Rhetorical Analysis Annotating

Big Idea: How do rhetorical choices convey an author's meaning?
Learning Target: Annotate a text by identifying the author's rhetorical choices.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the Reading Progress form.
2. Rhetorical Analysis introduction lecture. We will finish the last couple of slides from yesterday.
3. Rakuten Super Bowl Commercial - Analyze the rhetorical situation
4. We will annotate a speech by Cesar Chavez, identifying the rhetorical choices he makes to convey meaning.
1. Read the text silently and look for shifts
1. Time
2. Topic
3. Tone
2. On the left hand side, identify the rhetorical choices the author is making.

1. Homework:

1. Spring Vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Rhetorical Analysis Introduction

Big Idea: What is rhetorical analysis?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. Rhetorical Analysis introduction lecture.

1. Homework:

1. Spring Vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Acting Groups Day 2

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. You will also meet in your acting groups. The first steps are:
1. Read through your scene one time today.
1. Try to read with emotion and humor.
2. Each person should paraphrase his or her part line by line. Come ask me about any confusing lines.
4. Here are links to all of the parts:
1. Group 1 script 3.1.64-180
2. Group 2 script 3.2.345-463 
3. Group 3 script 4.1.1-101
4. Group 4 script 5.1.1-127
5. Group 5 script 5.1.128-216
6. Group 6 script 5.1.217-343
7. Group 7 script 5.1.344-426
5. Making Connections partner activity. Choose you work well with. You have to use all of the words listed below on your poster. This is the second time we have done this activity.
1. Group words together.
2. Make connections between different words.
3. On the connecting lines, write down why you are making the connection.
4. Have a central image and five other images
5. Use color
1. Theseus
2. Hippolyta
3. Oberon
4. Titania
5. Egeus
6. Lysander
7. Demetrius
8. Hermia
9. Helena
10. Puck
11. Bottom
12. Love
13. Desire
14. Friendship
15. Conflict
16. Difficulty
17. Magic
18. Jealousy
19. Mischief
20. Transformation
21. Reversal
22. Reason
23. Dream
24. Fairy

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act V vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Acting Groups

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. Continue working on your literary analysis project with a partner.
1. The couple uses two metaphors to explain the message about love: a rough and winding path, and lightning. Choose the metaphor that best fits the message about love that you identify.
2. Create a thesis statement using the sentence frame below:
1. Lysander and Hermia complain that love is...and they use the metaphor of...to effectively communicate this message.
3. Begin writing the introduction for your partner essay. Each partner needs to write in a different color and you should alternate sentences.
1. Go to Google Classroom and open MSND Sample Literary Analysis
1. Start with your introduction. You can include your thesis statement first or last. In the sample, you have an example of each type of introduction.
2. Your introduction should be exactly four sentences.
4. Now write the body paragraph of your essay.
1. Your body paragraph has three parts. The three parts are highlighted in different colors.
2. The first identifies the Lysander and Hermia's message about love and the metaphor they use to communicate it. Why is this message important.
3. The second part of the paragraph has evidence from the play along with your explanation. Make sure you quote the play at least twice. Include footnotes for your quotes from the play.
4. The third part of the paragraph ties the message about love to your evidence. Why is the metaphor that Lysander and Hermia use a good choice to express their message?
4. You will also meet in your acting groups. The first steps are:
1. Read through your scene two times today.
1. First time, read slowly.
2. Second time, try to read through the scene more quickly
2. Each person should paraphrase his or her part line by line. Come ask me about any confusing lines.
5. Here are links to all of the parts:
1. Group 1 script 3.1.64-180
2. Group 2 script 3.2.345-463 
3. Group 3 script 4.1.1-101
4. Group 4 script 5.1.1-127
5. Group 5 script 5.1.128-216
6. Group 6 script 5.1.217-343
7. Group 7 script 5.1.344-426

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act V vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Friday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. Continue working on your literary analysis project with a partner.
1. The couple uses two metaphors to explain the message about love: a rough and winding path, and lightning. Choose the metaphor that best fits the message about love that you identify.
2. Create a thesis statement using the sentence frame below:
1. Lysander and Hermia complain that love is...and they use the metaphor of...to effectively communicate this message.
3. Begin writing the introduction for your partner essay. Each partner needs to write in a different color and you should alternate sentences.
1. Go to Google Classroom and open MSND Sample Literary Analysis
1. Start with your introduction. You can include your thesis statement first or last. In the sample, you have an example of each type of introduction.
2. Your introduction should be exactly four sentences.
4. Now write the body paragraph of your essay.
1. Your body paragraph has three parts. The three parts are highlighted in different colors.
2. The first identifies the Lysander and Hermia's message about love and the metaphor they use to communicate it. Why is this message important.
3. The second part of the paragraph has evidence from the play along with your explanation. Make sure you quote the play at least twice. Include footnotes for your quotes from the play.
4. The third part of the paragraph ties the message about love to your evidence. Why is the metaphor that Lysander and Hermia use a good choice to express their message?

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act IV vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Thursday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. Join the class on Turnitin.com
1. ClassID: 37878637
2. Code: brubaker4
4. Read MSND 3.2.1-208
1. Write your one sentence summaries for pages 66-78.
2. Watch the stage version from 1:14 to 1:27
3. Exit ticket
1. What is Puck excited to show to Oberon?
2. What does Hermia think happened to Lysander?
3. How does Oberon respond to Puck's mistake?
4. Now both men love Helena. How does this affect Helena and Hermia's friendship?
5. If people can fall in and out of love so easily, what is Shakespeare's message about love?

