Monday, December 1 - Persuasion / Ferguson Case

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine emotional, logical and ethical appeals in the Michael Brown case in order to write a persuasive letter using all three appeals. Students will improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects of their own research and persuasive abilities and make real world connections.

DO NOW

What do you know of the Michael Brown  / Ferguson case?

Direct Instruction

Discuss the case. 
View clips. clip 1  clip 2  clip 3 clip 4
Identify logical appeals - What are the FACTS that we know?

Analyze the ETHICAL CONDUCT of the grand jury.

Identify emotional appeals - of family, friends, community.

Guided / Independent

Here are some more links to articles:

 “Op-Ed by a 23 year-old”
 “Young, Black and Male in America”
 “Have You Ever Interacted with the Police?”
 “When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims ” 
 “How We’d Cover Ferguson if it Happened in Another Country”
 Melissa Harris Perry – “Tribute to Black Men Killed by Police”
 “12 Things White People Can Do Now Because Ferguson”

 “Teaching Ferguson: Current events in the Social Studies Classroom”

Write a persuasive letter using LOGICAL and EMOTIONAL appeals either in support of Michael Brown or of Darren Wilson. The purpose of your letter is to PERSUADE:
1. the courts to send Darren Wilson to trial for the murder of Michael Brown so he can be tried by a jury of his peers....
2.  or to justify that he was acquitted by the grand jury for lack of sufficient evidence to go to trial.

1. Be clear. State your purpose in your opening paragraph.
2. Ensure that you include FACTS - don't just focus on how you personally feel about it. Use sources to find facts (logical appeals).
3. Use emotional appeals - how do you and/or much of the public feels and why.
4. Conclude with a summarizing statement that restates your purpose (thesis).

I WILL SEND THESE LETTERS. 

Closure 

Review aspects of persuasive argument.

Exit Pass

After researching, has your opinion changed at all? Why or why not?

Wednesday, November 26 - RFK Speech /Eulogy

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine non- fiction and persuasive techniques in speeches in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections.

DO NOW

Constructed Response:

The best persuasive arguments combine ethical, emotional and logical appeals. Analyze how Martin Luther King Jr. uses logical and emotional appeals in his persuasive speech. Then explain how being ethical increases his ability to influence others. (good examples of both emotional and persuasive appeals on page 277)

Direct Instruction

RFK SPEECH (view)

RFK speech - read - highlight for logical, emotional and ethical appeals aa well as repetition.

Independent  / Guided

Compare MLK and RFK speeches. What do they have in common? What elements of persuasion do they have that make them both so influential?

Closure

 Review

Exit Pass

Tuesday, Nov 25 - MLK Jr Speech and RFK Eulogy

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine non- fiction and persuasive techniques in speeches in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections.

DO NOW

Connotations handout. Remember connotations are synonyms but they can have a positive or negative FEEL. 

LOADED LANGUAGE uses connotations.

Direct Instruction

Propaganda uses emotional appeals and very little fact to manipulate someone to do something.

Persuasion uses LOGIC or FACTS and EMOTIONAL appeals to convince someone to do something.

Logical and emotional appeals

Additionally - PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES used in SPEECHES are Repetition and Loaded language.

Guided / Independent

Martin Luther King was extremely persuasive. After completing the sidebars for his speech (pages 276-280), go back and write down all of the phrases MLK repeats several times throughout the speech. Then in constructed response format:

Analyze how the use of repetition in MLK's speech makes him more persuasive. Why does he use repetition? What kind of effect does it have on the listener?

Closure

If time view RFK eulogy speech as introduction to Wednesday's lesson.

Exit Pass

Monday, November 24 - MLK Speech (persuasion)

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine non- fiction and persuasive techniques in speeches in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections.


DO NOW
Propaganda Quiz

Direct Instruction

Connotations - handout

Persuasion vs. Manipulation - read and note differences

Guided / Independent

Soft Holt reader - 274 - martin luther king jr speech (persuasive)

view speech - there come a time...

Read and complete sidebars noticing persuasive techniques, emotional appeals and logical appeals (facts).

Closure 

review

Exit pass

Why is MLK so persuasive? Identify three specific reasons. 

Friday, November 21 - Propaganda and persuasion

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine propaganda techniques in advertising and the media in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections.


