8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - February 5 - February 9

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PRE-AP 

*Persuasive Unit/Chapter 1 Exam - Tuesday, February 13

***The test is 40 questions, all multiple choice, on scantrons. Study your Persuasion Terms Notes/Definitions AND Old Major’s Speech.***

* What are the 4 parts of an argument?

* What are opposing arguments vs counterarguments?

* Make sure you know the persuasive techniques/appeals.

* Make sure you know the logical fallacies.

*What is the major difference between a hasty generalization and stereotype?

*Make sure you know your rhetorical devices.

*Mark sure you know parts of an argument and types of support

*Know examples by categories (House of Persuasion): Rhetorical Devices, Fallacies, Persuasive Techniques, Parts of Argument, Appeals, Types of Support

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Animal Farm- Old Major’s speech

*Give examples of the loaded words used in the speech.

* Identify the 2 opposing arguments/counterarguments in the speech.

* Identify the logical fallacies in the speech- oversimplification, stereotype, false cause/effect, card stacking

* Identify the rhetorical devices in the speech (analogy, parallelism, anaphora….etc)

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ACADEMIC

*Persuasive Unit/Chapter 1 Exam - Tuesday, February 13 -- See above for review information


Notes: Persusion (both PreAP & Acad) - Persuasive Technique PPT    /   Fallacy/Rhetoric PPT

Notes: Animal Farm (both PreAP & Acad) -  Satire/Allegory        /      Russian History

Monday, February 5

Pre-AP

• Finish AF Notes 
• Animal Farm Packet (go over)
• Go over LR3 Exam
• Start Chap 1

Academic

• Finish AF Notes 
• Stalin Man of Steel Video
• Animal Farm Packet (go over)

Tuesday, February 6

Pre-AP

• Finish Animal Farm w/ Active Listening and Annotation to Chapter 1
• Update Character Chart
• Annotate OM Speech
• Analyze Old Major Speech Worksheet
• Study Guide Question #1 in journal w/ evidence

Academic

• Start Animal Farm w/ Active Listening and Annotation to Chapter 1

Wednesday, February 7

Pre-AP

• Discuss Old Major's Speech Worksheet
• Introduce Project (see below)

Academic

• Finish Chapter 1 and OM speech discussion
• Old Major Speech Worksheet (homework)

Thursday, February 8

Pre-AP

• Poster Project - Old Majors Speech
• Old Major offers 3 claims in his speech:
  1. The life of an animal is misery and slavery
  2. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing
  3. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades
  
  
  STEP ONE: Choose 1 claim to analyze from “OM” Speech
  ·       Create a unique and original eye-catching way to arrange this information on your poster. 
  ·       Quote from the text with page number citations for each example.
  ·       YOU MUST include analysis the following sections. Use your notes in your writer's notebook
  1.    Clearly state the Claim you are analyzing on the poster (opinion/position)?
  2.    Identify types (multiple examples) of Support/Evidence utilized? (facts, quotes, statistics, anecdotes, examples).
  3.    Persuasive technique(s) used
  4.    Logical Fallacies
  5.    Rhetorical Devices
  6.    Opposing Viewpoint/Counterargument
  7.    Loaded Words
  Use your notes in your writer's notebook

Academic

• Discuss Old Major Speech and go over worksheet
• Fill in Character Chart
• Chapter 1 study guide question 1
• Review Sheet for Test on Tuesday (due tomorrow)

Friday, February 9

Pre-AP

• Work on Poster (due Monday)
• Beasts of England worksheet (due Monday)

Academic

• Go over review sheet
• Beasts of England worksheet and discussion