Focus Question In what ways is equality a proposition, or belief, worth fighting for?

What do you know about Abraham Lincoln?

You have 1 MINUTE. Write down as many facts as you can about Abraham Lincoln.

Tally Your Points 1-2 facts = 1 point 3-5 facts = 2 points

General George G. Meade UNION

General Robert E. Lee CONFEDERACY

More than 50,000 dead or hurt.

Legislation to create national cemeteries

Word Whiz In Your Own Words Your group has definitions of some words from a part of the Gettysburg Address. Your job is to review the words and their definitions and use them to help you re-write the text in your own words.

Catch My Drift: Word Repetition we = 10 times here = 8 times dedicate or dedicated = 6 times nation = 5 times

Catch My Drift: Word Challenge nation ~ dedicate(d) ~ here ~ we Create a sentence that contains these 4 words and no more than 12 total words that summarizes the purpose of this speech. In other words, what did Lincoln want people to remember, or take away, from it?

Telltale Techniques: Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical devices call attention to and strengthen ideas. Contrasts: putting two opposite ideas in one thought Triads: repeating three related thoughts, usually using similar grammar

Telltale Techniques: Contrasts “To be or not to be . . .” William Shakespeare’s Hamlet “The best means of insuring peace is to be prepared for war.” Alexander Hamilton “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Mohammad Ali

Telltale Techniques: Triads Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.” “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness” Declaration of Independence “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Sir Winston Churchill

ID It: Text Structures Cause and Effect Chronological Order Compare and Contrast Description Problem - Solution

ID It: Text Structure Chronological Order Past Present Future

ID It: Past

ID It: Present

ID It: Future

ID It: Clues to the Past What is the year President Lincoln is referring to in this passage?

ID It: Clues to the Past Which word and which phrase in this passage refers to a famous historic document?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal. . . with certain unalienable Rights. . . among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

ID It: Clues to the Past

Jan. 1, 1863

ID It: Call to Action In persuasive writing, particularly in speeches, the writer makes a call to action. This call to action asks or encourages the audience to do something about a problem.

ID It: Call to Action