DO NOW

Propaganda handout - review propaganda techniques and complete double sided worksheet.  


Direct Instruction

Remember that propaganda is a form of manipulation.  Read persuasion vs. manipulation.

video using emotional / ethical appeal / scare tactics (fear) to persuade (manipulate)

Read the Iranian Jet article (number 9 from list below) and  view clip . 

Guided / Independent 

Use google chrome book and choose two of the news articles below and summarize the propaganda used and its effects on the readers. Consider who benefits and who might get hurt by it? What are the intentions for using the propaganda? Finally what do you think / feel about this event?

3 . list of ten  - choose one to discuss / summarize

Closure

Review types of propaganda - share summaries and evalutions with me on google drive (karenreina1@gmail.com).


Exit PAss

What type of propaganda is most effective on you personally?

Thursday, November 20, Propganda the News

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine propaganda techniques in advertising and the media in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections

DO NOW
write definitions into notebooks

DENOTATION - the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
CONNOTATION - an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

EXAMPLES:
To convince someone of something = Denotation
The connotations of "to convince" are:
Positive Connotation = PERSUASION - To convince in a positive way with good intentions 
Negative Connotation = MANIPULATION - To convince using sneaky means w/ selfish intentions

Direct Instruction

Propaganda as a form of manipulation

Discuss propaganda as a form of manipulation,  not only in advertising but in the media as well. News reports are loaded with propaganda to ensure that citizens support the country's approach or reaction to national or international events.

propaganda in american news!

video - examples of propaganda in the news (re islam)

propaganda in politics

propaganda 5 question quiz

Connotations - persuasion vs manipulation

video using emotional / ethical appeal / scare tactics (fear) to persuade (manipulate)

Guided / Independent

Use google chrome book and choose two of the news articles below and summarize the propaganda used and its effects on the readers.

1. reiki article  (explains why US World & News Report article is really just propaganda)

2. fox news propaganda

3 . list of ten  - choose one to discuss / summarize

Closure

Review types of propaganda - share summaries and evalutions with me on google drive (karenreina1@gmail.com).

Exit Pass

If Americans are aware that propaganda exists, why is it still effective?

Wednesday, November 19 - introduction to Propoganda

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine propaganda techniques in advertising and the media in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections

DO NOW
DO NOW

Write the Definition of Propaganda in Notebooks:

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Direct Instruction

Types of propaganda - propaganda ppt

1. Propaganda in advertising
2. Propaganda in politics
3. Propaganda in the media

youtubevideo

propaganda video - in advertising

Guided / Independent

Look through magazines and find examples of the following in ads:
Bandwagon
Name-calling
Testimonials
Emotional Words

Explain in detail why each advertisement uses the kind of propaganda that you labeled it.

Closure

Review propaganda and its ties to Bias. Introduction to propaganda in the media and politics.

 Bias_and_Propaganda.ppt

Exit Pass

What type of propaganda in advertising has the biggest impact on you and why?

wendnesday, November 12 - BENCHMARKS

Objective: Bt the end of class, students will be assessed on their literary and interpretive skills via an electronic benchmark in order to determine current abilities and skills and set new goals to improve upon for remainder of course.

DO NOW

Review Keystone terms Circle all terms you know on the Keystone term handout. 

Direct Instruction

Read the scoring guideline together and make note of requirements.

Guided

Set up on laptops to take the electronic benchmark.

Independent

Benchmark

Closure

Save all work and logout. You may continue and pick up where you left off tomorrow.

Exit Pass

Return laptop to cart in proper slot and plug in to charge.

Monday, November 10, Satire / Irony/ POV / theme / Keystone Intro

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine literary elements (irony and POV) in fiction in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections

Do Now
Prefixes and Suffixes

Direct Instruction

Satire video

Review all terms for Keystone on handout - highlight ones completed

Guided / Independent

Constructed response for Storyteller by Saki

Choose two and use NEO to type responses:

1. Analyze how Saki uses situational irony to help the reader
understand the theme of The Storyteller.

2. Explain how Saki uses an omniscient narrator to help the reader understand the characters and the relationships between them.

3.  Explain what makes The Storyteller  a satire and how the author uses satire to deliver the theme.

4. Compare and contrast the bachelor's story to the aunt's story and evaluate why the bachelor's story is more successful with the children.

