Team Member Names: Mike Cargill

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Team Member Names Mike Cargill Marion
Wood Lesson Title Patrick Henry Benjamin
Franklin Masters of Rhetorical Devices? Subject
Matter American Literature Grade
Levels Created especially for Grade 11 Honors
American Literature class, with adaptations for a
regular Grade 11 American Literature class, and
for a Special Education High School Government
class - p. 6. Time Allotment 90 minutes for
Honors American Literature class Overview Student
s will (1)engage in a discussion regarding the
time in history that these 2 speeches were made
by analyzing timeline (2)students will engage in
discussion by looking at poster that defines 4
Speech devices Rhetorical (includes rhetorical
questions and repetition) Persuation (includes
appealing to emotion and appealing to
intellect) (3)Students will fill out charts
showing speech devices used by Henry and then
Franklin (4)Studens will create an Inspiration
diagram showing speech devices used by Henry
Franklin. Standards Grade Eleven Reading
Analysis 11.3 The student will read and analyze
relationships among American literature, history,
and culture. (d) Describe how use of context and
language structures conveys an authors intent
and viewpoint in contemporary and historical
essays, speeches, and critical reviews. United
Stages History to 1877 USI.1 The student will
develop skills for historical and geographical
analysis, including the ability to USI.1a
identify and interpret primary and secondary
source documents to increase understanding of
event and life in US history to 1877 USI.1h
interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from
notable speeches and documents.
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• Learning Objectives
• Students will be able to create an Inspiration
  diagram to show how the speeches of Patrick Henry
  and Benjamin Franklin used persuasion and
  rhetoric to get their point across.
• Technology Components
• Inspiration
• Timeliner
• http//www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen
  .cfmspeech
• Site where written version of Patrick Henrys
  speech can be found.
• http//www.usconstitution.net/franklin.html
• Site where written and audio version of Benjamin
  Franklins speech can be found.
• Materials
• Poster Created by Power Point What is Rhetoric
  Persuasion Large
• Poster Created by TimeLiner entitled HENRY
  FRANLIN REV2.TLE
• Handout - Patrick Henrys Speech
• Handout Word Document Chart entitled Examples
  of Speech devices used by Patrick Henry
• Handout - Benjamin Franklins Speech
• Handout Word Document Chart entitled Examples
  of Speech devices used by Benjamin Franklin
• Inspiration Template entitled HenryFranklin.isf
  (This might need to be placed on server before
  class to make it accessible to students.)
• Computer per person with Internet Access
• Rubric made at Rubistar entitled Rubric Henry
  Franklin

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• Introductory Activity 10 Minutes
• Review events in history going on at time of
  speeches by reviewing Timeline Poster. (HENRY
  FRANLIN REV2.TLE)
• 2. Draw students into a discussion of the Speech
  Devices of Rhetoric (includes rhetorical
  questions and repetition)
• and Persuasion (includes appealing to emotion
  and appealing to intellect) by looking at Posters
  of Speech Devices. (What is Rhetoric Persuasion
  Large.ppt)
• Learning Activities

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• Meet as a large group and discuss use of Speech
  Devices in Henrys speech.
• Part II Benjamin Franklins Speech
• Divide again into small groups.
• Give students a copy of Franklins speech
  (Speech of Benjamin Franklin.doc) and the chart
  Examples of Speech devices used by Benjamin
  Franklin (Examples of Speech devices used by
  Benjamin Franklin.doc)
• Have them read the speech and fill out chart.
• Meet as a large group and discuss use of Speech
  Devices in Franklins speech.
• Culminating Activity
• Use Inspiration to Diagram the Use of Rhetoric
  and Persuation in the Speeches of Henry and
  Franklin
• Part I - Give an introductory demo of Inspiration
  and how to complete the included template.
  (henryfranklin3.isf)

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• Show how to add a symbol, to enter text, and to
  arrange symbols.
• Show how to use Zoom/Fit to Window in case they
  lose diagram from page.
• Show how to change from picture view to outline
  view.
• Their final chart should look similar to the
  following.

• Part II Students create their own Inspiration
  Diagram
• Show how their diagram might look.
  (henryfranklin3 possible example.isf)
• They will probably end up with a different of
  examples than above.
• Give students rubric to show how their diagram
  will be assessed. http//rubistar.4teachers.org/in
  dex.php
• Send students to computers.
• Provide help when needed.
• Assessment
• The rubric will be used for assessing student
  work. (Rubric Henry Franklin.xml)

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Cross-Curricular Extensions This lesson could
also be used for American History or Government.
Adaptations 1. This lesson was adapted to a
regular class of 11th grade American Literature
students. (henry.isf) Only one speech was looked
at. You could spend a second day looking at the
other speech. The rubric could be changed to
allow for more errors and fewer required
elements. 2. The lesson was changed for
a high school special education government class.
We did only one speech. We had them answer who,
what, where, and why questions by looking at the
timeline. We read the speech of Benjamin
Franklin paragraph by paragraph and wrote down
the main idea of each paragraph. Then we had a
demo of Inspiration and completed the template.
(Inspiration Diagram for High School Special
Education Government Class.isf)