Finding our Thesis:
Last week we took our opinion and turned it into our clearly and confidently stated thesis! We then turned our attention to identifying the thesis of other speeches and persuasive writing to help us become familiar and understand the importance of a strongly stated opinion in our writing. Next steps we are going to listen to, and read various famous speeches given by various North Americans, from Chief Sealth, to Sojourner Truth, to Martin Luther King Jr. to John F. Kennedy. Our goal is to notice and learn how such orators crafted and gave their speeches that moved the audience towards change! This is one of my favorite lessons as each of these amazing individuals from history have such a strong and unique voice worth learning from!