“Civil Disobedience” Objective: To annotate a text by first reading and marking anything that you notice; then identifying the purpose/tone/audience in a thesis statement; then annotating for specific effects to answer AP style questions and writing prompts

Quickwrite There have been several protests and activist marches in the last few months. Do you think they were effective for creating change? Explain why or why not.

Biography While we study various authors, we will be looking at how their lives and times they lived in influenced their style of writing. Read the short biography of Thoreau

Reading and Annotating On the first reading, I am looking for the main message of the passage and the author’s tone. (Tone can affect the message—miss the tone and you could done miss the message) Ask a question for clarification or vocabulary Rhetorical Techniques to “spy” or look for – Anecdotes – Imagery – Definitions – Dividing whole into parts – Paradoxes – Metaphors – Irony – Evidence

Discuss Look for three lines you would like to discuss with your group from the selection you have chosen Person 1—lines 1-34 Person 2—lines Person 3—lines – Interesting ideas (agree/disagree with point) – Places of confusion – Vivid imagery, diction, or comparisons

SOAPSTone Speaker: – How does Thoreau urge his readers to believe in him as a trustworthy, credible person? Occasion: – What is the central questions that the text has been written in response to? Audience: – How do you think Thoreau wanted his readers to react to the essay? What did he want them to feel? Think? Believe? Do? Would different audiences react differently? Purpose: – What is Thoreau’s message or purpose? What does he want changed? Subject: – What is his REAL topic? Tone: – What is his attitude towards the topic or audience? What diction or imagery creates this tone? Thesis statement with the following: (TAG) purpose and tone about the subject/audience

Guided Analysis Answer the following 8 questions by: – Answering the prompt Topic sentence – Citing text and (line #) Introduce by stating where in the text and any rhetorical techniques that were used – Explaining the effects Connect to the effect SOAPSTone Connect to Ethos/Pathos/Logos (don’t use these terms but describe how the citation creates this element of argument)

Writing Prompt The excerpt for Civil Disobedience written by naturalist and activist Henry David Thoreau voices his opinion about government taxes being used for the Mexican-American War. Reread the passage carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze how Thoreau illustrates choice to not pay taxes.