Gettysburg Address - Poetry - Lincoln

We'll start today with a series of activities to help us explore Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Its 269 words are deceptively simple - by the time we read them several different ways and write several poems based on his language, we'll see how our understanding grows.

Then we'll turn our attention to Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, including watching a short film about it. We'll re-read it and complete the rhetoric chart about it.

Lastly we'll talk about your assignment for the weekend.

1. Look back at the pieces you wrote yesterday about Lincoln and Douglass, and a few days ago about the First Inaugural Address. We responded to them in turnitin.com (or will get to the final ones over the weekend) using this rubric, rating you from 1-4:
1. Focus / point - Does the writer assert a clear point? Does the piece of writing stay focused on this point?
2. Evidence - Does the writer provide the required evidence?
3. Rhetorical Devices - Does the writer accurately name the rhetorical devices present in the evidence?
4. Rhetorical Analysis - Does the writer explain the ways in which the evidence, and the rhetorical devices, add to the overall point / argument?
5. Historical Accuracy - Does the writer correctly use the evidence? Is the interpretation accurate to the context?
6. Grammar / Mechanics - is the piece of writing free of grammatical and mechanical errors? Is the language sophisticated and clear?
2. We'll read and discuss this example together.
3. Refer to the two handouts we've given you about rhetorical analysis:
1. Rhetorical analysis - questions
2. Rhetorical and Literary devices - chart
4. Here is the assignment for the weekend and class time on Monday.
5. Here is a link to the prep sheet you need to complete for Monday.