Building to Pathos

First and third hours had a deadline of 3:45 p.m. for their bird prompts today.

1: We finished up our team close read, constructing an introduction and conclusion for the Wuthering Heights prompt. If absent, you will need to turn in your body paragraph to receive completion credit. At the end of the hour, we looked at the following picture, identifying the content of the photograph and the feelings of the audience. http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/graphics/kevincarter.jpg. After our initial reactions, I read the caption regarding the photographer, which changes the pathos to anger, disappointment, and a slew of other reactions that change our focus from the impoverished, dying child to the photographer. Hence, words create power and impact the audience's focus and what they will feel, believe, and do.

We will continue with more pathos on Monday, and you will learn more about the group presentation.

3: After a vocabulary review for Monday's quiz, we spent the day on pathos. We looked at the following picture, identifying the content of the photograph and the feelings of the audience. http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/graphics/kevincarter.jpg. After our initial reactions, I read the caption regarding the photographer, which changes the pathos to anger, disappointment, and a slew of other reactions that change our focus from the impoverished, dying child to the photographer. Hence, words create power and impact the audience's focus and what they will feel, believe, and do. Then, we looked at advertisements and how a picture and a few carefully selected words create humor, sadness, empathy, or guilt. Last, we watched the following video featuring Jay Leno and a soldier, a perfect example of how varying pathos may be used to impact the audience. http://www.today.com/video/jay-leno-takes-an-american-hero-for-the-ride-of-a-lifetime-798135875776. Note how pathos is used via music, interviews, point of view, and other strategies throughout the video.

After Monday's quiz, you will have your official group presentation assignment.

7: First, we continued with vocabulary experts. Then, you finished up the team close read, constructing an introduction and conclusion. If absent, you will need to turn in your body paragraph to receive credit for the assignment.