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act IV vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Wednesday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. Join the class on Turnitin.com
1. ClassID: 37878637
2. Code: brubaker4
4. Continue working on your literary analysis project with a partner.
1. The couple uses two metaphors to explain the message about love: a rough and winding path, and lightning. Choose the metaphor that best fits the message about love that you identify.
2. Create a thesis statement using the sentence frame below:
1. Lysander and Hermia complain that love is...and they use the metaphor of...to effectively communicate this message.
3. Begin writing the introduction for your partner essay. Each partner needs to write in a different color and you should alternate sentences.
1. Go to Google Classroom and open MSND Sample Literary Analysis
1. Start with your introduction. You can include your thesis statement first or last. In the sample, you have an example of each type of introduction.
2. Your introduction should be exactly four sentences.
4. Now write the body paragraph of your essay.
1. Your body paragraph has three parts. The three parts are highlighted in different colors.
2. The first identifies the Lysander and Hermia's message about love and the metaphor they use to communicate it. Why is this message important.
3. The second part of the paragraph has evidence from the play along with your explanation. Make sure you quote the play at least twice. Include footnotes for your quotes from the play.
4. The third part of the paragraph ties the message about love to your evidence. Why is the metaphor that Lysander and Hermia use a good choice to express their message?
5. Read MSND 3.2.1-208
1. Write your one sentence summaries for pages 66-78.
2. Watch the stage version from 1:14 to 1:27
3. Exit ticket
1. What is Puck excited to show to Oberon?
2. What does Hermia think happened to Lysander?
3. How does Oberon respond to Puck's mistake?
4. Now both men love Helena. How does this affect Helena and Hermia's friendship?

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act IV vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Tuesday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. Book Review format
1. Paragraph 1: Identify the author, title, and main conflict. Introduce why someone should read this book.
2. Paragraph 2: Tell the beginning and middle of the plot. Where does the book take place? How does the author set up the conflict? How do characters change?
3. Paragraph 3: Choose one big idea this book makes you think about. Use examples from the book.
4. Your book review is due by Wednesday.
4. Continue working on your literary analysis project with a partner.
1. Check your paraphrase against the answer key.
2. Identify what Lysander and Hermia's message is about love.
3. The couple uses two metaphors to explain the message about love: a rough and winding path, and lightning. Choose the metaphor that best fits the message about love that you identify.
4. Create a thesis statement using the sentence frame below:
1. Lysander and Hermia complain that love is...and they use the metaphor of...to effectively communicate this message.
5. Using the sample introductions from last week, write an introductory paragraph for your literary analysis essay. Decide whether to put your thesis statement first or last.
5. Read MSND 3.2.1-120
1. Exit ticket
1. What is Puck excited to show to Oberon?
2. What does Hermia think happened to Lysander?
3. How does Oberon respond to Puck's mistake?

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act IV vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Monday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Please fill out the reading progress form for this week.
3. Book Review format
1. Paragraph 1: Identify the author, title, and main conflict. Introduce why someone should read this book.
2. Paragraph 2: Tell the beginning and middle of the plot. Where does the book take place? How does the author set up the conflict? How do characters change?
3. Paragraph 3: Choose one big idea this book makes you think about. Use examples from the book.
4. Your book review is due by Wednesday.
4. Begin your literary analysis project with a partner.
1. Read the passage out loud. One person should be Hermia and the other Lysander.
2. Try to paraphrase each line. Try to paraphrase word by word. Your paraphrase may be longer than the original passage since Shakespeare leaves out ideas.
3. Use the definitions at the bottom of the page.
4. Check your paraphrase against the answer key.

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act IV vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Friday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Literary Analysis practice
1. We will write a literary analysis of Helena's speech in Act I.
2. In order to write this analysis, we will paraphrase her speech and then look for literary techniques.
3. This first literary analysis essay will be done together.
4. We will read Helena's soliloquy at 1.2.226-251. Our goal will be to paraphrase what she is saying.]
3. Essay topic: Analyze Helena's complex analysis of love and attraction and what her message is as a whole.
1. Body paragraph
1. 2 topic sentences
2. 5-6 sentences with evidence and analysis
3. Connect your topic sentence to your evidence
4. Fill in the Evidence of Control organizer
5. Pyramus and Thisbe emoji annotation.

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act III vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Thursday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Read your choice book for 10 minutes today.
3. Go to Google Classroom and click on the link to join our Gimkit class.
4. On Google Classroom you will also find a Gimkit assignment. Click on the link and start the assignment. You can complete it by earning a money goal or by answering a certain amount of questions. This assignment is due today!
5. Work on your vocabulary. Maybe you can finish it today.

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act III vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.

 

Wednesday

Big Idea: Who or what is in control?
Learning Target: 
Daily Writing: 

Agenda:

1. If you ever get confused, you can check out the play map.
2. Read 3.1.1-140
1. Paraphrase each page you read.
2. What makes this scene so humorous?
3. We will watch the stage version of this scene.
4. Literary Analysis practice
1. We will write a literary analysis of Helena's speech in Act I.
2. In order to write this analysis, we will paraphrase her speech and then look for literary techniques.
3. This first literary analysis essay will be done together.
4. We will read Helena's soliloquy at 1.2.226-251. Our goal will be to paraphrase what she is saying.]
5. Essay topic: Analyze Helena's complex analysis of love and attraction and what her message is as a whole.
1. Body paragraph
1. 2 topic sentences
2. 5-6 sentences with evidence and analysis
3. Connect your topic sentence to your evidence

1. Homework:

1. MSND Act III vocabulary It is due by Sunday at 9 p.m. You will turn in a screenshot of your finished assignment on Google Classroom.