Defining and Planning

by | Nov 16, 2010 | Update

Image via Wikipedia First and fourth period were both engaged in inductive reasoning to come up definitions. First period has been defining propaganda. After looking at specific examples of Nazi propaganda yesterday, we came up with a class list of characteristics of...

Ballads, Propaganda, and Persuasion

by | Nov 15, 2010 | Update

First period examined propaganda, specifically looking at pre-war Nazi propaganda. We looked at cartoons from Julius Streicher’s anti-Semitic magazine, Der Stürmer. We also saw examples of propaganda in postage stamps and propaganda for the kids. We’ll finish up...

Persuasive Blues and Sonnets

by | Nov 12, 2010 | Update

First, second, and sixth periods took a Friday off from heavy lifting (to varying degrees: one period had some problems getting themselves together): we looked at a blues song that actually employs a couple of persuasive techniques. We then helped the bluesman out by...
Bias, Persuasion, and the Sonnet

Bias, Persuasion, and the Sonnet

by | Nov 11, 2010 | Update

First period reviewed the notes from reading yesterday. Yesterday’s lesson was a two-fold lesson: first, they got information about bias; second, they worked on note-taking skills. Yet the second objective can foil the first, so we made sure everyone knew what...

Persuasion and Poetry

by | Nov 10, 2010 | Update

First period finished up notes on bias. We’ll do some work with it in class tomorrow, finishing up the week with propaganda. Second and sixth periods were introduced to the Moodle site I run (courses.ourenglishclass.net). They worked on identifying persuasive...