Monday, November 23, 2009

Note: Due to parent conferences only periods I and 3 have class today and tomorrow.
Do Now: Persuade me to lend you five hundred dollars. What tactic will you use to convince me? Why?
Today's Goals:
1. To review author's purpose and identify the purpose of the two women we are reading this week.
2. To practice paraphrasing an author's words.
3. To analyze persuasive writing.

Read Letter to John Adams: Holt Reader page 63.
1. Mark the text for purpose and persuasive techniques.
2. Vocabulary  - circle words to define in class discussion.

Phillis Wheatley: Poem written to the Earl of Dartmouth.
Reading questions?
1. What is her purpose?
2. What type of persuasive appeal is she using?

Homework: Paraphrase Practice Worksheet. ( 50 points )