Monday, January 24, 2011

Week of Jan. 24

Friday
We took the Roots (fer) Quiz and Vocab Quiz.
Students finalized their projects.
Presentations will be on Monday.
Homework:
Review Quiz (fer, ten, tain, tent) next week


Thursday
Students continued with their project. We will have time in class to finalize it tomorrow, and presentations will be on Monday.
Homework:
Study roots.



Wednesday
Students were placed in groups of about four, based on their ad's technique(s).
Handout: Advertising Analysis Project.
Students began strategizing.
Homework:
Study roots.





Tuesday
Tales #41
everyone even gnarly and that bespectacled wierdo freind of his are invited and me and all my freinds are going conan added
Vocab: bespectacled
Tales #42
hey gnarly are you going too go? queried harold when he herd the news
Vocab: queried
Students picked one favorite ad along with its analysis and set it aside.
They turned in the other two analysis sheets, accompanied by the advertisements.
Students then identified the strongest or most obvious advertising techniques used in their favorite ad. We will continue with the activity tomorrow.
Homework:
Study roots (quiz Friday).




Monday
Handout: Persuasive Techniques - definitions and examples.
Students continued with the Advertisement Analysis w/s.
Homework:
Advertisement Analysis w/s are due tomorrow. When stapling, put the actual ad on top, and the answers on the bottom.
Create a visual representation for each of the Persuasive Techniques in the box provided. The visuals are due Monday.
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