Reisdorf, Sarah M / Honors 9B

Unit 1: Understanding Rhetoric

LT: I can define rhetoric and attempt to use rhetoric in order to sell a product.
Introduction to Rhetoric PPT
Small Group Commercial Assignment

LT: I can define rhetorical situation and it’s elements, as well as identify them in a text/speech.
The Rhetorical Situation PPT

LT: I can define Aristotle’s rhetorical appeals and identify examples of them in advertising.
Rhetorical Appeals PPT
Rhetorical Analysis #1- Compare & Contrast Rhetorical Situation and Appeals

LT: I can identify the tone of a speech by analyzing the author's use of diction, figurative language, imagery and syntax.
Analyzing Tone
Rhetorical Analysis #2- Analyzing Tone ("Give Me Liberty, or Give me Death")

LT: I can identify analogies in a text, as well as discern the comparisons made and to what effect.
LT: I can identify allusions in a text.
Analogies & Allusions
Analogy Example: Booker T. Washington (Atlanta Compromise)

LT: I can work with a partner to perform a rhetorical analysis on a speech of our choice and format my findings into a presentation that highlights and evaluates the rhetorical techniques identified.
Rhetorical Analysis Presentation Assignment

Unit 2: Writing Arguments & Website Credibility
LT: I can analyze an argument in order to identify the elements of the Toulmin Model.
Basics of the Toulmin Model
Identify Elements of the Toulmin Model Assigment

LT: I can support my interpretation of evidence with a warrant.
LT: I can write an argument using the toulmin model.
Warranting Evidence ("Slip or Trip") PPT
"Slip or Trip" Student Handout (Assignment)

LT: I can use the elements of RADCAB to determine the credibility of each of my sources.
Prezi Notes on RADCAB
Determining Website Credibility Assignment (Complete for Argumentative Research Essay)

LT: I can search for a variety of relevant evidence to support my thesis.
Types of Evidence PPT

LT: I can write a thesis statement that is narrow, provides scope and is arguable.
Thesis Statements PPT
Thesis Statement Assignment

LT: I can write an effective introduction to an argumentative essay.
Introductions to Argumentative Essays

LT: I can format my essay in MLA and use MLA in-text citations to credit sources.
MLA Formatting & Citation

LT: I can edit and revise my essay to fix common errors made in an argumentative essay, as well as to add sentence variety and style to my writing.
Common Mistakes to Work on

LT: I can edit and revise my essay to fix common errors made in an argumentative essay, as well as to add sentence variety and style to my writing.
http://prezi.com/glbzviumfws3/sentence-variety/

Unit 3: Media Bias Research
LT: I can define the different types of media bias.
LT: I can analyze various sources and how they portray the same issue in order to understand it from different perspectives, as well as to identify bias.
Media Bias Research Webquest

LT: I can analyze various sources and how they portray the same issue in order to understand it from different perspectives, as well as to identify bias.
Evaluating Media PPT
Media Evaluation Presentation (Assignment)