English 11 (Period 1)

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Agenda 9/9 Monday

Pop Quiz: Identify ethos, pathos, and logos in Obama's speech on the 50th anniversary of March on Washington.  Explain what makes his speech effective (refer to your notes in your journal and the chart I gave you Thursday):

1. Click on the links above in order to complete this assignment.

2. You may only listen to the video if you have earphones, and you won't have time to watch the whole thing since you must write your essay.

Agenda 9/6 Friday *double late start

1. Go to www.latimes.com

2. At the top tool bar, click on “Opinion,” then click on either “Editorials” or “Op-Ed.”

3. Choose any article you would like from there, and do a PASTORI on it in Journal #6. See above attachment for PASTORI. You only need to write out "Purpose, Audience, Speaker, Tone, Organization, Rhetoric, Imagery" when doing it in your journal.

Agenda 9/5 Thursday

1. Journal #5: vocab. 2.2

2. Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech- find examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos (put in Journal #4 in the tree map). Click above for this speech text.

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626Dt9JdjQs (video of Gehrig's speech; can click on link above as well)

3. Find appropriate commercials/ads on the Internet that show ethos, logos, pathos. Explain and defend how each ad uses ethos, logos, or pathos.

4. Fill out the Google form after finding a commercial or ad of your choice by clicking on your period's link above.