Tuesday, February 12, 2013

HW FOR WED. 2/13

12II 1st:

NO HOMEWORK!

 
12III 2nd/4th:

BE PREPARED TOMORROW WED. 2/13, IN CLASS FOR AP EXAM ESSAY PRACTICE '#1'--this time NO ROUGH DRAFT; just a new rhetorical analysis prompt/question and 40 minutes to respond thoughtfully!!! 


HW DUE FRIDAY. 2/15 (NOTE THIS DATE!!):

GROUP MINI-PRESENTATION #1

FOR YOUR GROUP-PARTNER MINI-PROJECT PRESENTATION #1 ASSIGNED TODAY:
--RESEARCH THE  SONG LYRICS OF THE PARTICULAR SONG YOU WERE ASSIGNED TODAY IN TERMS OF ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE SPIRIT OF ‘PROTEST’ AGAINST WAR AND OTHER INJUSTICES 
--RHETORICALLY EXAMINE/ANALYZE THE SONG JUST AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER 'WRITTEN' TEXT FROM CLASS

In class beginning FRIDAY 2/15, each group's EIGHT TO TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE:

--giving a brief history of their assigned song AND the artist (especially in relation to this particular song's themes), including any interesting 'facts' and/or side-notes about the song/artist
--a 'general' overview of the 'gist' of the song and its meaning/overall tone
--analysis of the song's lyrics for the MAJOR RHETORICAL APPEAL(s) and TWO OR THREE LITERARY/LANGUAGE DEVICES/TERMS that show "HOW" this appeal works within the lyrics

*PLEASE NOTE:
*lyrics/videos/misc. multimedia for each group's song will be viewed on the class projector during each presentation 
 *we will end by listening to each song and discuss further afterward if warranted   

SONGS (**INITIALS OF EACH GROUP MEMBER 2nd and 4th NOTED HERE)
-"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield (AC/MB/HH/TB)/(LP/CD)
-"Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (TB/JC/LI/JR/MA)/(KD/CK)  
-“Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen (MT/BB/AG/ZO/CD)/(AO/AB/TG)
-“1916” by Motorhead (KM/CM/SB/JA/KR)/(DC/DM/JR)
-“One” by Metallica (GN/EC/GB/KW/KW)/KRIEGER
-"Rooster" by Alice in Chains (JC/DB/BC/MJ)/(DH)

SOOOOO...DIVIDE UP THE TASKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, get on the internet and DIG DEEP  for some interesting and rhetorically-sound information about these songs/artists (song allusions, artistic inspirations, videos, books, etc.); and BE SURE to check MORE THAN ONE lyrics website, as they tend to vary on their interpretations of song lyrics 

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