1.  Make 12-13 flashcards for the terms explained in this prezi:

http://prezi.com/yatksxsl4ylp/rhetoric/?kw=view-yatksxsl4ylp&rc=ref-28911703

2.  Complete the "Recognizing Rhetoric" worksheet (get from Mrs. Sparks or Mrs. Morton).

3.  View the Argumentative Reasoning prezi and complete the fill-in-the-blank notes (get from Mrs. Sparks or Mrs. Morton) as you go:

http://prezi.com/5jjq4f1xheff/argumentative-reasoning/?kw=view-5jjq4f1xheff&rc=ref-28911703

4.  For each of 10 magazine articles:

• Write the BRAND and PRODUCT name
• Write what rhetorical argument the ad primarily makes (LOGIC?  AUTHORITY?  EMOTION?) and WHY you think so
• Write ONE propaganda technique used in the ad, including why you think this

For each video, 

1)  Identify whether it primarily uses logos, pathos, or ethos to persuade.

2)  Explain how you determined this.

3)  After viewing all videos, explain which video was most effective and why.

o   “Be More Than A Bystander” http://www.stopbullying.gov/videos/2012/10/be_more_than_a_bystander.html

o   Major League Baseball Network http://www.stopbullying.gov/videos/2012/10/major_league_baseball_network.html

o   Secretary Clinton: “Tomorrow Will Be Better” http://www.stopbullying.gov/videos/2010/10/state-secretary-clinton-tomorrow-will-be-better.html

o   “Be The Hero” http://www.stopbullying.gov/videos/2013/04/be-the-hero.html

Bullying Nonfiction Webquest

Click on the article or website link about each set of questions.  Read the article or website and answer the questions.  

 

“To This Day” Project

http://tothisdayproject.com/

1.  Watch the “To This Day” video.

a.  Would you classify this poem as a nonfiction text?  Why/why not?

b.  What subgenre or type of nonfiction text is this poem (informational, argument, and/or literary nonfiction like a memoir or autobiography)?  WHY (for each)?

2.  Read the text under the video link.

a.  What is the purpose of this website and project? 

b.  Cite textual evidence that helped you come to this conclusion.

c.  Based on your answers to A and B, would you classify this website/project as informational, argumentative, or literary nonfiction?

Bullying Definition from StopBullying.gov

http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/definition/index.html

3.  What is the definition of bullying?

4.  What is the definition of power imbalance?

5.  Name the three types of bullying and give an example of each.

6.  a.  What seems to be the author’s purpose of this page?

     b.  Cite textual evidence that led you to this belief.

7. a.  What subgenre or type of nonfiction text is this website (informational,      argument, and/or literary nonfiction like a memoir or autobiography)? 

     b.  WHY do you think this?

8.  What text structure or organization does this webpage most closely follow? 

“The Bleakness of the Bullied” 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/opinion/blow-the-bleakness-of-the-bullied.html

9.  In one or two sentences, sum up the story that the author tells.

10.a.  What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

      b.  Cite textual evidence that led you to this conclusion.

11.a.  What subgenre or type of nonfiction text is this website (informational, argument, and/or literary nonfiction—memoir, biography, or autobiography)? 

      b.  WHY do you think this?

12.  What text structure or organization does this webpage most closely follow? 

13.  Do you believe that this tendency to contemplate suicide is as prevalent as this author makes it sound?

“Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on the Spot”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/bullying-law-puts-new-jersey-schools-on-spot.html?pagewanted=all

14.  What is the topic of this article?

15.  What is one reason some people are against this new law?

16.  What is one reason some people support this new law?

17.  Name at least two specific steps New Jersey schools must take to implement this new law.

18.  What is one harmful, unintended consequence of this new law?

19.  a.  What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

        b.  Cite textual evidence that led you to this conclusion.

20.a.  What subgenre or type of nonfiction text is this website (informational, argument, and/or literary nonfiction—memoir, biography, or autobiography)? 

     b.  WHY do you think this?

21.  Do you agree or disagree with this state’s new approach to bullying in schools?  Why?

“Prevent Bullying, Promote Kindness: 20 Things Schools Can Do”

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0486.htm

22.  Besides suicide, what are three additional consequences of bullying?

23.  According to this article, what wider peer culture does bullying feed off of?

24.  What type of students display “more frequent social aggression”?

25.  Do you agree that #24 is correct for our school?  Why/why not?

26.  This article claims that bullying-prevention programs alone are not successful.  What does it say must be combined with bullying-prevention programs in order to stop bullying?

27.   a.  What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

         b.  Cite textual evidence that led you to this conclusion.

28.a.  What subgenre or type of nonfiction text is this website (informational, argument, and/or literary nonfiction—memoir, biography, or autobiography)? 

      b.  WHY do you think this?

29.  What text structure or organization does this webpage most closely follow? 

Walker County Bullying Policy

https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/ePolicy/policy.aspx?PC=JCDAG&Sch=4168&S=4168&RevNo=1.02&C=J&Z=P

30.  How does the Walker County Bullying Policy define unacceptable behavior (it lists 4 types)? 

31.  How does this definition differ from the definition of bullying from question #3 (the StopBullying.gov website)?

32.  What is the responsibility of the student being bullied?

33.  What are the steps that will be taken against the bully?

34.  If an adult in the school does not do anything about the bullying report, what can/should the bullied student do?

35.  Name at least one way we could improve the bullying policy in our county.

Student Survey

https://tle.gadoe.org/

Elizabethan Marriage and Love

 

Betrothal and Wedding

http://elizabethan.org/compendium/9.html

1.  At what age did one “come of age” legally, allowing a man or woman to marry without parental permission?

2.  At what age could boys legally marry with parental permission?  What about girls?

3.  In non-noble families, what was the most common age for marriage?  Why?

4.  In noble families, did people marry earlier or later?  At what age did Katherine Dudley, countess of Huntingdon marry?

5.  In noble families, marriage between very young participants were usually for what purpose?  What was interesting about these “marriages”?

6.  A proper wedding was based on what three things?  What is consummation?

7.  Who pays for the wedding festivities?

Love and Marriage

http://elizabethan.org/compendium/10.html

8.  What was the Elizabethan opinion of marrying for love?

9.  Elizabethans believed that one should listen to whose opinion when marrying?  Why?

10.  Who was more likely to have a choice in who he/she would marry—a noble or a poor person? 

11.  Children were viewed as the ____________________ of their parents.  Their relationship is here compared to the relationship between a ________________ and his ____________________.

12.  Wives were viewed as the _____________________ of their husbands too.

13.  What two things should every woman in Elizabethan England expect?

14.  If a man is not noble, he must be married to be eligible to ________________.

Heirs and Inheritance

http://elizabethan.org/compendium/41.html

15. Who inherits everything, even if the oldest child is a girl?

More Wedding Customs (under Contract, Dowry, Jointure)

http://elizabethan.org/compendium/62.html

16.  For noble and other propertied families, what is the most significant part of a wedding day?  What does this document set the terms of?

17.  What is a dowry?

18.  What is a jointure?

Parallel Structure

1.  First, read through the Powerpoint on Parallel Structure here.

As you finish the presentation, complete the handout I gave you.

2.  If you have extra time, practice parallel structure further by completing the exercises here. Scroll down until you come to the exercises entitled Parallel Structure.

Remember, you have a test over this material (and capitalization) on Friday!

Helpful TKAM Websites

Sparknotes for chapter summaries.  This will help you find your textual evidence.

Themes website for ideas/examples regarding your theme.  Be sure not to plagiarize the wording, please.  I can tell and so can the website you are turning this in with.