This is the first section for the segment 2. In this section, you will examine how authors can affect change with words and learn about the power of language.
Checklist
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04.00: Affecting Change with Words Introduction
You will complete the 04.00 pretest under assessments
04.01 Examining Ideas and Purpose
You will complete the 4.01 Examining Ideas and Purpose quiz under assessments
04.02 Word to the Wise
You will complete the 4.02 Word to the Wise quiz under assessments
04.03 Rhetorical Rigor
You will complete the 4.03 Rhetorical Rigor quiz under assessments
04.04: A Close Look at Nature
You will read excerpts from Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walden and create a paragraph to compare and contrast the central ideas. Submit your completed work to 04.04 A Close Look at Nature assessment
04.05: Expressing Your Views
You will complete the claim worksheet and submit your completed work to 4.05 Expressing Your Views assessment
04.06: Discussion Based Assessment
You will complete the 04.06 Discussion-Based Assessment by calling your teacher. Please have your notes and submitted work with you from the unit for the oral discussion, and they will tell you how to submit the assessment at the end of the discussion.
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04.07: Putting Your Work Out There
You will complete the slide deck and audio recording for your presentation. Submit your completed work to 04.07 Putting Your Work Out There assessment
Honors Assessment
The next assessment is an honors lesson. If you are not completing the course for honors credit, please proceed to the next section.
04.08 HONORS Satirically Speaking
You will complete the Satirical chart and they You will write either a Horatian, Juvenalian, or Menippean Satire with at least two satirical techniques. Submit your completed work to 04.08 Honors Satirically Speaking assessment