Rhetoric Presentations

January 25, 2018

Standard: 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks.

EQ: Present propaganda that is appropriate for purpose and audience.

Starter: 

Complete the project reflection handout. 

Vocabulary: 

Word; Human Right

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person

Your Definition: 

Activity: Create a small list of examples.

Activity: 

1.  Presentations

You will present your propaganda in small groups. 

Take turns sharing your ideas and visual.

Remember to use those rhetorical techniques during the presentation!

2. Socratic Seminar Prep 

Topic

Human Rights

What are our human rights?

(Consider what is stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.)

Evaluate whether or not these human rights are adequately present in society today.

Connect these rights to personal, national, and global issues. 

Create potential steps to help protect our rights and resolve issues.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Questions to Ask

WORLD CONNECTION QUESTION:

 Write a question connecting the text to the real world. 

 Example: If you were given only 24 hours to pack your most precious belongings in a back pack and to get ready to leave your home town, what might you pack? (After reading the first 30 pages of NIGHT).

OPEN-ENDED QUESTION: 

 Write an insightful question about the text that will require proof and group discussion and "construction of logic" to discover 

Example: How does the story represent the experience of women in the post-Civil War South? (From “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner

“AND IT MAKES ME WONDER” QUESTION:

 Anything you want so long as it’s interesting. Not plot-based boring stuff, but something cool and relevant. 

 Example: After reading A Tale of Two Cities-I found myself uncomfortably comfortable with Madam Defarge’s need for revenge. I know it hurt the Darnay’s and that it was unjust, but I understood why she did it and can totally understand why she does what she does. Did you guys ever find yourselves feeling sympathetic for a character or cause within the novel that you feel like you shouldn’t have?

Closure:

3 things you learned during the presentations.

2 shout outs for classmates

1 question you have