AMERICAN STUDIESMONDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2014

Time will pass; will you? 51 days remain in the fall semester.Today’s Goals:

To test for comprehension of types of fallacies and support for arguments

To present and advertisement analysis

To

HOUSEKEEPING AND RECOGNITION Homecoming Voting Do you drive to school? Thanks to the kind hearts of Sophie and Gabby and Salim

for working at Paz de Christo last Friday! Who would like to work October 10?

Collect Vocab Log #4; Vocab Sentence Set #2 The course calendar is current The College Fair is Wednesday, 9/17, 6-8 P.M., at Chandler

Center for the Arts. U.S. Senate Youth Scholarship Program: Deadline 10/15 First Freedom Student Competition: Deadline 11/17 The Class Website Are you monitoring your grades? Alert us immediately to

any discrepancies.

WHAT IS RHETORIC?

The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, and embellished over the centuries by scholars and teachers, is that rhetoric is the art of observing in any given case the “available means of persuasion.”

The three most basic components: The Rhetorical Triangle

RATING THE PRESENTATIONS

7-9: This is a great advertisement. The presentation is organized and well-prepared. The presenter is articulate and knowledgeable about the topic, and hits on every applicable aspect for analysis. The presentation is interesting and captivating.

5-6: This is a good advertisement. The presentation is organized and prepared. The presentation is clear, and hits on almost every applicable aspect for analysis. The presentation holds interest.

1-4: The ad is adequate for the assignment. The presentation is somewhat organized and prepared. The analysis of applicable aspects is apparent, but weak in some areas. The presentation needs a little polishing.

HOMEWORK REMINDERS Tomorrow:

Wrap Ad presentations American Pageant, Chapter 10, “Launching the Ship of

State,” pages 199-213 Wednesday:

American Pageant, Chapter 10, “Launching the Ship of State,” pages 213-233b 186-198b —guiding questions due —tii upload required

Thursday: Test, Time Periods 1-3

Friday: American Pageant, Chapter 11, “The Triumph and Travails

of the Jeffersonian Republic,” pages 224-238 Annotated Bibs, Set #2, is due 9/23 —tii upload

required

TODAY’S CLASS—PLEASE HAVE YOUR VOCABULARY LOGS ON YOUR DESKS

Support/Fallacies Quiz Ad Presentations You must take a quick note on every

presentation: Presenter’s Name The ad, and something memorable about it Rating the presentation

Today’s Presentations: Niha Priyanka Rayne Sophia

AMERICAN PAGEANT, CHAPTER 10, “LAUNCHING THE SHIP OF STATE”

Return of work discussion Read Period 3 Handout for any areas you are

unclear on at this point in time. Washington Presidents Video – T- Column