English 4 & 4H: 1/22,23/13

Guiding Q

• How can you identify persuasion?

Bell Ringer

• How do you persuade or convince yourself? Be sure to give an example or illustration to be specific. (Remind of issue with vagueness on test essays)

Activities

• Discuss/go over bell ringer
• Assignment for next class:
• Must find an interesting print advertisement and bring it to class.
• Those who have the ad will get a grade. Those who don't will get a zero.
• Define and give examples of what "interesting" means.
• Read "The London Fire" aloud in class, pages 572-574
• Create a list of all the things the author does during the fire.
• Determine how the author thinks of himself or reasons to himself to do or not do the actions listed
• Students read background information about Daniel Defoe, pages 580, 581
• Discuss to prepare students to read "A Journal of the Plague Year" next class
• Any remaining time is to work on "Declaration of Independence" vocabulary for test next week.