Tuesday, November 1 - Persuasive Speech

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze persuasive speech in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Persuasive Technique quiz


Direct Instruction

persuasive technique jeopardy

propaganda jeopardy

Guided

Read RFK speech - Eulogy for MLK, Jr.  - annotate for persuasive elements

View RFK speech

Independent

Complete the Speech Analysis sheet for RFK.

Find LOADED words and their connotations fro RFK speech.


Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work


Closure

Review effective Persuasive Techniques compared to weaker use of propaganda

Tuesday, November 1 - Persuasive Speech

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze persuasive speech in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW


persuasive technique jeopardy

propaganda jeopardy

Direct Instruction


Guided

Independent


Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work


Closure

Review effective Persuasive Techniques compared to weaker use of propaganda

Monday, October 31 - period 5 ...2

Objective: By the end of class, students will review to date and analyze non-fiction in order to improve comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

What are the three common reasons given for "author's purpose"? What other reasons might an author write? What was Shirley Jackson's purpose in writing "The Lottery"?

Direct Instruction

Watch the following video on human rights. Answer the questions on the video response sheet.

HUMAN RIGHTS VIDEO

Video response questions as you watch the video.

Independent

Complete the REVIEW QUESTIONS sheet from Friday - 100 points. Then:

Write a CRQ using the information on the video response sheet to respond to the following prompt:

Analyze how human rights have developed throughout history and evaluate what should be done currently and internationally in order to continue to improve the situation.

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work. Check video response sheets.

Closure

Review how change is made and introduce the power of persuasion.

Monday, October 31 - Speech Analysis

Objective: by the end of class, students will analyze and evaluate persuasive speech in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO  NOW

Use your Malcom X Speech to complete the Speech Analysis Worksheet. 

Direct Instruction / Guided 

The ballot or the bullet - listen to and watch what we read

Review the graphic organizer for the CRQ prompt given to you on Friday. Use it to rewrite you constructed response in more detail. Be sure to make it clear in your conclusion that you know the PURPOSE of this speech, the Ballot or the Bullet.

Independent


PROMPT from Friday:
Evaluate the ethical, emotional and logical appeals presented by Malcom X in his speech, the Ballot or the Bullet. Which type of appeal, in this speech, do you think is most effective and why? Provide textual evidence for your answer. (You should also define the 3 terms in your response).

Translate your graphic organizer into prose form. Type it on a NEO. Be sure to write the prompt and use your best grammar. (this will replace anything you submitted on Friday for a much better grade.)

Monday, October 31 - Speech Analysis

Objective: by the end of class, students will analyze and evaluate persuasive speech in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO  NOW

Use your Malcom X Speech to complete the Speech Analysis Worksheet. 

Direct Instruction / Guided 

The ballot or the bullet - listen to and watch what we read

Review the graphic organizer for the CRQ prompt given to you on Friday. Use it to rewrite you constructed response in more detail. Be sure to make it clear in your conclusion that you know the PURPOSE of this speech, the Ballot or the Bullet.

Independent

Translate your graphic organizer into prose form. Type it on a NEO. Be sure to write the prompt and use your best grammar. (this will replace anything you submitted on Friday for a much better grade.)

Friday, October 28 - Malcom X Speech

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze persuasive speech in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Considering that all speeches are in 1st person Point of View, why is it important for a speaker to establish ethical appeal?

Direct Instruction

1st person POV always contains some level of BIAS -
Bias is an opinion in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. 

Optical Illusions

Legs

Keep this in mind when reading, analyzing and evaluating speeches.

Guided  / Independent
Continue from Yesterday:

1. Identify three logical appeals.
2. Identify three emotional appeals.
3. Identify two ethical appeals.
4. List at least 5 "LOADED" words - words with a strong negative or positive connotations. Explain how these words influence the reader.
5. 2 examples of repetition.
6. 1  Rhetorical question.
7. Two examples of  name-calling.

CRQ - 40 point Quiz Grade

Evaluate the ethical, emotional and logical appeals presented by Malcom X in his speech, the Ballot or the Bullet. Which type of appeal, in this speech, do you think is most effective and why? Provide textual evidence for your answer. (You should also define the 3 appeals in your response).

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review elements of strong persuasive speeches.

Lyndon johnson equal rights amendnment - 1965

Thursday, October 27 - Persuasion / Background of civil rights / malcom X speech

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze historical events and persuasive speeches in order to improve reading comprehensive skills and persuasive abilities.

DO NOW

Ethos, Logos, Pathos handout

Direct Instruction

We discussed international human rights through fiction and non-fiction....Now we are examining equal rights in the United States. 

The Fourteenth Amendment
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".

Chief Joseph fought for equal rights in his speech to the White House in 1879, 11 years after the 14th Amendment. But as we read and discussed, equal rights were not afforded to the NAtive American Indians. 

