Tuesday, February 14 - Thursday, February 16

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Thursday

Block D/H has no class today due to the NIC trip this morning
Block B/F
1. Complete your annotation of a speech and hand it in by the end of class today.
2. I will be listening to the remaining speech in film presentations in the lab today.
3. You should use time today to read the short stories I have provided. Also, you should research other short stories that you want to read for the remainder of the term. Your first short story response is due at the end of class next Thursday.
4. Mark blue transitions sheet - do a tiny new transitions practice.
5. You do not need to begin working on your speech yet; however, you should be thinking about what you want to write about - what will you try to persuade your audience to do, or not do?


Wednesday
Hink Pinks!
arguing sister?

1. Parallelism and Rhetorical devices work you did last Wednesday - go over the ones from last week and add to you list with the following  Powerpoint. Why would you use these? Effect on audience?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3eNXd3y05jBbFdGcThfQ0tyY3M/view?usp=sharing
2. Speech annotation work time. We are going to room 100. Your annotation is due at the end of the class tomorrow.
3. I will finish-up the speech from a movie presentations with individual groups.
4. Make sure the blue parallelism sheet is handed-in.




Tuesday

Hink Pinks!

1. When is your annotation of a speech due?
2. View more of the speeches from films mini-presentations.
3. Go over the rhetorical devices and parallelism work from last Wednesday.
4. Go over term reading assignment - short stories. We will go to the library this week.
5. Rhetorical devices Powerpoint. Why would you use these? Effect on audience?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3eNXd3y05jBbFdGcThfQ0tyY3M/view?usp=sharing

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