Senior WritingWeek of April 29

Unit 3Journals Submit Employment Skills Comparison and Application JournalIntro to Persuasive Techniques and

Argument

Monday, April 29O Opening – Please copy down the

following quotation.O “The way to get started is to quit

talking and begin doing.”O By Walt Disney

O Learning Target: I will understand and be able to explain the concepts of pathos, logos, and ethos.

Monday –April 29 O Unit 3 – Lesson 1, Part 1. Complete

to correct Tuesday.

O If you finish Lesson 1 – work on your two journals due for Tuesday: Employment skills and Application essay.

Persuasive Key concepts

O Intro to PersuasionO DemographicsO Pathos, Logos,

EthosO Other

advertising or persuasive techniques

O Commercials

O

Context of Communication

DemographicsO What are they?O What are yours?

O RaceO GenderO Age groupO Social groups – clubs, job, neighborhood,

friend groupsO Region of the countryO Education/Educational goalsO Region of the countryO Religion

O TV programs, music, moviesO Why do they matter?

Pathos, Logos, Ethos – 3 Greek Words

O What does each mean?O How does each apply to persuasion?O http://www.readwritethink.org/classro

om-resources/lesson-plans/persuasive-techniques-advertising-1166.html

O Handout on the three with examples.O Other techniquesO View commercials

Tuesday, April 30

OOpening: Please copy this quotation.O“You can’t build a reputation on what

you are going to do.” Henry FordOLearning Target: I will understand the

concepts of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos. I will recognize some persuasive techniques in advertising.

Agenda

O Explain rest of Lesson 1O Do Ex. 2

O Turn in Employment Skills Journal and Application Journal

O Return and Go over Unit 2 TestO RetakesO ReviewO In class Friday

O Additional Commercials

Unit 2 TestO Review TestO Discuss RetakesO Available for help: Tuesday after

school, Wednesday after school, Thursday before and after school.

Context of Communication

Persuasive TechniquesO Review: Pathos, Logos, EthosO Review – Other techniquesO How are techniques used?O How are they used in persuasion in

other situation?O Why is it important to be aware of

these techniques?

Wednesday, May 1O No OpeningO Lesson 2, Exercise 3

O Learning Target – Understand how persuasive techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments.

Wednesday – cont’dO Lesson 2

GrammarO Persuasive

techniquesO Topic

reading/discussion

O ArgumentO DefinitionO Purpose

O Becoming persuasive

O Read and discuss claims, counterclaims, evidence, anecdote

Misplaced Modifiers: What is wrong?

O “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.” (Groucho Marx)

O “FOR SALE: Mahogany table by a lady with Chippendale legs” (Ad in newspaper)

O “Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Lane” (Headline in newspaper)

ArgumentO Define: an exchange or exploration

of divergent viewpoints; a well thought out set of reasons in discussion of an issue and often aimed at persuasion.

O Often ideas are explored via argumentation. Sometimes ideas are overturned, expanded, or reaffirmed through argumentation.

For your considerationO For nearly 2000 years (as late as 1920),

“bloodletting” was considered the best treatment for a variety of illnesses.

O The CLAIM that bloodletting was beneficial to human health was not widely discussed or evaluated until into the 1800’s.

O Because people questioned this claim: sought REASONS and EVIDENCE to explore it O We now accept a different CLAIM.

Sample ArgumentO Read and write on sample topic.O Discuss topic given to you.

O What is a possible claim on this topic?O What are possible reasons to support

the position you came up with?O What are possible reasons to support

the opposing side?O What would be useful for evidence?

TopicO Possible Claims O Possible Reasons

Reasons and EvidenceO Reason

O Evidence

O Reason

O Evidence

Thursday, May 2

OOpening: Response to a topic – Take paper on your table, compose a response to that topic – about a paragraph.

O Discuss argument – topic, how to argueO Discuss possible reasons and supportO Correct Retake for Review

Topic Consideration

O Learning Target: O Understand how persuasive

techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments.

O Link claims and evidence to support a reason and the claim.

TopicO Read over the introduction to the

topic. O Read over your response to the

topic.O Pull out claimO Pull out reasonsO Now – support – what could you pull

in for support?

Article ReviewO Chunk articleO Read and annotate

O Underline any key words/phrases/evidence that might be useful.

O Highlight in yellow any reasons that fit yours or you might use in addition to yours.

O Highlight in pink any information you might use as evidence for your first reason.

O Highlight in green any information you might use to support your second reason.

O Mark any other info you think might be useful in your Introduction (I), Conclusion (C ), or for your Counterargument (CA).

Discuss Reasons and Evidence

O Decide on a piece of evidence that could be used to support 2 of the reasons.

O Decide on a way to address counterargument –

O Report out ideas

O Discuss one reason point.

O Discuss a second reason point

O Discuss a counterargument.

Friday, May 3O Opening:

O “Throw the baby from the bus a kiss.” Please write down a corrected version of this.

O Dangling ModifiersO Retake the testO Work time –

O Collage or Life MapO Journal 2 or 3O Article Report

Dangling ModifiersO Flying over the African landscape,

the elephant herd looked magnificent.O Picture it. Not pretty. Hope they do

not fly overhead. O Covered with hot melted cheese, we

ate the pizza.O That could be painful. I really prefer

my cheese on the pizza.

AgendaO Complete Dangling Modifier exercise.

O Learning Target: Recognize the error in sentences and rewrite for clarity.

O Retake TestO When you finish the retake, you may get a COW

and do any of the following:O Work on redoing/fixing your life map or collage.O Redo either Journal 2 or 3 – check directions – look

at comments and revise. O Revise Article Report given revision suggestions

from me, using the information from the originality report and/or using the grammar check.