Day 53 (3/28): Intro to The Things They Carried

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Warm Up:
Voice Lessons: Diction Lesson #6

Learning Intentions:
We are learning that...
  • Effective rhetorical analysis works to explain how a text works to convey its meaning.
  • Authors use rhetorical strategies to add power, nuance, and depth to their arguments.
Success Criteria
We will know we have been successful when we can...
  • Name the elements that are essential to every effective argument.
  • Identify, name, and explain a selection of rhetorical devices and strategies.

Agenda
  • Activity: Meme the Rhetorical Device
  • Intro to The Things They Carried
Upcoming:
For Tuesday (I will not be here):
  • Finish  and submit Focus Project Product #1 Planning Guide. Be sure to include:
    • Complete and specific description of Exigence, Audience, Purpose and Form
    • Some idea of a plan for completion
    • 4 standards that your product will demonstrate mastery of
    • A bibliography with at least 6 sources in MLA format
  • Continue reading The Things They Carried. (Ch. 1-4 Quiz and Discussion Thursday)
  • Finish Vocabulary Meme Activity

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