Documentary Unit
Mrs. Whetstone
AP Language
December 3-7
AGENDA
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Recap
Finish film
HOMEWORK:
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Rachel Carson Silent Spring (Chapters 1-2)
Textbook:
 Standard Version: 798-806
 New Version: 888-896
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QFD: #1, 2, 3
Q on R/S: #1, 7
SFW: #6
Composition Book, Page 32-33
AGENDA
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AdvancEd Survey
Claim/Thesis
Outline Argument
Secondary Source/Works Cited
Purpose
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That it is time to make significant changes in
response to the reality that global warming
(or climate change) is not a political issue but
an ethical or moral one.
Consider:
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Is that image of Gore with the American flag
waving in the background an example of
effective juxtaposition that reminds us of his
public service and commitment? Or is it a
fallacy that manipulates us to associate Gore
with patriotic fervor?
Consider:
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When Gore narrates the near-death
experience of his young son and how that
affected him, is he shamelessly appealing to
our emotions, or is he emphasizing that we
often fail to value what is precious until we
are in danger of losing it?
Organization
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MLA Heading
Title: Claim and Outline
Double space
12 pt Times New Roman
This document is separate from your analysis
paper
Claim/Thesis
In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore wants to
reach a large audience, particularly nonscientists, to stress the urgency of
responding to global warming.
Yes, Morals!
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Who/What
To Whom
Purpose (rhetorical verb + claim)
Don’t forget the adjectives!
Claim/Thesis
Although Al Gore claims that only moral and
ethical concerns about global warming
prompted him to make the documentary An
Inconvenient Truth, the film is a thinly
disguised promotion to the American people
for another bid at presidency.
Okay, President Gore…
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Who/What
To Whom
Purpose (rhetorical verb + claim)
Don’t forget the adjectives!
In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore wants to
reach a large audience, particularly nonscientists, to stress the urgency of responding
to global warming.
Although Al Gore claims that only moral and
ethical concerns about global warming
prompted him to make the documentary An
Inconvenient Truth, the film is a thinly disguised
promotion to the American people for another
bid at presidency.
Outline (Classical Model)
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Exordium (Ethos)
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Narratio (Set the scene, Audience)
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Rhetorical analysis of evidence
Refutatio
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Abstract yet focused on choice claim
Possible
placement
for secondary
source
Confirmatio (Rhetorical Analysis of film)
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Author, Piece, Claim
Counterargument
Peroratio (Pathos)
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Loop it back! Bring it all together. Consider APPEAL!
AGENDA
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Outline
Secondary Sources
Rhetorical Analysis on Laptops
Outline (Classical Model)
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Exordium (Ethos)
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Narratio (“Bridge the Gap”)
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Rhetorical analysis of evidence
Refutatio
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Abstract yet focused on choice claim
Confirmatio (Rhetorical Analysis of film)
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Author, Piece, Claim
Possible
placement
for
secondary
source
Counterargument
Peroratio (Pathos)
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Loop it back! Bring it all together. Consider APPEAL!
Citation and
Secondary Sources
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Diana Hacker
Bibme.org
Knightcite.com
They Say, I Say (packet from Mrs. Whetstone)
Secondary Sources
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Zeitoun (Dave Eggers: non-fiction on
Hurricane Katrina)
Stats supporting/refuting claim
Provide ETHOS:
Articles/ Scientific Journals
Introduce sources
In full detail!
Cause/Effect
Global Warming/Climate Change
Keep claim in perspective! DO NOT allow
refutatio to distract or overtake. Use YOUR
words to support YOUR claim!
AGENDA
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Heading and page numbers
Works Cited
Rhetorical Analysis on Laptops
Final Analysis and Outline due TOMORROW!
PRINTED WHEN YOU COME INTO CLASS!
Works Cited for Doc.
An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim.
Perf. Albert Gore. Paramount Classics, 2006.
Film.
View Sample
Header/Page Number Review
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If necessary
AGENDA
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Turn in Analysis
Focus Write
Introduce Anti-Bullying Project
Bully
Focus Write
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List “categories” of bullying
What type seems to happen most often?
Why do you suppose?
Have you witnessed bullying yourself?
If you have/potentially do… will you address
it? To whom, how?
Categories
1. Persistent Picking
2. Cyber bullying
3. Exclusion
4. Physical
5. Intimidation
6. Unanimous bullying messages
(messages on locker, etc.)
Ms. Karen Klein
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Bus supervisor for twenty-three years in
upstate New York
Bully
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Bully (originally titled The Bully Project) is a 2011
documentary film about bullying in U.S. schools.
Directed by Lee Hirsch, the film follows the lives of
five students who face bullying on a daily basis. The
documentary follows students from high schools in
Georgia, Iowa, Texas, Mississippi and Oklahoma
during the 2009–10 school year; it also follows the
students' families. The film's particular focus is on
the deaths of Tyler Long and Ty Smalley, victims of
bullying who took their own lives. The film describes
in great detail how the average American school kid
cannot defend himself or herself against ridicule.
~Source: Wikipedia
Bully Trailer
http://vimeo.com/11321951