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Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:
1. The teacher will present the students with the Interpreting Rhetorical Style Part 3 resource.
2. The teacher will guide the students through the reading and understanding of the assignment parts.
4. The teacher will give the students 45 minutes to complete the assignment.
5. The students will use their notes compiled during the guided reading of the text and during the cooperative learning exercises in Parts 1 and 2 of the Interpreting Rhetorical Style in Literature activities to create their paragraphs for this activity.
6. The teacher will circulate the room while the students are composing the five-paragraph response to make sure students are working appropriately and to answer any questions which may arise.
1. Teachers should make copies of the Interpreting Rhetorical Style Part 3 resource to distribute to students. This resource can be copied for a physical handout, or it can be uploaded to Digital Learning Spaces for student access.
2. Teachers should make copies of the Interpreting Rhetorical Style Part 3 Grading Rubric to distribute to students. This resource can be copied for a physical handout, or it can be uploaded to Digital Learning Spaces for student access.
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This resource works best when paired with the Interpreting Rhetorical Style Parts 1 and 2 activities, so that the students participate in a guided reading of the short story and so that the students work in cooperative groups to evaluate the author's rhetorical style in the final paragraphs of the text.