1 - Underling or bracket places where ethos is used.
2 - Identify the form of ethos that is being used here.
3 - Note how this form of ethos is being used to advance the argument.
In looking over analyses from class, the third step of this annotation process is what had been difficult for people and where responses really seemed to be lacking.
After everyone had an opportunity to make these annotations we looked at the piece together as a class. I had a copy of the article at the front of the room and we used a document camera to annotate the piece together. This annotation is a model for what everyone's annotations should look like.
To see the article as we annotated it see this document: Opinion Annotations
I then handed out grade report sheets which reflected everyone's current grade for progress reports. With the remaining time in class, I met with people to update any assignments that were coming in just before progress reports and to answer any questions about grades. Everyone else had this time to return to their annotations for ethos, logos, and rhetorical devices and to continue to develop those annotations so that they look like the annotations we produced together in class.
Homework:
Revisit annotations for ethos, logos, and rhetorical devices so that these annotations are as developed as the ones we did in class. Tomorrow, we will use these annotations to develop a solid analysis of the opinion piece.
