Life, Animated: Day 2: May 9, 2018

Focus: What does Life, Animated want us to understand better or differently about ourselves?

1. Warming up with a few observations of ethos, logos, and pathos in Life, Animated

2. Watching the second half of Life, Animated with a focus on the one rhetorical appeal you haven't studied yet

3. Wrapping up with a three-minute return to your questions if time allows

HW:
Assigned book club reading and syllabus for TOMORROW. 

Book Clubbing, Day 3: May 8, 2018

Focus: What do your book club authors want you to understand better or differently?

1. Warming up with our book club wins and more details about your final presentation

2. Book Clubbing, Day 3: What larger patterns are starting to emerge? What tensions are on the rise? Any shifts yet?

3. Wrapping up with your exit tickets

HW:
Assigned book club reading and syllabus for THURSDAY. As you read, consider the deeper issues being addressed in your book that you may address in your final speech.

Life, Animated, Day 1: May 7, 2018

Focus: What does Life, Animated want us to understand better or differently about ourselves?

PLEASE PICK UP YOUR GREEN TRACKING SHEETS AS YOU WALK IN.

1. Warming up with your previewing questions for Life, Animated  (10 minutes)

2. Watching the first half of Life, Animated with a focus on the one rhetorical appeal you haven't studied yet

3. Wrapping up with a three-minute return to your questions

HW:
Assigned book club reading and syllabus for TOMORROW. 

Stand, Speak, and Deliver: May 4, 2018

Focus: How do I persuade an audience to think better or differently about something?

Spring Assembly: Shortened Class

1. Warming up with small group discussions: Analyzing and evaluating Blackfish

2. Delivering your one-minute speeches in small groups...with one, small twist

• Have someone video you on your phone.
• Assign a time keeper.
• Engage in a panel discussion once the speech has concluded.
• Try to guess which rhetorical appeal the speaker was emphasizing.
• USE A TRANSITION TO SEGUE FROM THE PREVIOUS SPEECH TO YOURS.

3. Reflecting on your speeches using a modified form of the final speech rubric

HW:
Book club reading and syllabus for TUESDAY. If you were behind yesterday, you must work hard now to catch up. Each syllabus is worth 30 points, and you can only earn full credit by completing it on time and having everyone in your group ready to discuss.

Book Clubbing, Day 2: May 3, 2018

Focus: What conflicts do your book club authors want you to see?

1. Warming up with post-viewing responses to your Blackfish questions (bring your tracking sheets back tomorrow for small group discussions, after which you will turn in your sheets)

2. Book Clubbing, Day 2: What tensions/issues/conflicts are on the rise (in your books--hopefully not in your groups)?

• Explaining to you my three-strike policy on book clubs.

• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR COPY OF THE BOOK OUT.

3. Exiting with Exit Ticket #2, to be completed individually

HW:
1. Book club reading and syllabus for TUESDAY. If you were behind yesterday, you must work hard now to catch up. Each syllabus is worth 30 points, and you can only earn full credit by completing it on time and having everyone in your group ready to discuss.

2. Prepare your one-minute speech for this Friday; you will be emphasizing ONE rhetorical appeal. Click here for the list of topics.

Blackfish, Day 2: May 2, 2018

Focus: What does Blackfish want us to understand better or differently, and how does it use rhetoric to persuade us?

PLC and Tribe: Shortened Class

Two Academic Character Refreshers:

• You have a new grade in IC that reflects your mastery of Academic Character Habits in the month of May. How you finish is who you are.

• In terms of book clubs, you get two strikes before you're out. If you weren't ready on Monday, you need to be caught up tomorrow; otherwise, you risk being disbanded.

1. Warming up with the big questions:

• Whom does Blackfish want us to blame for Dawn's death? Whom should we not blame?

• How does the film use logos, pathos, and ethos to persuade us?

2. Viewing the end of Blackfish

Note to self: Start around minute 45:40, then skip from 57:30 to 1:06 (the Loro Parque scene)

HW:
1. Book club reading and syllabus for THURSDAY. If you were behind yesterday, you must work hard now to catch up. Each syllabus is worth 30 points, and you can only earn full credit by completing it on time and having everyone in your group ready to discuss.

2. Start preparing your new one-minute speech for this Friday; you will be emphasizing your NEW rhetorical appeal. You may use the same speech topic or switch it. Click here for the list.

Blackfish, Day 1: May 1, 2018

Focus: What do we need to understand about how we treat living things?

Please take out your documentary tracking sheet.

1. Checking your current understanding with high velocity previewing questions for Blackfish and a warning of sensitivity triggers

• If you observed pathos last time, you will now look at ethos.

• If you observed ethos last time, you will now look at logos.

• If you observed logos last time, you will now look at pathos.

If you'd like to opt out of Blackfish, you can develop the same skills and gain knowledge on the same topic by reading the following articles for ethos, pathos, and logos:

National Geographic: Are Wildlife Sanctuaries Good for Animals?
The Conversation: In Defense of Zoos
NPR: Sea World Ending Captive Breeding of Killer Whales
Washington Post: SeaWorld's Whales Deserve Better
CNN: Sea World Responds to Blackfish


3. Switch-a-rooing your rhetorical appeals and watching Blackfish

HW:
1. Book club reading and syllabus for THURSDAY. If you were behind yesterday, you must work hard now to catch up. Each syllabus is worth 30 points, and you can only earn full credit by completing it on time and having everyone in your group ready to discuss.

2. Start preparing your new one-minute speech for this Friday; you will be emphasizing your NEW rhetorical appeal. You may use the same speech topic or switch it. Click here for the list.