Last day of class...

For your last day of class, please bring a poem that is a favorite of yours and be prepared to:
1.  Read it aloud
2.  Explain why you chose it and why it means something to you

Also, PLEASE REMEMBER your textbooks, if you have not turned them in yet.
Each book must be turned in to me on Monday to avoid a penalty of having to pay for the book.

Pick a poet...

Using this link to poets.org , choose 2 poets (one historical and one contemporary) and analyze the writing style of each poet.  Discuss what you like about his/her writing style and poems, then choose a favorite poem or two by this poet.  Again, explain why you like it, and what you believe the message of this poem to be, and, finally, how you think this poem relates to present day, the world/society at large, and/or you personally.
All of this info. should be submitted in class on Friday, 5/31/2013, on the wkst. provided.

Folder for the final speech

Here is the list of what goes in the folder for the final speech:
1.  Model "Who I Am" poem, where you filled in the blanks
2.  Responses to at least 2 "This I Believe" essays
3.  Journal about which piece from class you are referencing and why
4.  All planning notes for your speech (if done on paper)
5.  Outline for your speech which includes elements required, including:
     your claim, "rule of three" (2 examples), figurative language (2 examples)
     appeals of ethos, pathos, logos, repetition examples (2), & "call to action"
6.  Manuscript of speech, highlighted with correct color codes
     (this can be submitted via email as a PDF as well)

True Colors

This is the link to info. about the "true colors" activity we did in class related to personalities and appeals to audience.
http://drexel.edu/oca/l/downloads/Team%20Conflict%20Workshop%20Handout%2003-13-13a.pdf

Who I Am

Begin at this site:  http://thisibelieve.org/themes/

Choose a word that describes (or you would like to someday describe) you
Choose a topic of deep personal interest...
Journal about why you picked the words you did before you read.
Then, write a response to your favorite essay.
Finally, find a piece we have read this year that really speaks to who you are, relates to you, or has taught you something about who you are.  Spend some time writing about why this piece is so powerful and important to you.

Welcome to class!

Welcome to class for today!  Your homework for this evening is as follows:
Please go to this site:
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/rule-of-three-speeches-public-speaking/

Read and take notes about "the rule of three" and how it can be used in speech writing.
Be prepared to discuss these notes together tomorrow in class.

Review Keynote from class today...

Day Before the Test Final Thoughts keynote pres.

Hope the test goes well on Friday!
I am sure you will do great!

Analysis of great speeches and thoughts...

Today, we will be reading and analyzing some great speeches.
We will use the following links:
Lincoln's Reaction and Martin Luther King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech
Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
FDR's First Inaugural Address
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech

For each speech, you will be reading and taking notes as to:
1.  Basic details of time, occasion, and how context plays a role in what is being said
2.  Claim, supports for claim
3.  Rhetorical devices and how these are intended to impact the audience
4.  Significance in the greater realm of history

For homework, please read chapter one of "The World House" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
& answer the same questions from above on the wkst. provided.

Weekend work...

Homework for this weekend is as follows:
1.  Read over the comments on your essays and rhetorical analysis plans for Thoreau's passage  and Queen Elizabeth's speech.  You may choose to make adaptations to ONE essay and any of the rhetorical analysis plans to resubmit for a grade adjustment.
2.  In the folder, questions 2&3 prompts from the 2011 & 2012 AP tests have been included, along with top scoring example essays for each.  Read the prompts and the top scoring essays and evaluate why the top scoring essay is good.  What does it do that causes it to be good and engaging?  Record your thoughts in journal format for each of these.
*If you were absent, you can access these prompts and sample responses on the AP Central website.

Welcome to class!

Hi!  Welcome to class for today!  In my absence, you will be working on analyzing a new piece, a speech given by Queen Elizabeth.  You should work SILENTLY & INDEPENDENTLY for the first 40 minutes of class.
Your instructions are as follows:
1.  Please read and annotate the Queen Elizabeth speech.  Consider all aspects given for the context to add to your interpretation of the speech.
2.  Next, create 1 sample multiple choice question (C) per category (main idea, rhetoric, meaning and purpose, structure and organization, and rhetorical mode).
3.  Finally, create a plan in response to the following possible rhetorical analysis essay prompt:  analyze the way that Queen Elizabeth uses language and rhetorical techniques to achieve her purpose.

At 1:20, you may get together in your groups from yesterday and share questions you created and what you noticed about language and rhetorical techniques being used in the speech.

Please turn in your rhetorical analysis essay plan and your created questions to the substitute at the end of the class period.  Also, please turn in your Thoreau rhetorical analysis essay plan.

Thanks!