Senior WritingWeek 8
Week of February 4Unit 3
Journals 4-7Intro to Persuasive Techniques and
Argument
Monday, February 4O Complete Journal 4
O Label each part: A – Definition, B – your 3 items C – what you will write about D – Intro.
O Label and complete E – For each item, explain it and how it shows your term.
O Label and complete F – sum up your term – its relevance to today.
O Have finished by Friday.
O Learning Target: Communicate your understanding of an abstract concept and illustrate it with an example.
Monday – cont’dO Unit 3 – Lesson 1, Part 1. Complete
to correct Tuesday.O Discuss CollageO Hand out Employment Skills sheet
for someone else to fill out – due for Friday.
Tuesday, Feb. 5O Opening: Please copy down the following
quote –
O “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” Malcolm X.
O Learning Target: I will understand the concepts of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos. I will recognize some persuasive techniques in advertising.
AgendaO Journal 6
O Philosophy of Life
O 15-20 “I believe” statements.
O Correct Les. 1, Ex. 1O Go over rest of
Lesson 1. Do Ex. 2
O Intro to PersuasionO DemographicsO Pathos, Logos,
EthosO Other
advertising or persuasive techniques
O Commercials
DemographicsO What are they?O What are yours?
O RaceO GenderO Age groupO Social groups – clubs, job, neighborhood,
friend groupsO Region of the countryO Education/Educational goalsO Region of the countryO Religion
O TV programs, music, moviesO Why do they matter?
Pathos, Logos, Ethos – 3 Greek Words
O What does each mean?O How does each apply to persuasion?O http://www.readwritethink.org/classro
om-resources/lesson-plans/persuasive-techniques-advertising-1166.html
O Handout on the three with examples.O Other techniquesO View commericals
Wednesday, Feb. 6O Review p. 43 – there are 7 correct items
(including one we did yesterday).
O Learning Target – Understand how persuasive techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments.
Wednesday – cont’dO Lesson 1
GrammarO Persuasive
techniquesO Review
Commercials
O Look for examples of Pathos, Ethos, and Logos
O What other techniques do you see?
Thursday, Feb. 7
OOpening: Many of you did best on the Unit 2 test than on the Unit 1 test. (Write this sentence – correct the error.)
O Misplaced ModifiersO Discuss argument – topic, how to argueO Discuss possible reasons and supportO Go over Unit 2 test – discuss retakes.
Misplaced Modifiers: What is wrong?
O “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.” (Groucho Marx)
O “FOR SALE: Mahogany table by a lady with Chippendale legs” (Ad in newspaper)
O “Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Lane” (Headline in newspaper)
Topic Consideration
O Learning Target: O Understand how persuasive
techniques are selected and used and how they can be used to develop arguments.
O Link claims and evidence to support a reason and the claim.
TopicO Read over the introduction to the
topic. O Respond to the topic = discuss on
paper your ideas on the topic in regards to the prompt.
O Pull out thesisO Pull out reasonsO Now - support
Article ReviewO Chunk articleO Read and annotate
O Underline any key words/phrases/evidence that fits a reason.
O Identify with P, L, or E – one item from the article you could use for at least 2 of the techniques. Mark in the left margin.
O Write a word or phrase that identifies a key concept from each chunk. Write it in the right margin.
Discuss Reasons and Evidence
O Decide on a piece of evidence that could be used to support 3 of the reasons.
O Decide on a way to address counterargument –
O Report out ideas
O Discuss one reason point.
O Discuss a second reason point
O Discuss a counterargument.
Friday, February 8O Opening:
O “Throw the baby from the bus a kiss.” Please write down a corrected version of this.
O Dangling ModifiersO Journal 7O Work on prep to retake the testO Work time –
O CollageO Quotes
Dangling ModifiersO Flying over the African landscape,
the elephant herd looked magnificent.O Picture it. Not pretty. Hope they do
not fly overhead. O Covered with hot melted cheese, we
ate the pizza.O That could be painful. I really prefer
my cheese on the pizza.
AgendaO Complete Dangling Modifier exercise.
O Learning Target: Recognize the error in sentences and rewrite for clarity.
O Show me Employability Skills checklist - then get to work on Journal 7O Learning Target: Demonstrate ability to critical
think and draw support from two different sources. O When you finish Journal 7, you may get a COW
and do any of the following:O Work on your collage.O Find quotes you like.O Work on Scholarships.O Review for Retake of Unit 2 Retake