Tuesday, October 13th and Friday, October 16th

  1. Review Quiz- Schoology

2. John Lewis Timeline- Create a timeline in your notes covering the major events that occur in the book from the Edmund Pettus Bridge to John Lewis meeting Jim Lawson. What events are you going to include? Why? How do they contribute to the story? Lewis? Keep in mind your timeline will move back and forth in time! How will you represent this? 

- Work independently on timeline.  - We will discuss in small groups towards the end of class. 

3. Upload a picture of your timeline in Schoology by the end of the day on Wednesday, Oct. 14th for Group A. Group B by Sunday, October 18th. 

3. Discussion of Rhetorical Techniques- Ethos, Pathos, Logos. 

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Online Classwork for Thursday and Friday- October 15th and 16th (Group A).  Monday, October 19th and 20th (Group B) 

1. Read The Montgomery Story (Video is in Schoology folder). 

Take notes on the following questions with specific evidence: 

• How does The Montgomery Story function as a piece of persuasive rhetoric? 
• What are the goals of this text? 
• How are the elements of rhetoric demonstrated in The Montgomery Story? 
• How did this piece of rhetoric influence John Lewis? 
• What similarities do you see in HOW The Montgomery Story presents its message with the manner in which March presents its message? 
• How does The Montgomery Story address issues of conformity and anticonformity? 

2.  Making sure that each section of your notes are clearly labeled. Take pictures of your notes and upload them to the Schoology assignment. 

3.  We will next work on identifying rhetorical devices in the most persuasive of mediums, advertising. Examining rhetoric in this format is the best way to become very comfortable with these techniques quickly. 

Get the following definition down in your notes- 

Public service announcement (PSA) is a message in the public interest disseminated without charge, with the objective of raising awareness of, and changing public attitudes and behavior towards, a social issue

THEN- Watch and take notes on the following video on Rhetorical techniques in advertising- 

Rhetoric in Advertising    This will help you with your next assignment. 

4. Do the Rhetoric and Advertising assignment on Schoology. You will be selecting two competing companies for the same service or product. Find two commercial videos on Youtube to evaluate. You will evaluate HOW they use rhetorical techniques to promote their product. 

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising. 

- open document. Make copy of the chart for yourself to fill out. Upload the chart to Schoology when done.