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Focus: Speeches Get a Green EOC workbook and turn to pg. 12 BULLDOG PERIOD Standards: • • • • • • • • • 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 • • • 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