campbell and Mr. Wilson will be visiting our classroom at some point this period to discuss school policy changes. We may not be able to complete everything on today's lesson plan.