Deeper Writing by Holland Robin W.;

Author:Holland, Robin W.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1211760
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2013-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

The Quick Write Lesson

1. Sharing Mentor Texts

Share models of speeches, addresses, and commissioned poetry from significant events. You may want to start with those mentioned above. You will find a large selection of speeches at the following sites:

http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/index.htm

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Nikki Giovanni’s “We Are Virginia Tech” speech can be found at http://www.vt.edu/remember/archive/giovanni_transcript.html.

We want our students to begin to understand the power of strong and stirring words. With your students, identify what makes each model speech powerful and memorable.

Which lines stand out?

Is it the word choice, the sentence structures that makes the speech powerful?

Is it the refrain or a particularly vivid image or metaphor that captures our attention?

What makes us, years later, remember a particular line?

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