Closure

Review for electronic benchmark on Wednesday.

Exit Pass

Rephrase the theme of the Storyteller. Do you agree with it? why or why not? 

HW = prefix / suffix handout / worksheet

Friday, November 7, Storyteller

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine literary elements (irony and POV) in fiction in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections

DO NOW
Summarize the fictional story - The Storyteller - so far (to top of page 105 in soft holt reader). 

DIRECT INSTRUCTION

Oxymoron Definition

Oxymoron, plural oxymora, is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.

sat·ire (noun)

1. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices for the purpose of promoting change in society.
2. 
   

examples of satire in pop culture

1. simpsons satire

Guided 

Read 105-108 - Storyteller.

Independent

Complete all sidebars in notebooks and then answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper to be turned in:

1. Why was the aunt's story unsuccessful with the children?

2. Why do you think the bachelor exaggerated so much in his story about Bertha?

3. THe children still asked many questions during the bachelor's story just as they had during he aunt's story. However, what is the big difference and what is the children's reaction to this difference?

4. Why is Bertha's death ironic?

5. What is the THEME of the story?

6. What is the author satirizing (making fun of) in this story?

Closure 

Review literary terms (types of POV's, irony, satire) and author's purpose. 

Exit Pass

What is the situational irony in the story about Bertha?

Thursday, November 6 - The Story teller

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine literary elements (irony and POV) in fiction in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections

DO NOW

Constructed response practice with graphic organizer (restate, explain, use an example or quote from the story, concluding sentence that ensures you answered the question): 

TO ENTERTAIN = to add humor, to shock, to create suspense
 To PERSUADE = to emphasize,  to encourage, to convince
TO INFORM = to clarify, to explain, to provide details

3/4 - 6/7
Evaluate why the author uses 2nd person narrative perspective in the test practice passage.



Direct Instruction

POV

Focus on Omniscient Narrator 

Read The Story Teller intro page 100 / then 101-104 (plus first sentence at top of 105)..

Complete side bars though the top of 105 in your notebooks.

Guided/Independent

Questions (to be handed in ):

1. Describe the characters in the story - use two adjectives to describe the aunt, cyril (small boy), small girl, smaller girl and the Bachelor. 

2. What is the setting of the story?

2. Why is it important that Saki use third person omniscient narrator for Storyteller? How would the story change if you didn't know what everyone was thinking - especially the children at this point?

3.  Why do you think the bachelor is disgusted with the Aunt and her storytelling? 

4. "HORRIBLY GOOD" is an oxymoron. Why do you think the Bachelor starts his story like this? Predict the children's reaction to his story.

Closure

Review effects of POV on reader interpretation.

Exit Pass

"Horribly Good" is a hint at the theme (central idea) of this short fictional story. Can you predict the theme?

WEd, November 5 - Author's purpose / benchmark prep

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine author's purpose in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections


DO NOW

Author's purpose handout

Direct Instruction

Author's purpose can be to entertain, to inform or to persuade. 

However, once that is determined, the question often is, "how does the author, or what does the author use in order to achieve his/her purpose?  

Analyze questions and determine TRIGGER words that may help determine author's purpose.

TO ENTERTAIN = to add humor, to shock, to create suspense
 To PERSUADE = to emphasize,  to encourage, to convince
TO INFORM = to clarify, to explain, to provide details

Look at your constructed responses from Notes in a Bottle  to determine some of the things you could have used to answer the questions based on the fact that NOTES FROM A BOTTLE was to entertain (fiction), but also delivered the message (or theme) that no one of any age or social class is exempt from disaster.

Read the TEST PRACTICE and answer the questions. What kind of passage is it? Informative, entertaining or persuasive??Then - constructed response (restate, explain, quote, concluding sentance):

Why does the author use chronological / sequential order in this passage and what effect does it have on the reader?




Guided / Independent

1. Laptops will be used to set up passwords and perform a practice "test" in preparation for the benchmarks next week. 

2. The benchmark will be implemented electronically so today's process is just to prepare you. 

3. The "test" part is not real - it does not count. It is just to show you how the questions will be asked and how you should go about answering them.


Closure

review processes

Exit Pass

Write down your full name and your password on the index card provided.