Unit 4- Persuasion, Reportage and Propaganda

We have only one-quarter of the year to go!  Let's take a look at the last unit's subdivisions and readings.  Each of the four subdivisions of this unit will take about two weeks, and have a minor assignment; the unit will have a major assignment at the end, in June.

Main Text: Language and Writing 7, section IV
Supplementary Texts: selections from 'Mystery and Wonder' and 'Working Together', topical and historical reportage from different or opposing perspectives

Opinion and Editorial

- Nelson 7, Unit 13
- Working Together Anthology, 'My home is not broken, it works'
- Working Together Anthology 'Meditation XVII', John Donne; 'I am a Rock', Paul Simon

- Newspaper editorials and comments sections

Reviews of others' works

- Nelson 7, Unit 15

Advertisements

- Nelson 7, unit 14

Persuasion and Populism

- Nelson 7, unit 16

- 'The Martians are Coming', Mystery and Wonder Magazine

- 'Our Stock of Food and Clothes', Working Together Magazine

- 'Body Politics', Working Together Magazine

Minor Assignments for each of the four subdivisions:
- an opinion/editorial piece
- a review of a movie, etc.
- an advertisement created by you
- a persuasion piece

Unit Project: longer persuasive essay or opinion piece, video presentation opinion piece, etc. on a cause important to you