Introduction to Persuasive Speeches

1. I Have a Dream- discuss speech and take close reading quiz

3. Watch Jamie Oliver's Ted Talk on teaching children about food. What rhetorical strategies did you notice? Visual aids? Motivation to action?
http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver#t-256682

4. Introduce Persuasive Speeches

HW: Choose a topic for your persuasive speech

Topic Ideas:

http://comp.uark.edu/~lmeade/Communication/Persuasive%20Speech%20Ideas.htm

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/200-prompts-for-argumentative-writing/