Lesson Description (Overall description of what you and the students will do) I will start the class by showing a YouTube video or two to provide the context of our reading to students. To start off the lesson, I will have a powerpoint projecting the three new vocabulary words, “martyr”, “cadaver” and “demonstration” up on screen and I will make students learn these new words and ask them to jot down the definitions in their notebooks. I will also review the academic language at the beginning to…

How I would do this lesson differently is by having the data in the form of a video where a Native American is personally telling the legend. This would be adaptive to any of my auditory learners who learn best through sound, and I would find a video with subtitles so that my student with a hearing impairment can read along to the story. If my students have a good understanding of all the components of the lesson (i.e seminar, ticket, foldable etc.) I can up the level of complexity of the selected…

In his New York Times article “A Life Beyond Do What You Love” Gordon Marino poses the question "But is do what you love wisdom or malarkey?" after giving us an anecdote about students coming to him for career advice. The article which uses many rhetorical devices which make the audience think about their choices in careers and what you should and want to do. The author also cites different sources for his article and past life experiences. Marino then end his article by saying many great leaders…

Rhetorical Analysis—THIS IS A SUPER ROUGH DRAFT In the article “Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces and Free Speech, too” published in the New York Times by Sophie Downes, Downes argues in response to a letter sent out by the dean of the University of Chicago. The letter states that safe spaces and trigger warnings were an issue deterring students from having free speech and therefore would not be supported on the Chicago campus anymore. Downes argues that the letter was just a poor attempt to advert attention…

The issues discussed in class: safe space and trigger warnings, coddling of the American mind are relevant to the generational group of Millennials. The media tends to showcases us, the millennials, in a negative light and describes us as overly sensitive. Our generation wants a warning towards hate words or topics that deal with abuse. Conversely the people that are against trigger warnings can be described as insensitive. As a class, we mainly fell into the category of those who would not tell…

Have you ever had to make sacrifice for a loved one, or even work a job you do not like? Gordon Marino’s, “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love” includes different quotes and examples leading up to that question by explaining in the context with the use of rhetorical devices. Dr. Marino is a very highly educated philosopher who earned his Ph.D. at University of Chicago, M.A. university of Pennsylvania, and B.A. Columbia University. He typically publishes to the New York Times, for his writing mostly appeals…

March 2015 Overuse of Trigger Warnings The term trigger warning is a statement at the beginning of a piece of writing or video, alerting the audience that it contains distressing material. But why have trigger warnings been prevailing? Why is the subject upsetting college students, academics, film-makers, etc.? Once a minute subject affecting a small section of the population, the use of trigger warning has now become a debate. A debate on whether our society is using triggers to an extreme measure…

The topic of trigger warnings have been a hot topic amongst people. Trigger warnings are a warning or a statement that the following material or phrases could be harmful to the psyche of certain individuals about to experience the material. This spans across the average worker to professors at universities. This topic rose from about 2011 on the internet and has reached a high to where people are discussing their thoughts on the matter. Everyone has a stance on whether trigger warnings should be issued…

Jaelyn Romo English 111G Prof. Manley 10/24/14 #LikeAGirl Always “Like a Girl” commercial was not only a hit in the media world, but a hit to the hearts of many women across the nation. In this commercial Always attempts to reach out and inform Americans of the damage caused to a female’s confidence when they do finally hit that age in their lives where insecurities begin to exist. Positively using their credibility and reputation to target a worldwide issue among woman so that it gains enough…

Rhetorical Analysis Females are being short-changed when it comes to education. That is according to the article “Hidden Lessons” (Sadker 54-56). By “cherry picking” evidence the authors’ attempts to establish male gender bias is being practiced in the classroom. The claim of teachers generating specific male friendly behavior may be hurting female’s self-esteem, learning capabilities, and even career options. However, the explanations as to why there is lower self- esteem in female students…