What the Bagel Man Saw Rhetorical Analysis!

Knitty Gritty

 Video with instructions

So, this is a video that is really good and at first glance seems really long. The writing assignment, in the end, is just to edit or rewrite the opening paragraph. However, getting to that point and really understanding it will require watching the video. There are some parts in the beginning that you can skip, like the introduction and her explanation of how things are going to work for the next few weeks, but you will be able to tell when she is getting down to business. This is practice for the rhetorical analysis essay. We will be doing 4 lessons with this passage. When you get towards the end of the video, she will have up on the screen an opening statement that she is asking you to rewrite. You will come to learn in the next few videos (which we will do this upcoming week) that she is actually teaching you about how to establish a "line of reasoning". So, watch this and then post a rewritten or edited thesis. You do not need to comment on classmates posts this week. All 20 points will be based on your rewritten thesis. 

Shut Up and Listen

 Our next unit in AP Language will be economics. As a warm up, watch this Ted Talk, Shut Up and Listen.

After listening to the talk from Ernesto Sirolli, write a rhetorical analysis of what his argument is and how he convinces his audience of this argument. 

1984 and Stop and Frisk

 THIS ASSIGNMENT FOR EVERYONE. Those who did not participate in harkness were emailed a separate assignment. 

I inadvertently posted this on the wrong blogger account, so it is now Saturday evening and I am just realizing that. For this reason, the blog is not due until Monday night. 

Stop and Frisk, Right or Wrong?

https://www.commonlit.org/texts/stop-and-frisk-right-or-wrong

1984 and this article both consider the difficulty in finding balance between protecting people's freedom 

and keeping citizens safe. In 1984, the totalitarian government allows its citizens no freedom, which they 

supposedly do in their best interest. Discuss whether or not the government should be able to violate 

citizens' freedom if it is in their best interest. What dangers arise when citizens assume that all government 

actions are undertaken in their best interest? Who gets to decide what is in the citizens' best interest?

Think about the 3 slogans and what they represent in the book. Education, Technology and 

Leisure.Applythis article to what we are reading as well as to current events.