Starter:  Jot down and share with a partner the following:
1) your plans for your oral project
2) your struggles
3) which Aristotelian appeals you will use
4) which rhetorical devices you will use

Models
Music:  "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
Oratory examples
Discuss:  What makes for good oratory?

Work time!
If you did not conference with me yesterday, you must today!!

DRAFT DUE TOMORROW!!

"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter."--Blaise Pascal

Draft Feedback Debrief
1. Read and reflect on my feedback.  
2. Pair share:  What are the greatest areas of refinement that you need to make on your Op-Ed?
3. Look over "Common Issues in your Op-Ed Articles."  Read over your draft and check the boxes that you think apply to you.
4.  Deadline pushed back:  due by midnight on Friday, November 22.


Rhetorical Discourse Performance Project
1.  Exhibition is scheduled!  November 21 (next Thursday) at iAM studio!  Where my coordinators at?
2.  Models of political discourse, done creatively:

• KRS-ONE:  "2nd Quarter Free Throws"
• Spoken word example:  "Swallow Pride, Spit Words"
• Laying down the political discourse with oratory:  Remember this one?

3.  Consume more models related to your topic and/or your medium?
4.  If you are struggling with turning your topic into a creative oral piece, talk to me about how you can craft a different piece of discourse that expresses ideology.
5.  EXIT TICKET:  Describe to me your plan for your oral discourse project IN DETAIL!!!

What are the expectations of the oral project?

Rubric Review

What are some handy devices for effective oral discourse?

Rhetorical Devices Handout

Rhetorical Devices Activity

1.  In groups (or solo if you choose), come up with original examples of each rhetorical device.  You may draw on the course concepts or make up silly examples.  I recommend that for at least some of them, you play with political ideas.  Think about how politicians and other rhetoricians can use the devices.

2.  Record your examples on this Google Doc.

3.  Review the examples of year peers.

4.  Consider how you might incorporate some of the devices into your own project.

HOMEWORK OVER YOUR FOUR DAY WEEKEND

Brainstorm and plan your oral project!  Once you have a plan, begin to draft and create it!

Peer Critique!

Critique Guidelines

Review Setting up Quotations!

Complete draft due to me by email by the beginning of class tomorrow!

Brainstorm in partners.
1.  What should we call our exhibition?
2.  Tell your partner what you are thinking about for your oral project.


Op-Ed Self Critique


Revise Draft for Peer Critique tomorrow!

Gallery Walk:  Ashley's Project

Model Critique:  Read and analyze one of the Op-Eds from "The Morality of Politics and Justice" project.
1.  What is the thesis of the piece?
2.  How does the Op-Ed effect you as an audience member?
3.  Using the list below, give three pieces of concrete feedback to the essay.

Common features of an Op-Ed

• Shorter paragraphs
• Concise writing
• Each paragraph has one idea or topic
• Punchy sentences that are engaging
• Logos, ethos, and pathos (pathos should not be overdone!)
• Reader is left with a suggested solution, resolution, or recommendation for action
• Evidence is used effectively throughout
• Every paragraph supports the thesis
• Refutes point(s) of the opposition
• Conclusion drives the point home

Model  Op-Ed:  Would we rather invest in preschools or prisons?  
By Nicholas Kristoff, The New York Times

Using the rubric, "grade" Kristoff's Op-Ed

Together, discuss to what degree Kristoff's article contains these common features of Op-Ed pieces:

1. Shorter paragraphs
2. Concise writing
3. Each paragraph has one idea or topic
4. Punchy sentences that are engaging
5. Logos, ethos, and pathos (pathos should not be overdone!)
6. Reader is left with a suggested solution, resolution, or recommendation for action
7. Evidence is used effectively throughout
8. Every paragraph supports the thesis
9. Refutes point(s) of the opposition
10. Conclusion drives the point home

WORK TIME!  Draft #1 Due Tomorrow