Monday, April 22, 2019

92 minutes

Learning Targets:

·         I can identify and describe the speaker, audience, purpose and tone in a text

·         I can provide textual evidence to support my claims

    ·       I can present my ideas to classmates

     1.   SSR 

      2.    Groups finish SOAPSTone slides: In small groups, using your SOAPSTone charts, discuss the reading and then do the following: create Google Slide posters that describe / identify these features of the reading AND create two questions about the essay that we can discuss as a class:

--Speaker: Identify the voice (narrator) and the point of view from which he or she is speaking. Identify the speaker’s values, biases, and beliefs (if you are able). Determine if the speaker can be trusted.

--Audience: who is the intended audience? Who will hear or read this message? What are this audience’s biases or values? Is this audience open to the message?

 --Purpose/Argument: What does this speaker hope to achieve? What is the main purpose (argument)?

What is the author’s purpose/argument?

--Tone: What is the dominant tone and what is its effect? Look primarily at the speaker’s attitude. What words, images, or figures of speech reveal the speaker’s attitude? Are there any shifts in tone within this document, and if so, what is the result/effect?

Provide at least two quotes for each of the categories from the reading that support and illustrate your claims about the Speaker, Audience, Purpose/Argument, and Tone

      3.   Present your slides to the class 

      4.   Class discussion: use questions created by each group for a class discussion. 

     HOMEWORK DUE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM: Respond to the prompt: What attitudes or biases should a person understand as they study or write about Africa? Draw on the materials that we have been discussing in class so far.