1.  Please get out your Patrick Henry Activity and your text books so that I can check your work. o 1

2.  Please get out your Patrick Henry Activity and your book so that we can finish discussing your work for participation points. o 2

3.  Please get your book, a copy of today’s Graphic Organizer, and a writing utensil. o 3, 4, 7

4.  Please get out your Patrick Henry Activity so we can finish going over the notes. o 9

5.  EQ: How do Henry and Franklin use persuasive appeals and rhetorical devices to persuade effectively while anticipating the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases?  Agenda o Bell Ringer/Discussion o Agenda/EQ o Benjamin Franklin’s “Speech in the Convention” (pg. 191) Crash Course: The Constitution Type 2 Writing & Graphic Organizer Reading Benjamin Franklin’s Bio (pg. 184) Reading Franklin’s “Speech in the Convention” Analysis Activity o Type 3 Writing Activity

6.  Persuasive Appeals o Emotional Appeal (Pathos) – an appeal to emotion o Logical Appeal (Logos) – an appeal to logic or reason o Ethical Appeal (Ethos) – an appeal to credibility or character, sometimes based on expertise

7.  Rhetorical Devices o Restatement: repeating an idea in a variety of ways o Repetition: restating an idea using the same words o Parallelism: repeating grammatical structures (often appears in a list) o Rhetorical question: asking a question whose answer is self-evident

8. Bias = prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

9.  Get into a group of 3. o You need 1 piece of composition paper for your group.  Watch the Free Credit Report Commercial and answer the question. 1. Who is the target audience? 2. What rhetorical devices are used? How do they make the commercial more effective? 3. What persuasive appeals are used? How are these appeals targeted at a particular audience?  Write in full sentences and be specific.

10.  In the first column, define the following terms from the video o Articles of Confederation, Shays’ Rebellion, Federalist, Anti- Federalist, Constitution, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, The Federalist Papers  In the second column, list the issues or concerns associated with that term

11.  In 1 paragraph, describe The United States’ journey from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. o Use four of the eight terms from your graphic organizer in your explanation.

12.  Write a brief speech (1 page, front and back – skip lines).  Persuade your classmates to support you in your quest to change one element of our school life – rules, culture, environment, etc. o FCA #1: Chose an idea that you feel passionate about and support your claim with 1 of each type of persuasive appeal (logical, ethical, emotional). o FCA #2: Refute (or argue against) one counter argument. o FCA #3: Use 3 of the 4 rhetorical devices (repetition, restatement, parallelism, rhetorical questions). o Bonus: +5 points if you type your response o 25 points total