Any of your teachers could easily give you an outline and tell you one way to organize your letter, but what fun would that be? Your letter would sound and look exactly like your best friend's letter. Oh, and let's not even think about how boring all the letters would be to read.
In order to complete today's assignment, you will need to form a group of 4. Decide who is 1, 2, 3, and 4.
#1 - What is the claim? Is it stated or implied? Where is it located within the text?
#2 - What are the subclaims?
#3 - What evidence is used? Where does the evidence come from?
#4 - Does the author appeal to ethos, pathos, or logos?
All together - How is the text organized?
Here is a link to the letter you will read: Trash Letter
For HOMEWORK:
Preview one of the following letters and be ready to discuss the following when you enter class on Wednesday:
1. What is the claim? Is it stated or implied? Where is it located within the text?
2. What are the subclaims?
3. What evidence is used and where does it come from?
4. Does the author appeal to ethos, pathos, or logos?
5. What can you learn from this letter in order to write your own?
Letter #1
Letter #2
Letter #3
Dear Bianca Gonzalez
ReplyDeletePeople when walking down the street pass homeless people and don't see the miserable animal sitting right next to them. Homeless people don't need to have animals. People may say that they do to keep them warm and for company, but are they really thing of the animals feeling as well? If homeless can't take care of themselves then what makes you think they can take care of an animal. These animals don't have a voice, they need someone to speak for them. Thats were we come in. If you see a homeless person with an animal take action and do whatever you think will benefit the animal as well. We need to think more of how the animal is feeling being hungry, cold, or even sick/hurt.
-Julia Guerra
4.18.12
Period 1