Today was the beginning of instruction on persuasion. I really was hoping I would get observed today because I really loved my lesson, but alas, no dice. I showed them the three appeals or persuasive techniques of ethos, pathos, logos, then showed them commercials and movie clips where different persuasion techniques are used. The best one I used was a scene from Braveheart where Mel Gibson hits all three techniques in one two-minute speech. I was able to find and show a variety of clips that were engaging and showed a variety of different persuasion techniques in different circumstances. They were highly engaged and the lesson seemed to be very effective. At the end of class, I had them write an advertisement to try to sell a product to someone. They had to write two ads, and the products they had to choose from were jalapeno pretzels, a Scentbug air freshener, and a Batman thermal travel cup. They were fairly into the assignment after watching all the video clips, and I'm anxious to read their ads.
The day ended with cluster, which all I can really safely say about it is that it happened and no one got in trouble. I seem to routinely be right in the front of the room though. I don't believe this is coincidence either.
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