Friday, October 6 - Chief Joseph Speech

Objective: By the ned of class, students will analyze persuasive speech for appeals and determine tone in order to improve interpretive skills.

DO NOW

Write the definition of TONE:

TONE - the author's ATTITUDE toward a topic. Look for the connotation of words to help decide the tone.  

Direct Instruction

From Yesterday:
GOOD ARGUMENTS or PERSUASIVE SPEECHES USE:

1. LOGICAL APPEAL (LOGOS) - FACTS
2. EMOTIONAL APPEAL (PATHOS) - play on people's emotions
3. ETHICAL APPEAL (ETHOS) - do they have the knowledge and the right to speak on the topic? Are they respected in their field? Is their opinion credible?

They also use, as discussed yesterday:
1. REPETITION - repeat a word or phrase over and over
2. RHETORICAL QUESTIONS - questions that don't need answers
3. Parallelism -the same grammatical organization ("...to travel, to stop, to work...." instead of "....to travel. working, when we stop...")

Parallelism

Guided / Independent

Use the TONE handout to determine Chief Joseph's tone.
Name at least three words, identify their connotations and defend your choice with evidence from the text.

Go back to the Chief Joseph Speech and answer 10 questions. 

You may work in pairs to answer the 9 questions at the bottom of the page. 

Parallelism -the same grammatical organization ("...to travel, to stop, to work...." instead of "....to travel. working, when we stop...")

Then - #10

Analyze the emotional (pathos) and ethical (ethos) appeals that Chief Joseph uses to persuade the US Congress to provide equal rights to all people. Use evidence from the text tot support your answer.

Check for understanding

Individual student checks during independent work