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Week of 12/13/10-12/17/10 December 13, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — nikibird @ 2:05 pm

Students, for this week, you need to do the following:

1. Study for your ELA final on Wednesday.

2. Complete homework choice assignment A or B– due Thursday.

A.  Choose 3 strategies and write a Public Service Announcement (PSA) that will be read on the radio advertising a product. Remember, your audience can only hear  what you say, so choose your words strategically. Your PSA should be no longer than 45 seconds when read aloud. On a separate sheet of paper, identify the strategies used and your target audience.

B.  Create a poster for a product you imagine using at least 3 persuasive strategies.  Your poster should illustrate the strategies as in a magazine, not be explicitly stated or identified. On the back of your poster, identify the strategies used and your target audience.

 

12/10/10 Quiz December 8, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — nikibird @ 3:21 pm

The quiz will be over the persuasive strategies studied in class. Click on the link below if you need to review the strategies and their definitions.

9 Propaganda or Persuasive Techniques Modified

 

Field Trip to the Alliance Theatre December 8, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — nikibird @ 2:06 pm

All students attending the field trip to the Alliance Theatre on Friday, December 10, 2010, please remember to bring a dressy change of clothes. You will attend your after-school class and then we will have dinner at 5:30PM. The bus will be leaving at 6:45PM, and we will return to school at 10:00PM. Please email me at: nbird@atlanta.k12.ga.us, send a message on the blog or call the school if you have any questions.

 

 

Week of 12/06/10 December 8, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — nikibird @ 2:01 pm

Homework

12/6/10 Complete counter-argument based on chosen topic in class. Due on Tuesday, 12/7/10.

12/8/10 and 12/09/10 Review persuasive strategies for quiz on Friday. Be prepared to identify and explain strategies in both print and commercial advertisements.

Quiz over persuasive strategies on Friday, December 10, 2010.

 

 
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