Students will continue to work through Al Gore's Nobel Speech this week. Our test on the selection will not be until the middle or end of next week.
Over the next few days, students will be engaged in a project that requires them to effectively use persuasion. Students are creating a cereal, designing a box, and making a commercial that contains either appeals to emotion, appeals to authority, or appeals to reason. These are elements of effective persuasive pieces. Examples of these techniques can be found in Al Gore's Nobel Speech. For more information about these techniques, see page 384 in the textbook. Students are presenting the final product on Wednesday.
We will also be working on text structure. We will cover cause and effect, compare and contrast, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, and chronological order. The Study Island assignment on "Text Structure is due on Thursday.
Al Gore's Nobel Speech Study Guide
Vocab Additional Practice
Craft and Structure Additional Practice
Conventions Additional Practice
