The Five Canons Notes Due Tuesday

This week we finished introducing the five canons.
Please read Chapter 2 & 3 from Everyday Use (the links are on the side of this blog under Readings)
to cement this into our memory.
Read the following:
Chapter 2:
Invention pp. 34 - 36 notes
skim pp 37 - 51 very light notes
Memory pp. 52-53 notes

Chapter 3:
Arrangement pp. 58 - 63 notes
Style pp. 63 - 79 notes
skim pp. 80 - 85 notes if you want
Delivery pp. 86 - 87 notes

Today, we began reading and annotating A Letter from Birmingham Jail for the Five Canons.

Ted Talk Homework: Looks aren't everything

Watch Cameron Rusell Ted Talk. Click here

Take notes using the rhetorical triangle, soapstone, or
What
Why
How
So What?

Read and draw examples from the transcript as well.

Your Elusive Genius & Readings for Writers

1. Monday Night Watch Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Genius
Take notes on the following - due Tuesday

Rhetor / Speaker:

• What is known (race, age, gender, beliefs, class, position)?
• What position do they take? biases? connection with audience?
• credibility? authority on which to speak?
• Persona - how they appear, voice (heroic, strong,  determined leader or angry mom)

Subject / Topic:

• How would you describe the talk in one word? This is about…
• Message - concept behind words (human nature is dark if given the opportunity)
• why is this important? evidence needed

Audience:

• who? (age, race, class, gender, beliefs, prejudices)
• relationship with the speaker (receptive? resistant?)

Purpose / Intent:

• what the speaker wants the audience to do / think with the information (challenge, to raise awareness, introduce, explore)

Context:

• history - what is / was happening surrounding the rhetoric?
• consider: political, social, economic, academic, personal, community, state, nation, international
• exigence: the issue / problem that caused the rhetor to speak, write

Gere / Delivery:

• how text is delivered (speech, memo, informal dialogue, diary entry, professional presentation)

Appeals: What does the speaker do or say to

- evoke emotions (pathos) ?

- build credibility (ethos) ?

- provide a logical discussion?

2. Read Chapter 1 Readings for Writers and take notes - Due Wednesday

Resontating Rhetoric Project

Compile your rhetoric into a creative format & follow the directions on the link to the side

1. Analyze your rhetoric for each of the following parts 
Rhetor / Speaker: What is known (race, age, gender, beliefs, class, position)?What position do they take? biases? connection with audience?credibility? authority on which to speak?Persona - how they appear, voice (heroic, strong,  determined leader or angry mom) Subject / Topic: Abstract (love, hate, compassion, theories about human nature) Message - concept behind words (human nature is dark if given the opportunity) why is this important? evidence needed Audience: who? (age, race, class, gender, beliefs, prejudices)relationship with the speaker (receptive? resistant?)Purpose / Intent: what the speaker wants the audience to do / think with the information (challenge, to raise awareness, introduce, explore) Context: history - what is / was happening surrounding the rhetoric? consider: political, social, economic, academic, personal, community, state, nation, internationalexigence: the issue / problem that caused the rhetor to speak, write Gere / Delivery: how text is delivered (speech, memo, informal dialogue, diary entry, professional presentation)
Appeals
Which appeals are used and where do you see this in the rhetoric?

2. Write up your brief analyses for each section and put into a creative format. (If you are analyzing slogans from a shoe company, create your responses in the shape of a shoe - for example. The shape or image should convey something about your piece).

3. Decide what you want to share with us about your piece (how you came into contact with the rhetoric - the context - how you or someone else were affected by the rhetoric due to the message). Decide how to deliver this creatively:
- introduce your ideas with an anecdote
- introduce with description
- create images for us to look at and ask questions for us to consider
- speak your rhetoric

Resonating Rhetoric

Thanks for offering your thoughts and insights on Sir Ken Robinson's talk today. There were some brilliant observations.

Please begin to think about a powerful piece of rhetoric (written, visual, or symbolic) that resonates with you.
This may be:
- a passage from a book
- a 30 second clip
- a statement, quote
- a symbol
- an image
- etc.

Everyday Use Chapter 1

Take notes on rhetoric and the Rhetoric Triangle 
Monday - 9 / 9 - Read & take notes on pp 1- 15
Monday - 9 / 10 - Read & take notes on pp 16 - 26

Notebooks & World Views Assignment Due Friday 9/6

Today, we began our notebooks and added to words to the term page. 

rhetoric
exigence 

Homework: 

How do you see the world and why?

Explain what has influenced your world view utilizing evidence from your life

• 3 sufficient paragraphs
• mini creative essay
• answer the question & provide examples

Welcome to AP Language

Welcome to AP Language!

“A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer.”
― Anthony Liccione

Happy first day of school. I hope all of you have had an awesome summer and are ready to get gritty with digesting some text. I promise we will read a lot, we will write a lot, and we will explore who we are as readers, writers, and citizens of the world. I invite you to bring your ideas and questions about who you are as a speaker, a writer, and an inquirer of the world.  Additionally, we will examine how these messages are sent and received and the impact of this dynamic interaction we call communication.

This is a college level class in which you will learn to critically read your texts with multiple lenses, develop a dialogue with rhetoric you see in the world, share your ideas with each other and writing. You will learn to polish and frame these ideas while working to become better rhetoricians (i.e. an effective communicator).

My expectations are high as I am sure your your talents will be well matched. I know you already have potential and ambition and I look forward to getting to know all of you.

Mrs. Murphy