Day and Date: Monday, Sep. 28
Standard: ELAGSE11-12RL9 Demonstrate knowledge of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century
foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same
period treat similar themes or topics.
ELAGSE11-12SL3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis,
and tone used.
Learning Goal: TSW be able to recognize and analyze features of rhetoric in public speeches
Activating Strategy:
Open the prezi you worked in last week, meet with the group you worked with, review the 13
rhetoric terms you applied to the speech assigned to you.
Teaching Strategies:
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Groups will airplay their speeches and present their analysis
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Students will record at least 2 examples from each speech in their rhetoric notes
Summarizing Strategy: TOD what is one rhetorical device that still seems confusing to you.
Assessment/Evaluation: Socrative quiz, group presentations
Materials needed: Prezi, iPad and OLC, socrative app
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Day and Date: Tuesday, Sep. 29
Standard: ELAGSE11-12RL9 Demonstrate knowledge of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century
foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same
period treat similar themes or topics.
ELAGSE11-12SL3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis,
and tone used.
Learning Goal: TSW identify rhetorical strategies in early American speeches and essays
Activating Strategy: What rhetorical strategy did you write down yesterday for the TOD? Post its
definition or an example in Today’s meet
Teaching Strategies:
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Socrative quiz on examples of rhetoric from the speeches.
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I will use the scores from the Socrative to differentiate and place students in groups
with either a high, medium, or low level text from early American literature to
examine (Anne Bradstreet poem, Thomas Paine essay, Patrick Henry speech, Jonathan
Edwards sermon, Chief Joseph speech)
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Students will open the PDF of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and to read. I will
model how to analyze and create the assessment from part of the Jonathan Edwards
sermon that students will not analyze.
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Students will select their role in the group based on the descriptors provided, read and
analyze their selected text, looking for examples of rhetorical strategies, create a
popplet, iBrainstorm chart, or inspiration map of at least 5 DIFFERENT examples of
rhetorical strategies, including persuasive appeal primarily used.
Summarizing Strategy: Call on groups to share the persuasive appeal most commonly used in
their texts and one examples to support it.
Assessment/Evaluation: Popplet, iBrainstorm, or inspiration map, group effectiveness
Materials needed: Early American literature texts from OLC, notes on rhetorical strategies,
group role descriptors
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Day and Date: Wednesday, Sep. 30
Standard: Demonstrate knowledge of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century foundational works of
American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar
themes or topics.
ELAGSE11-12SL3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis,
and tone used.
Learning Goal: TSW be able to recognize and analyze features of rhetoric in public speeches
Activating Strategy: review with group members what everyone's roles and duties are. Report to
teacher what app you plan to use for your document.
Teaching Strategies:
- lead students through an exercise reviewing pathos, logos, and ethos based on yesterday's
Socrative
- review the requirements for the assignment and monitor and assist students as needed.
- Remind students that my model is on the OLC
Summarizing Strategy: report to the class the primary persuasive appeal used in your text
Assessment/Evaluation: group presentations
Materials needed: various apps, OLC, iPads, copies of sample texts for students who don't have
iPad
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Day and Date: Thursday, Oct 1
Standard:
Standard: Demonstrate knowledge of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century foundational works of
American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar
themes or topics.
ELAGSE11-12SL3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis,
and tone used.
Learning Goal: TSW be able to recognize and analyze features of rhetoric in public speeches
Activating Strategy: reporters should conference with group to be certain of details before
presenting
Teaching Strategies:
- assess student presentations
- Students will record at least 2 examples of rhetorical strategies for each presentation
Summarizing Strategy: choose one of the texts presented today and write an Instagram hashtag
for it.
Assessment/Evaluation: group presentations
Materials needed: various apps, OLC, iPads, copies of sample texts for students who don't have
iPad
Day and Date: Friday, Oct 2
Standard: Standard: Demonstrate knowledge of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century foundational
works of American literature, including how two or more texts
from the same period treat similar themes or topics.
ELAGSE11-12SL3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis,
and tone used.
Learning Goal: TSW be able to recognize and analyze features of rhetoric in public speeches
Activating Strategy: post the hashtags you created yesterday on today's meet at today's
meet.com/foster929
Teaching Strategies:
- assess student presentations
- Students will record at least 2 examples of rhetorical strategies for each presentation
Summarizing Strategy: choose one of the texts presented today and write an Instagram hashtag
for it.
Assessment/Evaluation: group presentations
Materials needed: various apps, OLC, iPads, copies of sample texts for students who don't have
iPad