Cycle 1 Day 3

 Reading Goal:  As we read, we will identify how a speaker uses emotional appeals to persuade.  Today’s Big Question:  How do we use appeals to emotion to persuade people in everyday life?  Team Cooperation Goal:  Complete all tasks

 Review our Idea Tree. What persuasive techniques have we seen so far?  Looking back at President Roosevelt’s speech, what emotions do you think his audience was feeling?  Do you think it was his speech, or the situation itself, that produced these emotions? Explain.  What emotions of his own did the president communicate in his speech?

 Identify the emotion people might feel after each of these types of speech:  Principal’s speech announcing awards for the most improved test scores  Coach’s speech in the locker room after a very badly played first half  Speech by favorite TV star admitting to drug addiction  Speech by a mother whose toddler was rescued from a burning building

 Listening Comprehension Day 3 in your student edition.  Listen to Think Aloud.  What can we add to our Idea Tree?Idea Tree

Persuasion Main Idea: Pres. Roosevelt Factual Evidence Main Idea: S. Truth Personal Experience Main Idea: Dates Locations Statistics Other countries targeted Worked the same fields as male slaves Suffered same punishments as men Saw 13 of her kids sold into slavery

WordDefinition intellectThe ability to think on an advanced level InterveningOccurring between two events, placed between two things OnslaughtA massive attack SearedBurned, scorched FatigueState of being very tired ExaltedRaised high; elevated ResolveTo make a firm decision PerishTo be destroyed, to die off

1. Dr. King reminds the audience that the writers of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence promised something to all citizens of our country. What was the promise? 2. Why does he say that America has not honored the “sacred obligation” of equal opportunity for all? 3. What does he say about how America should feel for having “given the Negro people a bad check?” 4. What emotion would you have felt if you had been standing in the audience, hearing him say these words? Why? (write)

 Which emotions did Dr. King appeal to most powerfully in this section of his speech? Explain.  Which emotions do you appeal to when you try to persuade friends or family members to help you with a project?  Can you think of a time when someone tried to appeal to your emotions? How well did it work?  Why are appeals to strong negative emotions—like hatred or anger—dangerous? What can happen when a crowd is influenced by “hate speech”?  Practice Vocabulary