Rhetorical Analysis Review and RFK on the death of MLK

Inquiry: How can reviewing a rhetorical analysis essay help me to determine strengths and weaknesses in my own writing? How can SOAPStone be used as a starting point for rhetorical analysis?

1. Opener: Quick Vocab Check-in: quiz on Tuesday!
2. Review sample rhetorical analysis essay and break down her argument

• Read the essay's introduction and mark
• Introductory info
• Thesis (and 4 points)
• Hows (3 strategies)
• Then find how the thesis and "hows" are carried out through the essay

3. Turn in your own analysis on classroom- what are your perceived strengths and weaknesses? Complete self-assessment

4. EPL Review: Mary Ewald

5. RFK speech

• Context
• Watch, listen, read the text
• Mark positive/negative connotation words
• What other techniques do you see? Note them

Homework: SOAPStone + EPL

Walter Isaacson Says/Does

Inquiry: How does the says/does method help me to analyze the arrangement of a text?

1. Opener: Review outlines from last class. How does organization strengthen or weaken Gladwell's message?

2. Review: what are the possible starting points for reading and writing a rhetorical analysis?

3. Group Activity: Says/Does Analysis of Isaacson's Parts
How does Isaacson convey his meaning?

1. Work in groups of 2 or 3
2. Paraphrase what each paragraph is saying in the margins (the “says” part)
3. Divide Isaacson’s chapter into parts (by paragraphs)--as many as you think are sensible.
4. Answer the following questions in your group:
1. Describe what each part does to the meaning of the text? How does it contribute to the overall purpose?
2. What is the effect of each of the parts on the audience? How does it persuade them?
3. Where does Isaacson give us his thesis or central idea?
4. How do all of the parts build up to or off of this central idea?

Homework for Wednesday:

• Write a rhetorical analysis of Walter Isaacson's Chapter on Ben Franklin. Choose three points for focus, with one being arrangement. Consider in this paragraph how the arrangement of his argument strengthens his main point.
• Finish vocab for Wednesday

Arrangement: Classical Model

How can breaking down the structure/arrangement of an argument help me to understand meaning and persuasive appeal? 
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Opener: The Movement of #MeToo
Read the article that was published in The Atlantic this week. What does Sophie Gilbert add to the conversation? How would Gladwell respond to her article? How would she respond to Gladwell? What do you think about the role of social media in activism?

Reflection on Gladwell response piece- 

• Underline the thesis of your letter (the statement that best asserts your main point). Do you think you did well accomplishing your goal of providing your own version of Gladwell’s argument AND persuading your audience? What went well? Where did you struggle?
• OR, if not done: Write a letter to the editor in response to Gladwell’s claims. Start by restating in a brief summary Gladwell’s claims. Then, make your own claims about his argument. How will you be persuasive? How will you provide your own claims, your own details to offer your own version of his argument, to agree with his position, to change his mind, or to take what he says in a new direction? Your letter shouldn’t be too long- a page is all you will be able to persuade the editors to publish- so you need to think how to get to your point efficiently and eloquently.

• What is your primary aim, intention, or purpose?
• Who is your audience?
• What main point do you intend to make?
• What kind of effect do you want your response to have on your audience?
• What kind of person/personality do you want your audience to perceive that you are/have?
• How do you think you will organize and arrange your response?
• What kinds of effective word choices do you think you will make?
• How do you want your sentences to look and sound?
• What do you want your audience to perceive your tone to be?
• What do you want your audience to perceive your stance to be?

Arrangement- The Classical Model
Examples for Analysis:

• "Not my Math Alone" - as you read, put brackets around each section and label the argument
• Back to Gladwell- In groups, create an organization of this essay where you can explain what each paragraph "does". Your outline should include the following:
• His main claims
• His sub claims
• His counterclaims
• His evidence and examples
• His beginning, middle, and end
• His shifts

HW: Read and Annotate Walter Isaacson's first chapter of his biography of Benjamin Franklin. We will be looking closely at the structure of this essay next class (Monday). 

Vocabulary Work: Unit 1, due Wednesday

Using the Rhetorical Triangle to Analyze Malcolm Gladwell

Inquiry: how can the rhetorical triangle be used to analyze an argument?

1. Opener: what did you think of Gladwell's article? Was your prediction about the article correct? What is his central argument?

2. Using the rhetorical triangle to analyze an argument. Groups will report out when finished!

Group 1: Speaker

• Questions to consider:
• Who is Malcolm Gladwell?
• What are his professional, personal,  and academic experiences?
• How is the writer related to the subject?
• What is the writer responding to?
• What's motivating him to write? (context)
• Where do we see Gladwell in the text?
• Is Gladwell credible? How do you know?

Group 2: Subject

• Elements to consider:
• Arrangement: order, structure, support
• Style: diction, syntax, tone, devices
• Memory: allusions, connections to experience, shared beliefs
• Delivery: genre, coherence, tone, effective voice

Group 3 Audience

• Questions to consider:
• How is the writer appealing to the intended audience?
• Label appeals: ethos, pathos, logos
• Is he likable? In what ways?
• Does he demonstrate an understanding of the needs, knowledge, values and expectations of his audience?

HW: Write a letter to the editor in response to Gladwell’s claims. How will you be persuasive? How will you provide your own claims, your own details to offer your own version of his argument, to agree with his position, to change his mind, or to take what he says in a new direction? Your letter shouldn’t be too long- a page is all you will be able to persuade the editors to publish- so you need to think how to get to your point efficiently and eloquently.

Intro to the Rhetorical Situation

Inquiry:  How can I explain the conscious decisions I make when reading rhetorically? How can finding supporting evidence support my hypothesis of the author’s central argument and tone?

1. News Thread: Lily

2. Intro to Aristotle's triangle

• Activity: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

3. Use SOAPStone to approach George Bush's 9/11

HW:

•  Read and annotate the Malcolm Gladwell article and answer the questions on classroom. 
• Have a final final draft of your narrative ready to turn in on Tuesday. 
• Respond to Lily's YLNT Discussion Question

PSAT Day- Imitation Writing and College Essay Workshop

October 11, 2017

Inquiry Question: How can identifying and imitating an author's use of verbs and verbals to develop style help me to develop style in my own writing?

1. Warm-up: Imitation Exercise #2 
2. Opening Lines: Which ones strike you and why? Does your essay begin with a strong opening line?
2. Swap papers with a NEW partner. Read each other's essays and then use the scoring criteria to help you offer specific feedback.

HW: Narrative Essay Final Draft

Writing Workshop

October 5, 2017

Inquiry Question: How can reviewing Scoring Criteria and sample essays help me to give effective feedback on a piece of writing?

1.  Opener: Grace B!
2. NY Times Article: How to Conquer the Admissions Essay
3. Review Scoring Criteria for Narrative Writing
4. Score sample college essays
5. Workshop: using the scoring criteria, give your partner actionable feedback
6. Intro to No Red Ink: www.noredink.com
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HW: Complete Parts of Speech Diagnostic and Practice on No Red Ink
Have a really really good (almost complete) narrative essay for next class
Respond to Grace's posting on classroom