Monday, March 31, 2008

Agenda: Monday, March 31

Welcome Back!

1) Collect spring break homework: 3 rhetorical terms entries on Huck Finn
2) Quickwrite
- How much progress has America made in terms of racial relations since Twain wrote Huck Finn?
- Describe a personal experience in which you were identified with a particular race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. How did you know you "belonged" or "didn't belong"?
3) Handout Obama's speech on race (click on link for text AND video)

Homework: Read Obama's speech and the NYTimes analysis (both are in the packet)
- identify and discuss 3 rhetorical devices
- highlight/annotate 3 points that Obama makes that are worth discussing tomorrow

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