Literature: Wednesday, December 4 , 2013

1. Literature: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Handouts: * Coach #16 (Persuasion) Homework: * Read AR book 20 – 30 minutes & record progress on chart * Coach #16 (Persuasion) Assignments Due:Coach #15 (Fact and Opinion)

2. Today’s Goal: Learn about persuasive writing and propaganda. Outcomes: Describe what is meant by “persuasion” or persuasive writing. Define the following terms: denotation, connotation, propaganda, loaded language, testimonial, bandwagon. Explain the history behind the word “bandwagon.” Name three techniques commonly used in persuasive writing. Review the definitions of “fact” and “opinion.”

3. Starter #1: What does the word “persuasion” mean? To “persuade” someone means to convince someone to think a certain way or to do something. Let’s look at a Coach intro article to get a better grasp on this. . . . If you were going to make up your own Cornell Notes for this information, how would you do it? Take out two sheets of notebook paper. . . . [for Cornell Notes]

4. Starter #2: Cornell Notes on “Persuasive Writing” • What is “persuasive writing”?Name two things. • What communication techniquedo writers sometimes use inpersuasive writing? • What is propaganda? • Name three devices frequentlyused in propaganda. • 1) Writing that convinces someone to think in a certain way or to do something. 2) It combines ideas, information, and language to achieve that. • They take advantage of the differencebetween a word’s “denotation” and its“connotation.” • Using language, ideas, and info to support one side of an argument(a position) while discrediting theother side of the issue. • 1) Loaded Language; 2) Testimonial;3) Bandwagon

5. Starter #2: “Persuasive Writing” continued Define the following terms: • 1. Denotation • 2. Connotation • 3. Loaded Language • 4. Testimonial • 5. Bandwagon • 6. Fact • 7. OpinionLet’s return to the Coach intro andtest your detective skills. . . .  • 1. A word’s dictionary meaning • 2. The implied meaning of a word, whether it’s positive or negative e.g. “small” and “undersized” • 3. Words carefully chose to provoke a certain emotional response e.g. group of kids; gang of hooligans • 4. When a famous person supports a particular product or idea/opinion • 5. Communicating that something is desirable b/c “everyone is doing it” • 6. A statement that can be proven true • 7. A statement that cannot be proven; it’s merely someone’s belief or personal judgment