Searching for ethos, logos, and pathos

Goal: Finding the Ethos, Pathos and Logos in the articles we have read.

Agenda: 
Read
A quick video 
Partner work on ethos, logos and pathos

Work with your partner to complete THIS FORM for the article "Camp for Kids With Autism Offers Extreme Therapy."

Reviewing and writing about wingsuit flyers

Goal: Explain a quote in your own words and relate it to the article we read yesterday about wingsuit flyers.

Agenda:
Read
Reading review
Writing about a quote: Choose one of the quotes below that you have not written about before. Explain the quote in your own words (use 3-4 sentences) and then relate the quote to what you read yesterday about wingsuit flyers.

Quotes to choose:

“Security is a kind of death.”   -Tennessee Williams
 
“Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.” -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” -Rabindranath Tagore

“Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.” -Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” -Jack London 

“The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.”  -Jack London
 
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." -Sir Edmund Hillary

First read of "A Solemn Warning for Wingsuit Flyers"

Goal: First read of "A Solemn Warning for Wingsuit Flyers" with a partner with a focus on extending partner conversations.

Agenda

1. Read, return books you are done with, please. 
2. Reading and partner discussion of "A Solemn Warning for Wingsuit Flyers"

Answer in your English Journal:

1. On a scale of 1-10 how dangerous is wingsuit flying as described in the article? Explain why you chose that rating. 
2. What does the author do to create ethos in the article. How successful is it? 
3. What does the author do to add pathos to the article. How successful is that? 
4. Are you improving your ability to get your partner to say more in a conversation about the text? How could you take that skill further? 

What is the author saying and doing with this text?

Goal: Looking closely at what the author is saying and doing in "Extreme Sports Not About Risk Taking: Study."

Agenda: 

1. Read
2. Charting the text
3. Quick write

Quick Write:

1. Explain what you think the quote is telling us. 
2. Explain how the quote applies to the article you were just working on about the study.  

“Security is a kind of death.”  -Tennessee Williams 

“The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” -Jack London 

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." -Sir Edmund Hillary

Reading more about Extreme Sports

Goal: Reading with a partner and extending conversations about the text.

Agenda:

1. Read
2. Open your Extreme Sports articles doc. 
3. Read the second article, "Extreme Sports Not About Risk Taking: Study" with your partner. 
4. Use the Say Something protocol while you read. 
5. Get your partner to say more about what they just said. 

Answer in your English Journal:

1. What does Dr. Brymer believe about people who do extreme sports? 
2. Why does he think that? 
3. Are his beliefs supported by fact or opinion? (Use some evidence from the text to support your answer.)
4. What would you change about Dr. Brymer's research to make it stronger? 
5. Who is the author of this text? Who is he writing about? 

Reminders:

The grading period ends tomorrow. All late work, calling in essays, posting book review links, or requests for regrade, must be made by 2:15 tomorrow, Friday 4/24.