Eng 10Q3 W2 Spring 2015

MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail Unit Standards

• RI.10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

• RI.9-10.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

• RI.10.9 Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance including how they address related themes and concepts.

Eng 10 DO NOW 1/20/15First, turn in your DO NOWs to the US MAIL BOX. (Name, date for each DO NOW, period #, stapled if multiple pages, NO TEETH!! Points deducted for wrong format)Take out the letter and the handout from FridaySecond, write down what is on the reading check QUIZ TOMORROWOnce done, put your pen/pencil away.

MLK’s Letter: Quiz Content• From notes:

– Definitions of Rhetoric, Argument, Tone, • From the letter:

– MLK’s audience (who is the letter to)– What is the “counterargument”

(What are they saying about King?)– Summarize King’s argument about

being an “outsider/ agitator”– King’s definition of

Just vs. Unjust LawsExtremist

Success Today Means 1/20

• Students will review their responses over the content of MLK’s letter.

• Students know they are successful when the have confirmed or modified their written answers to the handout and letter packet with the participationpens from Mr. Wysocki

Red Zone Review• No personal pen/pencil visible. Penalty every time! Too

many pens on the field.• EVERY QUESTION NEEDS RED INK. EITHER

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OR WRITE IT IN• Spaces left blank at end of review count a/g you.• Write your name with the pen to confirm it works. • If pen doesn’t work, raise hand wait patiently• Vol Lev. 2 (No across room ?s)• Movement: none necessary.• Help: Raise hand wait patiently

Eng 10 DO NOW 1/21/15

• Turn in Friday’s handout to US Mail BASKET

• Turn in MLK Letter Packet to US MAILBOX

• Take a clicker to your cleared deskTake out a sheet of loose leaf toRecord your answers as a back upIn case clicker doesn’t work

Success Today Means 1/21

• Students demonstrate their level of comprehension for MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by completing the clicker quiz.

• We will not review the quiz today.• If you fail, you may take it again ONCE TODAY

ONLYat lunch, dippy, 8th pd or if you get a teacher to proctor it for you after school today (need a written note from teacher).

Post Quiz: DO NOW Point

• For your Do Now point today:• Take a chromebook if you know how to log on

(no help will be available during this time) otherwise log onto a computer to EDMODO. Record the following information for your DO NOW– MLK rhetorical analysis group– MLK group members. Load the project handout:– Powerpoint due date/ Speech Date

English 10 DO NOW 1/22/15Copy Down these Questions (to be answered by

end of class)• What is Rhetoric?• What is Analysis?• What is Rhetorical Analysis?• What is the definition of (your element)?• Where in the letter do you see

examples of your element?(line numbers)

(Look at your calendar to see whatwe are up to)

1-22-15 Notes• Ethos- appealing to authority or expert

credibility• Pathos- appealing to emotions• Logos- appealing to logic, making sense• Imagery: visually descriptive or figurative

language• Tone- the author’s attitude about a topic

discovered through word and detail choice.

Success Today Means 1/22/15• Groups work on exploring their assigned element of

rhetoric by find areas for close readings (areas of the letter that are useful or relevant for your group’s focus) and/or examples of rhetorical devices.

• Students know they are successfulwhen their group share the samedefinition of their element of rhetoricand know what parts of the letterthe group will be focusing on.

• Students should annotate the letter for their element

Eng 10 DO NOW 1/23/15• Record the following information so you know what

you have to create today:• Slide (or Prezi) must:

– Explain the aspect of the text you explored– Identify a selected quote or passage from the reading

which demonstrates your focus (i.e. Tone, Imagery, etc.)

– Explain your group’s decision on what MLK’s main idea is– A related image (for E.C.)

Week 2 DO NOWS to be collected MONDAY

Group Presentation Criteria

• Slide (or Prezi) must:– Explain the aspect of the text you explored– Identify a selected quote or passage from the

reading which demonstrates your focus (i.e. Tone, Imagery, etc.)

– Explain your group’s decision on what MLK’s main idea is

– A related image (for E.C.)

Success Today Means 1/23• Your group has all the necessary information

to teach the rest of the class about their element of rhetoric.

• Your group has a visual that meets all the criteria from yesterday.

• You have your own personalcopy of all your groups’ findingsto make your own web blog essay easier to write (due next Friday btw!)

• You start to create speech notecards