Senior Writing Week 8 Week of February 4 Unit 3 Journals 4-7 Intro to Persuasive Techniques and Argument

Monday, February 4 O Complete Journal 4 O Label each part: A – Definition, B – your 3 items C – what you will write about D – Intro. O Label and complete E – For each item, explain it and how it shows your term. O Label and complete F – sum up your term – its relevance to today. O Have finished by Friday. O Learning Target: Communicate your understanding of an abstract concept and illustrate it with an example.

Monday – cont’d O Unit 3 – Lesson 1, Part 1. Complete to correct Tuesday. O Discuss Collage O Hand out Employment Skills sheet for someone else to fill out – due for Friday.

Tuesday, Feb. 5 O Opening: Please copy down the following quote – O “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” Malcolm X. O Learning Target: I will understand the concepts of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos. I will recognize some persuasive techniques in advertising.

Agenda O Journal 6 O Philosophy of Life O “I believe” statements. O Correct Les. 1, Ex. 1 O Go over rest of Lesson 1. Do Ex. 2 O Intro to Persuasion O Demographics O Pathos, Logos, Ethos O Other advertising or persuasive techniques O Commercials

Context of Communication

Demographics O What are they? O What are yours? O Race O Gender O Age group O Social groups – clubs, job, neighborhood, friend groups O Region of the country O Education/Educational goals O Region of the country O Religion O TV programs, music, movies O Why do they matter?

Pathos, Logos, Ethos – 3 Greek Words O What does each mean? O How does each apply to persuasion? O resources/lesson-plans/persuasive- techniques-advertising-1166.html resources/lesson-plans/persuasive- techniques-advertising-1166.html O Handout on the three with examples. O Other techniques O View commericals

Wednesday, Feb. 6 O Review p. 43 – there are 7 correct items (including one we did yesterday). O Learning Target – Understand how persuasive techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments.

Wednesday – cont’d O Lesson 1 Grammar O Persuasive techniques O Review Commercials O Look for examples of Pathos, Ethos, and Logos O What other techniques do you see?

Thursday, Feb. 7 O Opening: Many of you did best on the Unit 2 test than on the Unit 1 test. (Write this sentence – correct the error.) O Misplaced Modifiers O Discuss argument – topic, how to argue O Discuss possible reasons and support O Go over Unit 2 test – discuss retakes.

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)

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.

Topic O Read over the introduction to the topic. O Respond to the topic = discuss on paper your ideas on the topic in regards to the prompt. O Pull out thesis O Pull out reasons O Now - support

Article Review O Chunk article O Read and annotate O Underline any key words/phrases/evidence that fits a reason. O Identify with P, L, or E – one item from the article you could use for at least 2 of the techniques. Mark in the left margin. O Write a word or phrase that identifies a key concept from each chunk. Write it in the right margin.

Discuss Reasons and Evidence O Decide on a piece of evidence that could be used to support 3 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, February 8 O Opening: O “ Throw the baby from the bus a kiss.” Please write down a corrected version of this. O Dangling Modifiers O Journal 7 O Work on prep to retake the test O Work time – O Collage O Quotes

Dangling Modifiers O 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.

Agenda O Complete Dangling Modifier exercise. O Learning Target: Recognize the error in sentences and rewrite for clarity. O Show me Employability Skills checklist - then get to work on Journal 7 O Learning Target: Demonstrate ability to critical think and draw support from two different sources. O When you finish Journal 7, you may get a COW and do any of the following: O Work on your collage. O Find quotes you like. O Work on Scholarships. O Review for Retake of Unit 2 Retake