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Lesson 1 (from Front Matter)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to analyze explicit and implicit claims of authority (ethos). Even in fiction, there is a need to assert authorial and narratorial expertise, and in fiction that carries editorial apparatus, the editor also has to convince audiences that s/he knows what s/he is about.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What does it mean to have authority to talk about a given topic? How do we know who has that authority? How can that authority be demonstrated? How might a demonstration of that authority go badly?
Group Activity: Use guided discussion to have the class develop a standard by which to determine whether a given speaker has authority to talk about a given topic. Solicit information and ideas from students, listing them on the board or on class display; require explanations and/or illustrative examples. Collaboratively, determine which standards are most applicable...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.9, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.4, 9-10.9, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.4, 11-12.9
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