Documentary Unit

Documentary Unit

Mrs. Whetstone

AP Language

December 3-7

AGENDA

Recap Finish film HOMEWORK:

Rachel Carson Silent Spring (Chapters 1-2) Textbook:

Standard Version: 798-806 New Version: 888-896

QFD: #1, 2, 3 Q on R/S: #1, 7 SFW: #6

Composition Book, Page 32-33

AGENDA

AdvancEd Survey Claim/Thesis Outline Argument Secondary Source/Works Cited

Purpose

That it is time to make significant changes in response to the reality that global warming (or climate change) is not a political issue but an ethical or moral one.

Consider:

Is that image of Gore with the American flag waving in the background an example of effective juxtaposition that reminds us of his public service and commitment? Or is it a fallacy that manipulates us to associate Gore with patriotic fervor?

Consider:

When Gore narrates the near-death experience of his young son and how that affected him, is he shamelessly appealing to our emotions, or is he emphasizing that we often fail to value what is precious until we are in danger of losing it?

Organization

MLA Heading Title: Claim and Outline

Double space 12 pt Times New Roman

This document is separate from your analysis paper

Claim/Thesis

In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore wants to reach a large audience, particularly non-scientists, to stress the urgency of responding to global warming.

Yes, Morals!

Who/What To Whom Purpose (rhetorical verb + claim)

Don’t forget the adjectives!

Claim/Thesis

Although Al Gore claims that only moral and ethical concerns about global warming prompted him to make the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the film is a thinly disguised promotion to the American people for another bid at presidency.

Okay, President Gore…

Who/What To Whom Purpose (rhetorical verb + claim)

Don’t forget the adjectives!

In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore wants to reach a large audience, particularly non-scientists, to stress the urgency of responding to global warming.

Although Al Gore claims that only moral and ethical concerns about global warming prompted him to make the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the film is a thinly disguised promotion to the American people for another bid at presidency.

Outline (Classical Model)

Exordium (Ethos) Author, Piece, Claim

Narratio (Set the scene, Audience) Abstract yet focused on choice claim

Confirmatio (Rhetorical Analysis of film) Rhetorical analysis of evidence

Refutatio Counterargument

Peroratio (Pathos) Loop it back! Bring it all together. Consider APPEAL!

Possible placementfor secondary source

AGENDA

Outline Secondary Sources Rhetorical Analysis on Laptops

Outline (Classical Model)

Exordium (Ethos) Author, Piece, Claim

Narratio (“Bridge the Gap”) Abstract yet focused on choice claim

Confirmatio (Rhetorical Analysis of film) Rhetorical analysis of evidence

Refutatio Counterargument

Peroratio (Pathos) Loop it back! Bring it all together. Consider APPEAL!

Possible placementfor secondary source

Citation andSecondary Sources

Diana Hacker Bibme.org Knightcite.com They Say, I Say (packet from Mrs. Whetstone)

Secondary Sources

Zeitoun (Dave Eggers: non-fiction on Hurricane Katrina)

Stats supporting/refuting claim Articles/ Scientific Journals Cause/Effect Global Warming/Climate Change

Keep claim in perspective! DO NOT allow refutatio to distract or overtake. Use YOUR words to support YOUR claim!

Provide ETHOS:Introduce sources

In full detail!

AGENDA

Heading and page numbers Works Cited Rhetorical Analysis on Laptops

Final Analysis and Outline due TOMORROW! PRINTED WHEN YOU COME INTO CLASS!

Works Cited for Doc.

An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim.

Perf. Albert Gore. Paramount Classics, 2006.

Film.

View Sample

Header/Page Number Review

If necessary

AGENDA

Turn in Analysis Focus Write Introduce Anti-Bullying Project Bully

Focus Write

List “categories” of bullying What type seems to happen most often? Why do you suppose? Have you witnessed bullying yourself? If you have/potentially do… will you address

it? To whom, how?

Categories

1. Persistent Picking2. Cyber bullying3. Exclusion4. Physical5. Intimidation6. Unanimous bullying messages

(messages on locker, etc.)

Ms. Karen Klein

Bus supervisor for twenty-three years in upstate New York

Bully Bully (originally titled The Bully Project) is a 2011

documentary film about bullying in U.S. schools. Directed by Lee Hirsch, the film follows the lives of five students who face bullying on a daily basis. The documentary follows students from high schools in Georgia, Iowa, Texas, Mississippi and Oklahoma during the 2009–10 school year; it also follows the students' families. The film's particular focus is on the deaths of Tyler Long and Ty Smalley, victims of bullying who took their own lives. The film describes in great detail how the average American school kid cannot defend himself or herself against ridicule.

~Source: Wikipedia

Bully Trailer

http://vimeo.com/11321951