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Focus: Speeches
Get a Green EOC workbook and turn to pg. 12
BULLDOG PERIOD
Standards:
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Standards:
E1-2.3: Analyze informational texts for author’s bias.
E1-2.7: Analyze propaganda techniques in informational texts.
E1-3.1: Use context clues to determine the meaning of technical
terms and other unfamiliar words.
E1-3.3: Interpret the connotations of words to understand the
meaning of a given text.
E1-6. 1: Refine a research topic.
E1-6.4: Use vocabulary that is appropriate for the particular
audience or purpose.
E1-6.7: Use a variety of print and electronic reference materials.
E1-6.8: Design and carry out research projects by selecting a
topic, constructing inquiry questions, accessing resources, and
organizing information.
First Look at the title of the Speech:
• Excerpt of speech by Mark Twain, “In Praise of
George Washington,” Feb. 22, 1902
• What are your thoughts about the title?
• What words stand out to you?
• “Praise of George Washington”
• Do these words make you think the speech will
state positive or negative things about him? Who
was George Washington?
Analyze Paragraph 1
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Remember, you can mark on the text.
You are trying to comprehend what is being said.
Also, think about the author’s reasons for using the words he or she uses.
– Did Washington’s great value, then, lie in what he
accomplished? No; that was only a minor value. His
major value, his vast value, his immeasurable value
to us and to the world and to future ages and
peoples, lie in his permanent and sky-reaching
conspicuousness as an influence.
– What purpose is this first paragraph serving?
– What is the speaker saying about Washington?
– What rhetorical devices are present here?
Questions to answer:
-What is the main idea or thesis of this paragraph?
-What does Twain do in this paragraph?
-What types of people does Twain talk about, why?
READ ALOUD AND ANALYSIS OF
PARAGRAPH 2
-As we read, ask yourself questions that will help
you to better interpret this speech.
-We will discuss these last paragraphs after the
reading.
READ ALOUD…REMAINDER OF
SPEECH
We will review the questions after we finish…
NOW, ANSWER QUESTIONS 35-42
INDEPENDENTLY