September 16, 2009It’s a ‘Work with the Text’ Wednesday!” Mr. Houghteling

1. Bellringer: Addressing Suzanne Berne

2. Class Discussion: “Where Nothing Means Everything”

3. Review annotation = Questions? Comments?

Post reading: Answer the following in your notebook:

1. Consider your emotions. How did you feel after reading this article?2. Did Berne present her argument in a way that was easy to understand? Was it logical?3. Did you trust Berne as a speaker? Do you think that she was successful in making you think about Ground Zero in her intended way?

Bellringer: Addressing Suzanne Berne

In this game of rhetoric, you will use your knowledge of the Rhetorical Triangle, Context, and Purpose to unpack Suzanne Berne’s article about 9/11.

You will be graded on participation as well as reaching a rubric standard, so make sure that every group member is engaged and working together.

Each student will turn in his/her own Graphic Organizer.

Your group will analyze Berne’s essay, picking out information that can be applied to the five different rhetorical elements we have studied so far: CONTEXT, PURPOSE, SUBJECT, SPEAKER, and AUDIENCE.

You may use the following to apply to the rhetorical elements: direct quotations or summary or analytical statements.

In addition, each quote or statement should have an interpretation in the corresponding column describing why you placed it next to the specific element.

1. Identify two quotes that demonstrate each of the following: Audience, Subject, Speaker, Purpose, and Context. You will have ten quotes total.

2. Write down each quote or summary statement on a strip of paper.

3. Write down your group’s interpretation for the quote. For example, how does the quote demonstrate how Berne recognizes her audience or demonstrates her credibility as a speaker?

Quote: Berne writes for The New York Times, and she is an experienced novelist. Interpretation: I am apt to believe Berne’s descriptions of Ground Zero because the New York Times is a incredibly influential and popular newspaper, its reporters are well-respected, and Berne’s experience as a novelist would make me trust her observations and descriptions.

Position in the Triangle: I would place my statement and interpretation on Speaker.

Quote: “ ‘I watched those towers being built. I saw this place when they weren’t there.’ ”

Interpretation: This quote helps Berne to establish some context of her piece: the emptiness that is Ground Zero. By remembering the past emptiness, the man’s description emphasizes the lives and structures lost in the attacks on September 11th, 2001.

Position in the Triangle: I would place my quote and interpretation on Context.

Quote: “Despite the raw wind and spits of rain,…[there] was a crowd.”

Interpretation: This quote helps Berne to establish herself as a speaker. She is outside in the cold like the other people visiting Ground Zero. This also furthers her argument that the absence of the Twin Towers attracts many and various types of people.

Position in the Triangle: I would place my quote and interpretation between Speaker and Subject.

Multiple quotes (with interpretations) for each rhetorical element

Single quotes (with interpretations) for some rhetorical elements and multiple quotes (with interpretations) for other rhetorical elements

Single quotes (with interpretations) for each rhetorical element OR multiple quotes (without interpretations) for some elements

A

B

C

Read pages 4- 9 regarding Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.