Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Letter From Birmingham Jail


Learning Target: I can articulate King's arguments and prominent rhetorical elements and strategies he employs to make them.

Reminder and note: Monday is the in-class AP rhetorical analysis essay for Letter from Birmingham Jail (you may use your annotated copy of Letter from Birmingham Jail).  We will be in DC-east.

Activity 1 (10-15 mins): Finish yesterday's presentations (approx 4 minutes per presentation)

4)Paragraphs 9-11; Period 10
5)paragraphs 12-13; Period 9 & 10
6) Paragraphs 14-15; Period 9 & 10
Period 9: last two groups still have to present
Period 10: Last three groups still have to present

Activity 2 (6 mins):
mini-lesson on syntax in par 13

Syntax in Letter From Birmingham Jail: repetition, anaphora, loose and periodic sentences


Activity 3 (15 mins): Assign paragraphs according to groupings below.  Please prepare presentations which address the following for each paragraph:

1) In this paragraph(s), which argument/objection(s) voiced in the Public Statement is King responding to?

2) In a nutshell, what is King's response/counterargument? Condense it into a sentence or two.

3) For each paragraph, which rhetorical strategies, appeals, and devices are most significant in King's argument?

1)Paragraphs 16-19; 
2) Paragraphs 20-21; 
3)Paragraphs 22-23; 
4)Paragraphs 24-25; 
5)paragraphs 26-27; 
6) Paragraphs 28-30;

Activity 4 (10 mins): Presentations (perhaps time for 2 or 3) 

Homework: Finish reading and annotating paragraphs 30-47 in MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail. Annotate with the same focus we applied to preparing today's presentations. As you read and annotate, ask yourself the following about each paragraph:

1) In this paragraph(s), which argument/objection(s) voiced in the Public Statement is King responding to?

2) In a nutshell, what is King's response/counterargument? Condense it into a sentence or two.

3) For each paragraph, what rhetorical strategies, appeals, and devices are most significant in King's argument?

Monday: In-class rhetorical analysis essay for Letter from Birmingham Jail (you may use your annotated copy of Letter from Birmingham Jail)



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