Monday, October 6, 2014

Work for this week...

Use this link for part 6 on the test:
"In Praise of a Carefree Childhood" by P. J. O'Rourke, 8/2014

New Vocabulary Words for this week:
implies
employs
characterizes
intimidates
counters
extends
underscores
recalls
illustrates
evokes


DUE WEDNESDAY, 10/8:  
For your ASSIGNED SPEECH, read and...
1.  Record how TOULMIN'S MODEL applies.
2.  Consider and record notes about the CONTEXT in which the speech was delivered, including events of social, political, economic, environmental, or cultural significance at the time.
3.  Examine how CULTURAL MEMORY is reflected in the speech, and how the speech itself is representative of an aspect of cultural memory for the time period in which it was given.


FDR's inaugural address
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/
(assigned to: Emily B., C., & R.)

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech

Kennedy's Inaugural Address speech
(assigned to:  Michele, Wes, Ashley, Anna)

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s  "I Have a Dream" speech
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/i-have-a-dream.htm
(assigned to: Kyra, Katelyn, Michael, Kaylee)

Robert Kennedy's speech on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
http://www.robertfkennedy.net/mlkdeathspeech.htm
(assigned to:  Hannah, Andrea, Brian, Makayla)

Reagan's Challenger tragedy speech


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