The Challenger

November 1, 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

Free Write Friday

Vocabulary: 

Word: Speech

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience

Your Definition: 

Activity: How confident do you feel giving speeches?  Why?

Activity: 

1.  Challenger Background

We will watch the video to get background information on this event.

2.  Challenger Articles   

Address to the Nation by Ronald Reagan

With a partner, read pages 262-264.

Then read, The New York Times, The Shuttle Explodes article.

Finally read, The Challenger Disaster Revisited. 

Complete the say, mean, matter assignment using the Google doc, using a quote from each document.

3.  TPEQEA 

Which article used rhetoric most effectively and why?

Due: Monday, November 4.  

Closure

Which article did you find most interesting and why?