English 4 & 4H: 2/6,7/13

Guiding Q

• How does satire work as a type of persuasion?

Bell Ringer

• Work on "Declaration" extra credit vocabulary assignment which is due today.

Activities

• Begin with 15 to 20 minutes of work time for projects due today
• Take up extra credit vocabulary assignment
• Take up completed advertisement project
• Peruse the "Rape of the Lock" in an effort to show students the satire, humor, and techniques used
• Read/discuss "A Modest Proposal" beginning with background information on Jonathon Swift, pages 608, 609
• Assign all margin questions and the end questions on page 620
• All classes completed the reading through the end of page 615
• Reminder: Vocabulary test 2 on Friday