February 13 - 16

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OUR INQUIRY QUESTIONS
Are leaders born or made?
How do leaders use language to persuade/influence/manipulate others?

Friday
1. KAHOOT
https://create.kahoot.it/details/rhetorical-devices/6667141d-9177-47b9-84c2-cf7e315db505
OR
https://create.kahoot.it/details/rhetorical-devices/dc0fc7a7-61f7-4ecd-9313-25aa342c92dc

2. Parallelism  AND   avoid clichés
3. Work on your speech. Definition of a completed first draft: a complete version of your work that meets the criteria for the assignment, that is spell-checked, grammar-checked, typo-checked, capitalization checked and sources cited.
If your speech has too many errors, I will not be able to give you feedback.
4. Macbeth summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtCYESosDw

Thursday

 https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

 1. Tell me the topic for your speech. Remember this is a 3-5 minute PERSUASIVE speech with a strong structure or organization, a great beginning and an appropriate use of rhetorical devices.
2. Rhetorical devices / figurative language - what's the difference?
3. Citing your sources. OneNote/your folder/inquiry1/citing sources&plagiarism
4. Work on your speech.
5. Macbeth summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtCYESosDw

Wednesday

 https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

1. Tell me the topic for your speech.
2. Make a plan for your speech. PEE?
3. Reminder - figurative language means...
4. Citing your sources for facts, figures, quotes.


Tuesday

Today's speech:

Emma Watson, British actress, and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador co-host a special event for UN Women’s HeForShe campaign. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwU-9ZTTJc


1. Review speech organization & structure in Recap
2. Looking for topics OneNote: http://www.write-out-loud.com/interesting-speech-topics.html
3. Think about your opening: https://www.vcestudyguides.com/blog/advice-for-a-oral-presentations
4. Look at 2 sample speeches and review criteria
5. writing your speech - structure, topic, plan, write.

 6. Macbeth summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtCYESosDw
7. Sample speech: Macbeth - Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth with her words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTJ9Nkk9kI


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