The fight, however, did not stop there. Fast Forward 1960's.....


Civil Rights Montage

JFK Speech on Equal Rights..civil rights motage

jfk assasination

1964 civil rights act signed by lyndon johnson

ballot or the bullet

Guided

Read together excerpt from The Ballot or the Bullet - 1964 by Malcom X.  Identify ethical, logical and emotional appeals as we  read. Also look for "loaded" words, and any form of propaganda and/or bias.


Independent

1. Identify three logical appeals.
2. Identify three emotional appeals.
3. Identify two ethical appeals.
4. List at least 5 "LOADED" words - words with a strong negative or positive connotations. Explain how these words influence the reader.
5. 2 examples of repetition.
5. One Rhetorical question.
6. One Name-calling.


7. Evaluate the ethical, emotional and logical appeals presented by Malcom X in his speech, the Ballot or the Bullet. Which type of appeal, in this speech, do you think is most effective and why? Provide textual evidence for your answer.

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review elements of strong persuasive speeches.


Lyndon johnson equal rights amendnment - 1965

Thursday, October 28 - Stoning a Tradition CRQ

Objective: By the end of class, students will evaluate non-fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills

DO NOW

In your notebooks, write the definition of EVALUATE:

To form an IDEA of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
When you evaluate, you provide your opinion that is based on evidence.

Direct Instruction / Guided

Read together the end of Stoning To Death, a Tradition! Answer the questions below from yesterday...that you were to finish as HW if not completed in class;

1. What is this tradition?
2. Where does it take place? 
3. When did it start?
4. Why did it start?
5. How many people participate?
6. How often do they participate in this traditional event?
7. Describe what happens at this event using textual evidence.
8. What do people do to make this event more bearable?
9. What happens when the police try to intervene?
10. Should outside nations try to stop this tradition? Why or why not?
11. How might this tradition ever come to an end? 

Independent

PROMPT:
Evaluate the Gotmaar festival in India and provide your opinion on whether the festival should be allowed to continue or should be stopped and if so, by whom? Be sure to cite textual evidence from the article to support your answer.


When complete, answer the review questions on the handout provided. You should have most of the definitions and examples in your notebooks, but the definitions can also be found on the walls around the room.

Check for Understanding

Check graphic organizer prior to completing the CRQ. Individual student checks during independent work.

Thursday, October 28 - Stoning a Tradition

Objective: By the end of class,

Wednesday, October 26 - Persuasion / Background of civil rights / malcom X speech

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze historical events and persuasive speeches in order to improve reading comprehensive skills and persuasive abilities.

DO NOW

Denotations vs. Connotations

Direct Instruction
We discussed international human rights through fiction and non-fiction....Now we are examining equal rights in the United States. 

The Fourteenth Amendment
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".

Chief Joseph fought for equal rights in his speech to the White House in 1879, 11 years after the 14th Amendment. But as we read and discussed, equal rights were not afforded to the NAtive American Indians. 

The fight, however, did not stop there. Fast Forward 1960's.....


Civil Rights Montage

JFK Speech on Equal Rights..civil rights motage

jfk assasination

1964 civil rights act signed by lyndon johnson

ballot or the bullet

Guided

Read together excerpt from The Ballot or the Bullet - 1964 by Malcom X.


Independent

1. Identify three logical appeals.
2. Identify three emotional appeals.
3. Identify two ethical appeals.
4. List at least 5 "LOADED" words - words with a strong negative or positive connotations. Explain how these words influence the reader.

5. Evaluate the ethical, emotional and logical appeals presented by Malcom X in his speech, the Ballot or the Bullet. Which type of appeal, in this speech, do you think is most effective and why? Provide textual evidence for your answer.

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review elements of strong persuasive speeches.


Lyndon johnson equal rights amendnment - 1965

Wednesday, October 26 - Non-Fiction - Stoning

Objective:By the end of class, students will be introduced to THEMES ACROSS GENRES, analyzing non-fiction with similar themes to fiction in order to make real world connections and improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Write down your first reactions (your thoughts, feelings, emotions, opinion) of the following photo:

Direct Instruction

stoning video - syria

stoning in iran

10 cultural traditions in todays world

Guided / Independent

Read the article - Stoning to Death, A tradition!

Independent

1. What is this tradition?
2. Where does it take place? 
3. When did it start?
4. Why did it start?
5. How many people participate?
6. How often do they participate in this traditional event?
7. Describe what happens at this event using textual evidence.
8. What do people do to make this event more bearable?
9. What happens when the police try to intervene?
10. Should outside nations try to stop this tradition? Why or why not?
11. How might this tradition ever come to an end? 


Check for Understanding

Individual Student checks during independent work.

