Environment Seminar

November 5, 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

Create at least ONE HOT question. 

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.  Socratic Seminar 

Topic 

In your opinion, what responsibility do you have in regard to the health of the environment?

What responsibilities do the community and nation have in regards to the balance of nature?

Think about global warming, water quality, geoengineering, de-extinction, cell research, or space exploration to research a specific responsibility that we have.   

Use your Rhetoric Research Log to support your ideas.

Use the peer evaluation sheet for a partner assessment.

Closure

Write a reflection on the quality of the seminar.