We took a quick look at the assignment for the analysis unit - so that you had an idea what you would be writing about. The assignment is a rhetorical analysis = where you characterize the audience, purpose and form of a text, and assess its effectiveness in terms of how well it "works."
We chose the following essays:
Zinczenko
Balko
Warner
Obama
Orbach
The rest of class was spent on your drafts for the persuasive essay.
Last class we reviewed the drafts in terms of focus, organization, and development. For today's conferences we checked in on how focus, organization and development were working, and then considered your use of ethos, pathos, and logos; and made sure you met the particular requirements for this assignment.
I didn't spend much time talking to you about your use of academic language (there were enough other issues going on in your essays it seemed like it would be too much), so you should do a final read for language before you turn in your final essays. Those of you who have developed your work through drafts are doing great work! I can see improvement with every revision.
For next class:
Write: Post the final persuasive essay to your portfolio
Come to class prepared to write your reflective essay for the persuasive unit, and we will get started on rhetorical analysis.
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