Tuesday, October 25 - Lottery Assessment

Objective: By the end of class, students will be assessed on their knowledge of The Lottery in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

Do NOW

Multiple choice and short answer (in CRQ format - restate, explain, quote, conclude). Then be sure to submit questions from yesterday's class regarding IRONY in The Lottery. I posted them below again....

1. What is situational irony?

2. What is ironic about the setting? Explain.

3. What is ironic about Mr. Summers' name?

4. What is ironic about Tessie telling Mr. Summers, " There's Don and Eva....make them take their chance!" (page 5)

5. What is ironic about little Davey  laughing when he put his hand into the box? (page 6) How old do you infer Davey is?

6. What is ironic about Old Man Warner saying, "people ain't the way they used to be."? page (6)

7. What is ironic about Nancy and Bill Jr. laughing after they open their papers and they are blank and they already know little Davey's is blank as well? Explain.

8. What is ironic about Mr. Summer's saying "Let's finish quickly,"
(page 7)?

9. What is ironic about little Davey getting pebbles to throw?

10. What is ironic about Tessie screaming " It isn't fair, it isn't right?" at the end?

Tuesday, October 25 - PERSUASIVE SPEECHES

Objective:By the end of class, students will analyze persuasive speech to identify persuasive elements to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

GOOD PERSUASIVE SPEECHES USE:
1. Logical Appeals (LOGOS)
2. Emotional Appeals (PATHOS)
3. Ethical Appeal (ETHOS)
AND...
4. Repetition of words or phrases.
5. Rhetorical Questions (questions that do not require an answer)
6. Loaded words (words that have a strong negative or positive connotation)


Direct Instruction
We discussed international human rights (stoning) and now we will look at EQUAL rights in the  USA. 

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".

nez perce and chief joseph

Guided

Peruse the first paragraph of CHIEF JOSEPH speech. Circle repetitive words or phrases.

Read together Chief Joseph Speech. Identify logical, emotional and ethical appeals as well as repetition, rhetorical questions

Independent

Answer the multiple choice and constructed response question fro Chief Joseph.

Check for Understanding

Closure

Monday, October 24 - Irony in the Lottery and review for test

Objective: By the ned of class, students will analyze irony in short fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

What might be the theme or message that Shirley Jackson is trying to send through The Lottery? (remember, it was written in 1948 - just at the end of WW2).

Direct Instruction

Review situational Irony.

Guided / Independent

You may use a NEO to answer the following questions about irony in The Lottery:

1. What is situational irony?

2. What is ironic about the setting? Explain.

3. What is ironic about Mr. Summers' name?

4. What is ironic about Tessie telling Mr. Summers, " There's Don and Eva....make them take their chance!" (page 5)

5. What is ironic about little Davey  laughing when he put his hand into the box? (page 6) How old do you infer Davey is?

6. What is ironic about Old Man Warner saying, "people ain't the way they used to be."? page (6)

7. What is ironic about Nancy and Bill Jr. laughing after they open their papers and they are blank and they already know little Davey's is blank as well? Explain.

8. What is ironic about Mr. Summer's saying "Let's finish quickly,"
(page 7)?

9. What is ironic about little Davey getting pebbles to throw?

10. What is ironic about Tessie screaming " It isn't fair, it isn't right?" at the end?

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.
Q & A

Closure

Review for test tomorrow.

Monday, October 24 - Propaganda

Objective: By the end of class, students will continue to analyze propaganda in political advertisements in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW
Propaganda Identification on handout provided.

Direct Instruction

propaganda examples again

propaganda / persuasion - techniques

Continued from Friday:
Review Propaganda Analysis Sheet for two of the political propaganda advertisements from this website (we looked at a few yesterday). - politcal ads over time 

Guided / Independent

Go to my blog - reinaeng2.blogspot.com and click on the link above.

Choose two different political advertisements and complete the Propaganda Analysis Sheet.

Then, on google docs, in prose format:
Compare both political advertisements, citing at least one type of propaganda used in each, and evaluate which one you think is more effective and why.

Check for Understanding

Friday, October 21 - The Lottery Conclusion

Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to identify irony in short fiction and provide textual evidence in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW :

How many children in the Bill Hutchinson family? Name them. Name the individuals that must participate in the second round of the lottery.


Direct Instruction

Read The Lottery conclusion - annotate as we read.

Watch conclusion of Lottery.

Guided / Independent

You may use a NEO to answer the following questions about irony in The Lottery:

1. What is situational irony?

2. What is ironic about the setting? Explain.

3. What is ironic about Mr. Summers' name?

4. What is ironic about Tessie telling Mr. Summers, " There's Don and Eva....make them take their chance!" (page 5)

5. What is ironic about little Davey  laughing when he put his hand into the box? (page 6) How old do you infer Davey is?

6. What is ironic about Old Man Warner saying, "people ain't the way they used to be."? page (6)

7. What is ironic about Nancy and Bill Jr. laughing after they open their papers and they are blank and they already know little Davey's is blank as well? Explain.

