Shading the Earth

October 23, 2019

Standards

RI.9-10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

Obj: I can determine author's point of view and purpose in a text.

I can analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance POV or purpose.

Starter

Could Solar GeoEngineering Counter Global Warming?

As you watch the video, identify elements of the rhetorical triangle.

Ethos. Pathos. Logos.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Purpose 

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition:the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

Your Definition: 

Activity:What is the purpose of the video from our starter?

Word: Geoengineering

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: the deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth's climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.

Your Definition: 

Activity: What is your opinion of geoengineering?

Activity: 

1.  Rhetorical Devices

We will eventually have a gallery walk for the terms.

 During the gallery walk, write down terms and definitions that are unfamiliar.

2.  Shading the Earth

Read Shading the Earth on pages 249-251 of your Study Sync book. 

Individually, complete a SOAPSTone worksheet.

I will collect these for credit. 

3.  Philosophical Chairs

Based on the evidence in the excerpt, do you think geoengineering is a good solution to the problem of global warming?

Take a few minutes to find at least one piece of textual in support of your opinion.

Additionally, using the rhetorical devices from the gallery walk, create one example to potentially use in the discussion.

Closure

Fill out a rhetorical triangle based on Shading the Earth.