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First step today is to finalize the story you’ll tell us next Wednesday. Compare blog posts and decide on which to use or which parts. Be ready to tell me the story.
Next, you’ll choose the correct tool to tell your story. I’ll show 3: CommonCraft’s explanation of Twitter, SFETT’s Bee and Attack of [...]

…hear my children cry for vicuals once.”
We’ll start with small groups comparing analysis on the Downe prompt. Each group will choose 5 possible strategies used and create a topic sentence for each. Remember, logos, pathos, ethos as categories.
Take a look at the following list of rhetorical strategies. Imagine that you are going to try [...]

…Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er:
First, we take the Macbeth test. Thou shalt rock it.
Next, take a look at the Digital Storytelling Project.
Finally, we’ll take time to brainstorm the stories we’ll tell.
HW: Blog post. Propose a story for the DSP. Use all the parts [...]

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So, let’s do it. After some breathing exercises, we’ll answer an AP prompt for 40 minutes. We’ll take a break and then read through the sample answers.
Afterwards, we’ll discuss what makes a successful and not so successful response.
Next, I want to have us comment on each other’s 2 paragraph arguments and then [...]

It’s Shakespeare’s Birthday.  Happy Birthday, Bill. 
So, first post your blog on Power. I’m going to ask students to read 2-3 posts and comment on them. Then, we’ll talk.
Next, I want to show the end of Macbeth and talk about it as a class. What do you think about the ending?

To what extent do [...]