Kennedy Speech and Into the Wild...

Complete your annotations for the Kennedy steel speech. You will use them when you return to class on the Tuesday after the break for an in-class timed essay.

***ALSO... remember to download the book, Into the Wild, by John Krakauer. We will begin reading it Thursday after the break.

School Traditions and Persuasion

Part I
President: Ethos
Thank you all for joining us today. Our company, Spirit Central, was built upon the values of honesty, integrity, pride and enthusiasm. In 2007, our founding board members came together to bring schools of all sizes and backgrounds ways to increase the excitement on campus, as well as implement traditions that will last for generations.
Though a relatively new company, we’ve already assisted and consulted with 550 schools who were in dire need of adding school pride and spirit to their faculty, staff, and students. We work with everyone on campus to discover what it is that would benefit the campus as a whole. Spirit Central… making traditions cool again!

Creative Director: Pathos
Imagine being confident and proud every time you step onto the grounds of your high school. Imagine the possibilities of being the founding members of a school tradition that you can pass down year to year, and imagine watching that tradition lift your high school up to the next level.  With Spirit Central, all of this can come true.
After speaking with a sample group of your students and administrators, we have come up with an example of a school tradition that will work for you. We’ve called it, Cultural Kickback Day. This campus is filled with international flare, and it is time to celebrate that. Cultural Kickback Day would be an all-school open house where students from different cultures would bring food, music, traditional clothing and participate in an all-day festival, showcasing what makes their culture unique and exciting. At the culmination of the day, there would be an international talent show, filled with dancing, singing, refreshments, and fun.
Now, your friends and family can really see what an awesome place Amicitia really is, and they can experience the tradition along with you!

Marketing Director: Logos
In addition to the beauty of our idea, the potential profit is undeniable. Spirit Central prides itself on helping create traditions that not only add spirit, but bring in revenue as well. Each cultural group would be responsible for bringing their own goods and talent to the festival, therefore Amicitia costs would be at a minimum. Plus, families and visitors would pay a small entrance fee of 50dh, and the profit would go straight to the school.
Where the big payoff comes in, is when those new visitors see the school, the students, and the global mindedness of Amicitia. It will be inevitable that more students will enroll and more tuition will be generated. Families today want their children to interact with the WORLD! What better way to start them on this journey, than to send them to the one and only American international school in Fes! Spirit Central... it makes CENTS!!!

Part II
Your group will come up with an advertisement using propaganda. It can be a commercial or print ad. It must include your company/tradition name, logo, and slogan, and it must appeal to your target audience.

Ethos: Use language that makes your company/group sound credible and respectable
Pathos: Use language that gets everyone excited for your tradition and ideas. Get them emotionally invested.
Logos: Use language that makes logical sense of your ideas. You are the facts, stats, and numbers person. 

Persuasion Essay- Death Penalty

Outline due at the beginning of class Thursday!!!!!

Thesis statement starters:
Due to the...
Because of the...
Although...
Only if...

Death Penalty: Is the death penalty a just punishment for those convicted? Why or why  not. Support with evidence and commentary. You will HAVE to research real life cases and news articles to support your thesis and claims.
Outline:
Thesis:

1st Body Paragraph:
Claim:
Evidence:
Commentary:

2nd Body Paragraph:
Claim:
Evidence:
Commentary:

3rd Body Paragraph:
Reasons for the other side:
Refuting Claim:
Evidence:
Commentary:

Conclusion: Final thoughts and evidence

Vocabulary and Dialogue

You have a vocabulary test this Friday! The words you need to know are: Patronize, Inept, Solicit, Circumvent, Parochial, Inevitable, Aversion, Translucent, Aptitude, Serendipity, Divergent, Obsequious, Tumultuous, Engender, Correlate, Laconic.

Also, remember your final short stories are due Thursday. They will be typed, and you will have time in class to finish. Rules for dialogue and the grading rubric are below. This is a test grade as well.

She said, "Hello, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you," he responded. "How was your day yesterday?"
"Oh, it was fine," she thought, and then she said, "Actually, it was pretty awful."

Rubric for grading: Story-line and Plot= 25, GSP= 25, Dialogue=25, Details and Description=25.

Witch Short Story...

You are to choose one of the following characters discussed in class: cartoon witch, attractive "Charmed" witches, Salem witch, scary/ creepy bald witch, or the Wizard of Oz witches, and write an original short story. They are to be the main character, but feel free to change the dynamic of their role/ archetype. You must use vivid detail and dialogue. The rough draft is due Tuesday at the beginning of class.

Poetry Project

Due to inconsistency in Internet, the video project has been put on hold. Focus on the poetry project now. You are to write a poem personifying an object, concept, or idea. (Think of Emily Dickinson's poem about Death, and Metallica's Enter Sandman about nightmares.) It needs to be a minimum of 26 lines with at least 3 words on each line. The rough draft is due Thursday.

Literary Devices in Song Lyrics Video

You will create a video using different songs that exemplify different literary devices in their lyrics. You must identify and give the meaning of the lyrics within the video as well. An example can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2AhjI56MS0 

Please note, you must identify a minimum of 6 literary devices, but you may use more. Examples of those are listed below in this blog. Choose lyrics appropriate for school. The project is due Thursday, September 26th.

Let me know if you have any questions.

More Literary Devices

Allusion: Referring to something historical or famous
Ex: Their love was Shakespearean.

Innuendo: A seemingly innocent phrase that means something more scandalous
Ex. You've got snowflakes on your nose.... has been used as a drug reference

Paradox: A phrase that seems impossible but rings true
Ex. Alone in a crowded room

Oxymoron: A pair of words that are opposite in meaning but when put together have a unified significance
Ex. Pretty ugly, seriously funny

Literary Devices

Simile: A comparison using like or as… Your smile is like the sun and as bright as a summer’s day.

Metaphor: A direct comparison… Your smile is a bright summer’s day.

Alliteration: Your smile sings sweet, summery songs.

Personification: Giving life-like characteristics to non-living things

My alarm clock was screaming at me this morning.

Idioms: The “meaning” of the phrase is very different from the words themselves

Not the sharpest tool in the shed… It really means, you are not very smart.

Hyperbole: Exaggeration to emphasize a point

I have a million things to do today.

Euphemism: A nicer way to say something that is often seen as negative or offensive

You are vertically challenged… It really means you are short

Imagery: Any description that appeals to your 5 senses

The mist in the air was a welcome relief to the sweltering and suffocating heat of the early August morning.

Slant Rhyme: Words that seem to rhyme even though they really don’t

Orange and Porridge

Be ready to finish up your FINAL DRAFT of your short stories on Tuesday. Bring your computers if you have them. They must be typed and in proper format. The rubric is below for reference:

Area of Essay/ Story	Points Received	Points Received	Points Received	Points Received
Content	100 Well-developed story with vivid attention to detail	75 Developed storyline, but there are a few gaps	50 Basic and not much detail	25 Poor development and very little detail
GSP	100 Excellent with almost no mistakes	75 Moderate amount of mistakes	50 Lots of red	25 Appears to have not been edited
Relevant Plot	100 There is a clear plot and it engages the reader throughout the story	75 The plot is laid out well but is rather basic	50 The plot is choppy and lacks flow or interest	25 Very little or no plot to the story, more of a series of events
Appropriate Length	100 3-5 pages	75 1-2	50 1	25 Less than a page