“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

We’ll be pecha kucha-ing all period…

here is where to go for voting.

We’ll start by taking the quiz. There’s a section of short answer questions and a quote reaction/theme related question.

Then, I’ll do a presentation on literary terms: POV, setting, and symbolism.

Afterward, in small groups, I’ll ask you to rewrite a scene (pg. 62-63) in OMM from a different POV.

1. 3rd person omniscient
2. 1st person (Curley)
3. 3rd person limited omniscient (George)
4. 1st person (Lenny)

Put your response, here.

Then, we’ll get to work on our poetry. I’ll check again to see who has it memorized.  We’ll pair up in memorizing groups and see the evaluation criteria to help each other improve.

HW: Read chapter 4.  Work on presentation aspects of poem.

So, we should be close to a full rough draft today. I’m going to give you 20/30 minutes to either begin and finish your “Response to critics” section or simply to polish it and get it ready for public consumption.  When it’s ready, publish it here.

HW: Finish the first draft of the Persuasive essay by Wednesday.

You know this is ironic, right?

First, in small groups, compare slides and choose a winner–the representative who gets to show his/her 4 slides to the full groups for a workshop critique.  Some questions to consider:

• Is the initial impact powerful without being overly cluttered or garish?
• What do the images convey on a emotional/visceral level?
• Are the choices for font, color, and text flow sound and effective?

Other Gar Reynolds advice is here.

Next, we’ll talk a bit about the write-up.  I’m looking for about a page of reflection that explains your thinking on the following questions:

1. Kairos: How have you adapted your presentation to be effective for this group at this time in this situation?
2. What sources have you chosen? How do you know they are both reliable and persuasive?
3. What images have you chosen? Give me source info and a bit of your thinking on why you used them?
4. What data will you reference? Why is it reliable and how will you present it?

Finally, let’s move our eyes back and forth and design a slide. I’ll give you time to work in class and I’ll try and help individual students.

HW: First presentations on Tue, November 17th

Let’s start with something different.

“Progressive Health” by Carl Dennis is a poem in the voice of a strangely seductive health care official. We’ll see a student rendition of it and then in small groups, we’ll analyze it on 2 levels.

1. How and with what strategies does the speaker attempt to convince the poet?  How does he/she use kairos, commonplaces, logic, and other strategies?
2. What is the poem itself trying to convince us of and through what (obviously more indirect) strategies?

Then, we’ll talk a bit about slide design by seeing the Presentation Zen blog.  This is a blog that deals with presentation styles and issues written by Garr Reynolds, a writer who lives in Japan. Look at the blog and especially click on some of the articles on the right side marked archives. See especially Jobs vs. Gates, What is good PowerPoint design, and Where do I get good images?

In a blog post, respond to these questions after you wander around a bit in Presentation Zen.

1. Give examples of the types of advice and example Presentation Zen uses.
2. What kind of persona does the author of the blog present?
3. Why is Jobs better than Gates?
4. How could PZ’s advice help you in your speech?

We’ll look at 2-3 speeches (or at least parts of them).

• Lawrence Lessig at TED

• Dick Hardt about Identity 2.0

• Hans Roslin at TED

Finally, I hope to give you some time to work.

HW: Design at least 4 slides for Thursday and continue your research.

Extra: Are you interested in Prezi?