8. What is ironic about Mr. Summer's saying "Let's finish quickly,"
(page 7)?

9. What is ironic about little Davey getting pebbles to throw?

10. What is ironic about Tessie screaming " It isn't fair, it isn't right?" at the end?

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.
Q & A

Closure

Review irony in The Lottery. Discuss the effect of objective narrator.

Friday, Propaganda

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze propaganda techniques in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Propaganda terms quiz

Direct Instruction

Review Propaganda Analysis Sheet for two of the political propaganda advertisements from this website (we looked at a few yesterday). - politcal ads over time 

Guided / Independent

Go to my blog - reinaeng2.blogspot.com and click on the link above.

Choose two different political advertisements and complete the Propaganda Analysis Sheet.

Then, on a NEO, compare both advertisements and evaluate which one is more effective to you and why.

Check for Understanding

Thursday, October 20 - The Lottery continued

Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to identify irony in short fiction and provide textual evidence in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW QUIZ :
1.
a. Provide the quote from Old Man Warner that is his reason for wanting to continue the lottery.
 b. Explain what might happen if the lottery is not continued according to Old Man Warner. 
c. Is there logic in his reasoning? 
d. What is his reasoning based upon?

Direct Instruction

Read The Lottery through Bill picking. - annotate as we read.

Watch first 1/2 of Lottery.

Guided / Independent

You may use a NEO to answer the following questions about irony in The Lottery. This is independent work - you may NOT work in groups or pairs. 

1. What is situational irony?

2. What is ironic about the setting? Explain.

3. What is ironic about Mr. Summers' name?

4. What is ironic about Tessie telling Mr. Summers, " There's Don and Eva....make them take their chance!" (page 5)

5. What is ironic about little Davey  laughing when he put his hand into the box? (page 6) How old do you infer Davey is?

6. What is ironic about Old Man Warner saying, "people ain't the way they used to be."? page (6)

7. What is ironic about Nancy and Bill Jr. laughing after they open their papers and they are blank and they already know little Davey's is blank as well? Explain.

8. What is ironic about Mr. Summer's saying "Let's finish quickly,"
(page 7)?

9. What is ironic about little Davey getting pebbles to throw?

10. What is ironic about Tessie screaming " It isn't fair, it isn't right?" at the end?

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.
Q & A

Closure

Review irony in The Lottery. Discuss the effect of objective narrator.

propaganda video - in advertising


youtubevideo

Thursday, October 20 - Propaganda in Politics

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze propaganda in politics, advertising and the news in order to improve reading comprehension and analytical skills.

DO NOW

The Definition of Propaganda:

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

Direct Instruction

seven techniques of political propaganda

seven techniques of propaganda

propaganda in the news


Guided 

Propaganda worksheet

 Independent

Choose two political ad commercials from this link- politcal ads over time . Complete the handout for two political ad commercials.

Tuesday, October 18 - The Lottery

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze POV and characterization short fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

We define character by;

1. Direct CHARACTERIZATION -  the author describes the person exactly and directly (ex: he was tall, dark and handsome)

2. Indirect Characterization - figure to what a character is like by WHAT THEY SAY
WHAT THEY THINK
THEIR EFFECT ON OTHERS
THEIR ACTIONS
What they LOOK LIKE

Acronym = STEAL

Review answers to yesterday's classwork questions. Discuss POV and its influence on the story.

Guided
1. So far, does this seem like pleasant village? Why or why not?
2. What are some things that make it seem "normal"?
3. What are some things that might be suspicious or are there any (foreshadowing)?

Read together, the description of Tessie Hutchinson (bottom 2 paragraphs of second page). What type of person was she?   - List some character traits in two minutes.

Independent

Read the dialogue on page 3. Take notes in margins or in your notebooks to answer the following guiding questions as you read:

1. What are the lottery "rules" if the man of the house is not available to draw from the lottery because he is either injured or passed away?

2. Do the village people seem pleasant to one another? Give an example.

3. Find and circle the following quotes in order from top down:
"expression of polite interest"
" said regretfully"
" blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head"
"cleared his throat"
"Quiet; wetting their lips"
"grinned at one another humorously and nervously"

We learn about characters by the above quotes. What type of characterization is used specifically for each one?

4. What do the above quotes express about how the crowd is feeling about the lottery? Explain.

5. Now, after reading this page, tell me, from what POV is The Lottery told? THINK!!!!

The Lottery _ Part 1 - 9 minutes

Check for Understanding

After analyzing how the townspeople feel about the lottery, what can be inferred about this tradition? 

Closure

Review to date and make predictions.


black box = death or a dying tradition
lottery = random, senseless killing
setting = irony that it represents that this senseless, blind violence can happen anywhere