Thursday, 10/29

 Starter #34
Respond to this rhetoric in at least 100 words.  
Questions to spur your thinking: What ideologies do you hear articulated in this video? What is your reaction to the main speaker’s rhetoric? What elements of his speech are persuasive? What pieces of evidence does he use? What PATHOS- emotional appeals—does he make? Overall, are you moved by his speech?

Class Biz

• Test Corrections (see page 1 only) due Tuesday (End of class)
• Office hours Monday 7th period (please get a pass from me if you plan on coming and check in with your exploratory teacher first)
• Honors lunch meeting next week: Thursday
• Essay refinements AND Writing Growth DP page due 1 week after conference

Today's Goals
1.  Be able to define rhetoric and give examples of rhetorical discourse.
2.  Understand and apply the three main "vertices" of the Rhetorical Triangle. 
3. Identify they ways in which the 3 ideologies of justice we’ve studied so far (security, liberty and equality) appear in the founding documents of the United States include the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

Agenda
1.  (Slides 1-20 only): Powerpoint--Rhetoric: "The Art of Persuasion" (Taking notes is strongly encouraged. You'll need to apply these ideas to your op-ed article and visual projects)

2. Pair share

• What do you remember about the American Revolution?  What have you learned about it in your schooling? 
• Why was the Declaration of Independence written?  Upon what ideologies was the Revolution based?

3. Video: Crash Course US History   and It's Too Late to Apologize
Discuss:

• What ideology is reflected in the way the story of the Revolution is usually told?
• What was the role of rhetoric in the American Revolution?
• What was the exigency (urgency/demand/need) of writing the Declaration of Independence?

4. Complete this:  The Ideology of the Declaration of Independence

• Declaration Preamble
• Why did the Founding Fathers write the Declaration?
•  A Significant Omission

*Audience Adaptation: Adapting (changing) your phrasing, tone, word choice and even overall message in order to more effectively persuade your intended audience. For instance, a politician would speak very differently to a group of teenagers about freedom of speech in schools than he/she would a group of conservative school board members.

5. If done early, make sure you have done the following:

• Completed Tuesday’s google classroom posts (1 of your own + 2 responses to classmates)
• Completed the survey from Tuesday’s dp blog
• Test corrections or essay refinements or Writing Growth DP