Do Now: Make revisions to your Pearl Speech: As a character from the book, you are convincing an audience that you deserve to own the pearl. In this revision, make sure to use Ethos (Ethics and Fairness), Pathos (Emotion and Drama), and Logos (Truth and Logic).
Homework: 1) Finish Pearl Speech. 2) Write out vocabulary into sentences.
Inquiry: How can rhetoric enhance our persuasion skills? How does literacy relate to your life? How does it give you power?
Objective: SWBAT make substantive revisions to their Pearl Speech using ethos, logos, and pathos.
Agenda:
- 30 minutes to make a revision to the Pearl Speech using rhetorical strategies.
- With a partner, discuss what you think are the most fundamental human rights of being an American. What do you think it means to be an American? What are American values?
- Read voter ID article and respond to reflection questions.
- Read The Pearl
