Sunday, March 27, 2016

Monday, March 28 - JC Speeches - Intro to Persuasive elements / techniques

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze drama and speeches for persuasive elements in order to improve reading, writing and speaking skills.

DO NOW - write down in notebooks

Elements of Persuasion
1. Logical Appeals - uses facts, statisitics, etc (most important in trying to be persuasive
2. Emotional Appeals - plays on people's heart strings
3. Ethical Appeals - does the speaker have credibility? Are the believable?

Also when persuading, good speakers use:
1. Repetition
2. irony
3. Rhetorical Questions

Direct Instruction

the three appeals

Guided

Use plot structure to TOGETHER - complete up to the climax -  (the murder / speeches )

View murder through the three conditions to which Marc Antony is allowed to speak at caesar's funeral.

Read 

Brutus' speech - annotate for persuasive elements and complete side bars

Independent

View Brutus' speech.

Read Marc Antony's speech - annotate for persuasive elements and complete sidebars

View Antony's speech.

Check for Understanding

Check side bars and plot structures as students work on them\

Closure

Review plot structure to date and persuasive elements of speeches.

Exit Pass

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