Unit Overview Key Vocabulary: Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Rhetorical Triangle, Audience, Purpose, Connotation, Denotation, Rhetorical Appeals, Authority, Analogy, Parallel Structure, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Counter-arguments, Conclusions, Premises Text Selections: Patrick Henry’s to the Virginia Convention” “Speech Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience Rachel Carson’s Fable for Tomorrow” “A Thomas Jefferson’s of Independence” “Declaration Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Been to the Mountaintop” “I’ve Walt Whitman’s I the Choice” “Had Robert Frost’s Road Not Taken” “The Martin Luther King, Jr.’s from Birmingham City Jail” “Letter President Obama’s Remarks” “Back-to-School Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Have a Dream,” “I John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Socratic Seminar Walden and Civil Disobedience Topics: Analytical Writing: In-Class Rhetorical Analysis/Timed Writing Creative Writing: Public Service Announcement Project Reflective Writing: Project reflections/journals
Unit Overview Key Vocabulary: Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Rhetorical Triangle, Audience, Purpose, Connotation, Denotation, Rhetorical Appeals, Authority, Analogy, Parallel Structure, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Counter-arguments, Conclusions, Premises Text Selections: Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience Rachel Carson’s “A Fable for Tomorrow” Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” Walt Whitman’s “Had I the Choice” Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” President Obama’s “Back-to-School Remarks” Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream,” John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Socratic Seminar Topics: Walden and Civil Disobedience Analytical Writing: In-Class Rhetorical Analysis/Timed Writing Creative Writing: Public Service Announcement Project Reflective Writing: Project reflections/journals