1.
Number a paper 1 – 40…for today’s comma test.
2.
After turning in test and answers sheet, pick up a
copy of Act 2 packet and begin working on it.
- due Wednesday (not tomorrow) J
ENGLISH
homework:
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PLAYWRITING – Day 23
Collect homework (or pink sheet): 2 paragraphs
THEME OF THE DAY: Persuasion
ANNOUNCE:
that # 1-5 (below) will be collected this hour…
(Students are to write their answers
the following prompts):
1.
Write down a
list of 10 things that some people do to get others to do what they want.
2.
On a similar note,
write down a list of what makes YOU agree, even reluctantly, to do something that someone else
asks of you? (parents, teachers, enemies, friends, salespeople, popular kids,
disabled people, celebrities, etc.)
a.
add a few of these to your
list…
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1.
Minimize the consequences;
2.
Threats;
3.
Money;
4.
Guilt;
5.
Pity – relieve my hurt;
6.
Verbalize the result;
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7.
Promise of something better;
8.
Once in a lifetime;
9.
Repetition;
10. Compliment – sweet
talk;
11. Reason – common sense
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3.
Think of a SPECIFIC time when you were persuaded to do something you
didn’t want to do but were FINALLY persuaded to do. Write down a short
summary of that story.
a.
Include what did the other person did or said that helped to persuade
you?
4.
Next, list 10
different things that you, personally, will never buy (for any number of
reasons). Anything at all (as long as it’s appropriate for school).
5.
Next, exchange
your list with a partner. Pick one thing off your partner’s list.
Your job now is going to be to write an advertisement that will convince
them to buy the very item that they said they would never buy.
a.
The key is
going to be to think of things that can be done with the item that aren’t
obvious. For example, if your partner
said that they would never buy tuna fish in a can, you may want to sell them
tuna fish in a can by suggesting they use it to pound in tent stakes, or freak
out their brother by hiding it in his socks, or perhaps, build a vest out of
multiple cans of tuna and start a new fashion trend.
i.
So first, list
some funny, creative things that could be done with their item (these will
become your copy points in your advertisement).
b.
Next, write a
radio/TV commercial that will persuade your partner to buy one of the items on
his/her I’ll-Never-Buy list.
i.
Should be a good,
long paragraph in length.
6.
Collect #1-5
BEGIN HOMEWORK (a - c):
a.
Imagine a
situation where you (or someone you know) was persuaded to do something that
you initially didn’t want to do. Now imagine that the persuading was done over
the phone.
b.
On a separate
paper, you will write ½ of a phone conversation where we only hear what the persuadee’s
(the person being persuaded) says as he speaks into the phone (as if he was on a phone and we could only hear his
side of things).
i.
The persuadee is
the “buyer” (the persuader would be the “seller”). We’re focusing on the
“buyer’s” side of the conversation only. Do not write down what the
persuader is saying.
c.
Include at
least 20 different responses for the persuadee.
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