Final Draft of Persuasive Speech must be shared and submitted by Friday, December 5 @ midnight!
Monday, December 1 or Tuesday, December 2
Learning Objective: SL.11-12.3 Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence. SL.11-12.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks. W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as necessary through editing and revision.
Classwork
- Do Now: Title today's journal Timed Writing Practice. You will have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your response to the following prompt:
- You have created a rhetorical context and incorporated rhetorical devices into your speech. The most effective arguments incorporate all three rhetorical appeals: ethos (credible sources), pathos (emotions), and logos (logic). Choose ONE of these appeals on which to focus and revise your speech for that appeal.
- After: self-score your speech using the Persuasive Speech Rubric (purple sheet)
- Then: Listen to the excerpt from Frankin D. Roosevelt's "First Inaugural Address." for the During Reading activity on p. 157. Mark the text using the technique in the prompt.
- Next: Complete the Check Your Understanding prompt for: volume, pitch, rate, pauses, pronunciation, and/or articulation on p. 159. Make notes on your speech using the 'comment' function in Google.
Homework
- Final draft of Persuasive Speech due by this Friday, December 5 @ midnight
Tuesday, December 2 or Wednesday, December 3
Learning Objective: SL.11-12.6 adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks. L.11-12.3/a Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, and to vary syntax for effect.
Classwork
- Do Now: Title today's journal One Last Stand with Syntax. Create a K(know) W(want to know) L(learned) chart below the title. After reading Language and Writer's Craft: Syntax on p.160, place the bold words in whatever K or W column they fit for you.
- After: With a partner, use the provided materials to make a sentence structure card for the assigned type of sentence from p. 160. The card should be folded 'hamburger style' and each face should include one of the following elements:
- sentence type and visual
- explanation
- 2-4 example sentences
- partner names/period/date
- Then: 30 second presentation of cards
- Next: Revise speech to include at least four of the seven structural types of sentences from p. 160 and a variety of lengths including: telegraphic, short, medium, and long.
Homework
- Final draft of Persuasive Speech due by this Friday, December 5 @ midnight
Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5
Learning Objective: RI.11-12.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective. W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed through drafting and revision.
Classwork
- Do Now: Title today's journal Sample Proficient Speech. Using the Persuasive Speech Rubric and the sample speech, explain why you think the speech is proficient, or B level, for each criteria.
- After: Share your results with a partner. Look at your own speech and leave 'comments' that show where you need to improve on rubric criteria. Time-permitting, leave comments on a partner's speech indicating where improvements can be made.
- Then: Listen to John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address on pp.161-163. Use the My Notes sections to identify rhetorical devices.
- Next: Use the Revising and Rehearsing and Publishing sections of p. 167 as a checklist for your final draft. Use the 'comment' feature in Google Drive to make notes on your speech for later revision.
Homework
- Final draft of Persuasive Speech due by this Friday, December 5 @ midnight
- Practice delivery of your speech for Monday (click here to see the schedule)
Reminder:
I must see at least TWO SEPARATE DRAFTS of the speech before you deliver it to the class.
