Monday - You took your first full length multiple choice test.
Homework: Readings for Writers Chapter 1 Notes
Tuesday - we finished the test and began discussing critical reading.
Wednesday - Today, we had a long discussion about the rhetorical triangle, a tool you will begin using to analyze texts. We also discussed points on critical reading, emphasizing your notes and annotations should be interactive (more questions, declarations, musings and answers as opposed to fact finding and summary).
Homework: Annotate a credible article of your choice using those 14 points of critical reading.
Thursday: We analyzed the rhetorical triangle using Lou Gehrig's speech. You began creating your own rhetorical triangle to present an idea.
Friday: The 3 appeals were introduced.
These were added to your rhetorical triangle.
Homework: My favorite piece of rhetoric: Pick a text, song, speech, piece of art. etc that has moved you. Now analyze it using the elements of the rhetorical triangle and the 3 appeals (Speaker/Persona, message, audience, purpose, context & 3 appeals) This should be about 6 brief paragraphs. An example of the analysis was provided for you in class and available
here
Present your project creatively (visually) - this may be a poster, a brochure, a quote on a swing,
If you chose: "life is like a box of chocolates" cut and paste your project onto an empty box of chocolates.
If your rhetoric is about freedom, you might have a picture of the ocean, a path, the top of a mountain with your words encircling that image.
