Day 25: Introduction to Rhetorical Situations

Short List

1. Attendance Check
2. Community Circle
3. Overview of Unit 3
4. Rhetoric--What is it?
5. Final Thoughts

Homework:

This Friday, the entire Unit 2, Essay Basics, essay will be due. Please look at this prompt and grading rubric. 

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The Details
Schedule of events:

1. Attendance Check

2. [10-15 minutes] Community Circle
This time of the semester, especially for brand-new freshmen, I like to stop and see how everyone is doing.

3. [10-15 minutes] Overview of Unit 3
We have made it.  Unit 1... check.  Unit 2... check.  Now, onto Unit 3.

So, it's time to stop, slow down, and figure out where we have been and where we are going.

1. Where we have been. 
2. Where we are going: 

Look at this Unit 3 Assignment Prompt and Rubric.

4. [15-20 minutes] Rhetoric--what is it? 
Does anyone know what rhetoric is? **Hint: This is what we haven't really talked about much in this class so far but is what we will talk about soon!**

Check this out and this one and this one too! 

If we know __________________ from studying in ESL 111 so far, and we know that we will study ________________ /rhetoric and do rhetorical analysis in the rest of the class, what do you think constitutes rhetoric?  What things would you look for in writing if you were to analyze it and its rhetorical elements?  

Maybe looking at this sample will help.  As you look at this set of real language use, what do you notice:

• What kinds of differences do you notice in terms of language (and formatting)?
• Why do you think there are such differences?  

5. Final Thoughts
Today, is just an introduction to the Rhetorical Analysis Unit, and with that in mind, we just want to start training our minds to think in a new way.  As you go, think about what types of writing you have done.  What writing have you commonly or frequently done over the course of your life or your career learning English and what have you rarely or never done?

 This Friday, the entire Unit 2, Essay Basics, essay will be due. Please look at this prompt and grading rubric.

Attribution: Sections 3 and 4 have been based and adapted on Jin Kim's 2013 lesson, making use of her ideas and materials, but also adapting it to fit my own class schedule and teaching style.