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So, I’ll give back Critical essays. If yours was not graded, something is wrong. Let’s figure it out.

We’ll show our 2nd semester Senior comics.

Then, we’ll peer edit our Juxtaposing Images essay.

Reader 1: How well, detailed, and convincing is the visual rhetoric section? Does the writer analyze the image using Chase terms and concepts?

Reader 2: Compare/Contrast. Are their interesting comparisons made that are not obvious? Does the writer show contrasts that lead to insights?

Reader 3: What does it all mean? Does the writer use the images to say something interesting about the human condition? What do the images say about us?

Then, in small groups–based on the homework–explain how you might create a nuanced claim, what evidence you would use, and different methods of argument you might employ.

We’ll look at a small excerpt from Thank You for Arguing and figure out what is important.

HW: Outline a response (blog post) for the following prompt.

   Rested? Excellent!

We’ll start out with a short blog post. Tell me a story. Create a typical 2nd semester senior and write me a short story about what happens to him/her. Remember to use good storytelling technique: set-up, crisis, resolution. Have the story tell us something interesting/useful about what it means to be a 2nd Semester Senior.

Next, I’ll show you an excerpt from Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics.

Finally, I’ll ask you–in small groups–to choose one of the stories and create a stick figure (or better) comic book version of the story on one of the provided pages.

HW: Read Question 2 (”The Common Life”) from this previous AP exam and answer it using a comic book form. Remember to include a clear claim, some evidence, and quotes. You can use the application Comic Life or your own hand-drawn boxes.

Also, rough draft of Juxtaposing Images is due Thur.

We’ll start with some sharing. Let’s see some families and turn our newly acquired visual rhetorical skill on the family pics.

I also want you to read “The Soling of Old Glory” and blog briefly about your impressions.

Then, I want to give you the Juxtaposing Images assignment and give you about 20-30 minutes to find images that might work. We’ll plan on our first rough draft on April 17th with a final on the 22nd.

I want to show you the Scott McCloud piece and talk a bit about comics. Finally, I do want us to practice how to explain something using images. I’ll give you a big comic booky template (or you can use ComicLife) and you’ll tell me a story about what it means to be a 2nd semester senior using images and only a few words.

Bonus: Photographing the Ninth Ward

HW: Find images and begin research for Juxtaposing Assignment

Image Credit: Brancusi’s The Kiss. (artchive.com)

Welcome back, APers.

We’ll start with a dead tree essay called “Two Family Portraits: The Peales and the Bellellis.” You’ll read it and then complete a 300-4o0 word blog post that analyzes the methods Canaday uses visual rhetoric terminology to analyze the two paintings. Then, you’ll make your own observations on the two paintings and agree/disagree with Canaday’s conclusions.

Next, I’ll ask you to group up into 6 new groups, choose 1 image from the homework and plan to lead a group discussion. We’ll use the terminology we learned from Ms. Chase and from the Family Portrait essay. You should have 7-8 questions that range from asking for technical analysis to symbolism.

If we have time, I’d like to show you the Scott McLoud piece on comics.

HW: Bring in a family portrait (either yours or someone else’s) and be prepared to analyze it in class.

“I know what many of you are thinking. You’re thinking, ‘This man is duplicitous.’ You’re thinking that he has held things to his chest. You’re thinking that he did not respond fully to the desires and wishes of the American people. And I want to tell you: You’re wrong.” –Robert McNamara

After we finish the movie, I want to break into groups to analyze the following aspect of “Fog of War”

1. How does the filmmaker use the camera and his choice of B-roll to persuade his audience?
2. What does McNamara want to convince us? How does he do it?
3. How do the 11 rules from the film lend structure and give the film a rhetorical bent?
4. What questions does Morris ask? Are they biased? How do they shape the film?
5. Analyze the use of music in the movie. What atmosphere does the Phillip Glass score lend to the film and what is the rhetorical effect?

Then, I want to give groups a chance to talk and then report back to the full group.

Next, I want to see the Photos from “It’s Complicated” and talk about how the photographer uses his art to make a rhetorical statement.  We’ll write a short blog post on this using the vocab we received from Ms. Chase.

I hope to show a segment from Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics” if we have time.

Finally, I want to give small groups an image to analyze in small groups and then present to the rest of the class and lead a short discussion.
HW: Blog post: Choose any image from these sources ( Magnum photos, 20th century art, British Museum) and write a 300-word blog post analyzing the image as a piece of rhetoric.  Don’t forget to put the image in your post and credit it.