Bell Ringer 5/22
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Please get out your Patrick Henry Activity and your
textbook so that we can go over section 1 for
participation points.
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Bell Ringer 5/22
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Please get out your Patrick Henry activity and your text
book (pg. 187) so that we can begin reading “The Speech
in the Virginia Convention.”
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2
Bell Ringer 5/22
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Please get out a piece of notebook paper and your
Patrick Henry Notes & Activity (you will need the
vocabulary definitions).
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What are the three types of persuasive appeal? How does
each type work?
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Bell Ringer 5/22
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Please get out your Patrick Henry Notes & Activity and
sit with your partners from yesterday.
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You have 10 minutes to finish section 1.
“The Speech in the Virginia Convention” is on pg. 187 in your
textbook.
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Bell Ringer 5/22
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Please get out your Declaration of Independence Activity
so that we can go over section 1 for participation points.
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English III
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EQ: How did Jefferson and Paine use structure and tone to
enhance their arguments and persuade their particular
audiences?
Agenda
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Bell Ringer/Discussion
Agenda/EQ
Reading The Declaration of Independence
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Notes & Activity
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Crash Course #2
Reading “The Crisis, Number 1”
Comparing/Contrasting Persuasive Writing
MLK Activity
Comp/Cont Persuasive Writing
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Create a 3 column graphic organizer.
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Analyze these topics:
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Label the columns The Declaration, Similarities, and The Crisis
Audience, Purpose, Tone, Structure, Evidence
List the similarities in the center column and the
differences under the specific piece of writing to which it
belongs.
Reading “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”
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Identify and explain the following on a sheet of
composition paper:
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King’s Audience
King’s Purpose/Claim
King’s Premise
King’s Evidence
King’s Tone
Label a bullet point for each item and write in complete
sentences.
English III
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EQ: How do Henry and Franklin use persuasive appeals and rhetorical
devices to persuade effectively while anticipating the audience’s knowledge
level, concerns, values, and possible biases?
Agenda
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Bell Ringer/Discussion
Agenda/EQ
Persuasive Speech Vocab Notes
Commercial Example – Free Credit Report
Reading Patrick Henry’s Bio (pg. 184)
Reading Henry’s “Speech in the VA Convention”
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Reading Benjamin Franklin’s Bio (pg. 184)
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Analysis Activity
Crash Course: The Constitution
Reading Franklin’s “Speech in the Convention”
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Analysis Activity
Persuasive Speech Vocab
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Persuasive Appeals
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Emotional Appeal (Pathos) – an appeal to emotion
Logical Appeal (Logos) – an appeal to logic or reason
Ethical Appeal (Ethos) – an appeal to credibility or character,
sometimes based on expertise
Persuasive Speech Vocab
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Rhetorical Devices
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Restatement: repeating an idea in a variety of ways
Repetition: restating an idea using the same words
Parallelism: repeating grammatical structures (often appears in
a list)
Rhetorical question: asking a question whose answer is selfevident
Persuasive Speech Vocab
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Bias = prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Analyzing Commercial Example
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Get into a group of 3.
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You need 1 piece of composition paper for your group.
Watch the Free Credit Report Commercial and
answer the question.
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Who is the target audience?
What rhetorical devices are used? How do they make
the commercial more effective?
What persuasive appeals are used? How are these
appeals targeted at a particular audience?
Write in full sentences and be specific.