Sept 24
Cohort A (in-person)
Attendance
Read for fun for 15 minutes!
Read the Cabinet #2 Speech and evaluate the most convincing argument. Pick the argument you think is best.
Write a thesis explaining HOW the author you chose to be the best persuades the audience.
Read the RFK speech and analyze it as you read. I made a copy for each of you so that you could read and mark rhetorical choices.
Homework: None!
Next class: We will start working on essays!
Cohort B (in-person)
Attendance
Reading time
In-class conference on paragraphs
Read the Cabinet #2 Speech and evaluate the most convincing argument. Pick the argument you think is best.
Write a thesis explaining HOW the author you chose to be the best persuades the audience.
Homework: Read the RFK speech
Next class: Discuss the RFK speech and analyze essay. (If you're at home, you'll watch the video of me teaching how to write the essay. It will be awkward. That's okay.)