Warm-up - Pretend that Bowie High School announced a decision to eliminate the honor of valedictorian because of competiveness and feelings of resentment among students. Take a stance on the subject, and then craft a concession and refutation to the counterargument.
Classwork - Quiz on pages 1-26 of LOC
Examination of the different texts relating to Princess Diana in order to determine how different speakers acheived different purposes on the same topic
Homework - Select one of each visual medium (news photograph, political cartoon, print advertisement) that you would want to analyze in a paper. Make sure that it is something that you have an interest in discussing and that there are many comments to be made about audience, speaker, message, ethos, logos, pathos, etc. If it doesn't interest you or you do not understand it, please don't choose it because it will not make a good paper.
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