Resources:
"American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy - American University Address." American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkamericanuniversityaddress.html (accessed June 21, 2010). This speech about peace can be listened to and read by students. Paragraphs 3, 4, 10, and the last three paragraphs can be used for comprehension or sound bites appropriate for second grade students.
"American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy — Inaugural Address." American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm (accessed July 7, 2010). This speech including John F. Kennedy's famous line "Ask not what your country can do for you..." can be listened to and read by students. Paragraphs 4, 22, 26-28 can be used for comprehension or sound bites appropriate for second grade students.
"American Rhetoric: Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have a Dream." American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm (accessed June 21, 2010). This speech including Martin Luther King Jr. memorable words "I have a dream" can be watched, listened to and read by students. Paragraphs 8, 15-23, 20, and the end can be used sound bites appropriate for second grade students.
Boyer, Ernest L.. The Basic School: A Community for Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. This book describes the components of the basic school philosophy.
Corporation for Educational Technology. "Writer's Workshop: editing." The Writing Site Home Page. http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/managing/workshop/edit.asp (accessed July 12, 2010). "Editing Marks" links to a pdf file that can be used as a poster for students to reference how to edit their own or a peers writing.
Department of Public Instruction. "Language Arts: Second Grade." North Carolina Public Schools. http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/languagearts/scos/2004/17grade2 (accessed July 9, 2010). This website lists the second grade standards for language arts in the state of North Carolina.
Department of Public Instruction. "Social Studies: Second Grade." North Carolina Public Schools. http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/2003-04/024secondgrade (accessed July 9, 2010). This website lists the second grade standards for social studies in the state of North Carolina.
Everitt, Anthony.. "Against Catilina." In Cicero : The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician. New York: Random House, 2001. 87-112. Cicero identifies characteristics of different types of orators and persuasive mechanisms.
Garsten, Bryan . "An informal distillation of the art of rhetoric." Class lecture, Persuasion in Democratic Politics from Yale University, New Haven, July 9, 2010
Garsten, Bryan. Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.
Heinrichs, Jay. "Teach a Kid to Argue - Figures of Speech." It Figures - Figures of Speech. http://www.figarospeech.com/teach-a-kid-to-argue/ (accessed June 21, 2010). In this article Heinrichs describes why you should teach a child to argue.
Honeycutt, Lee . "Aristotle's Rhetoric." ISU Public Homepage Server. http://www2.iastate.edu/~honeyl/Rhetoric/index.html (accessed June 21, 2010). Aristotle builds a foundation for pathos, logos, and ethos which are used to build character, organize the speech and provoke emotion.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers. "Biographies." Harcourt School Publishers. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/index.html (accessed July 10, 2010). This website provides a directory that links to websites containing biographical information about famous people. The content is developmentally appropriate for elementary students and some of them are also available in Spanish.
"How to Write a Speech." Overcome Fear or Anxiety of Public Speaking. http://www.write-out-loud.com/howtowritespeech.html (accessed June 21, 2010). This website offers resources and seven steps to use for composing a speech. There is also a link to a graphic organizer for speech writing.
"Martin Luther King Jr." Harcourt School Publishers. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/king/ (accessed July 12, 2010). This website provides biographical information about Martin Luther King, Jr's. life.
McIntire, Suzanne. The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 2001-08-03, 2001. The table of contents offers ideas for speeches to use with young people, additionally the book describes advice for reciting speeches.
Microsoft Corporation. "Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows." Microsoft Corporation. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx (accessed July 12, 2010). Microsoft Photo Story 3 is a great outlet for students to use to integrate technology and writing.
MyBookmarks.com, LLC. "msdooley_2nd's Bookmarks on MyBookmarks.com." My Bookmarks . http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/msdooley_2nd (accessed July 12, 2010). This website hosts all of the links I use as a classroom teacher as well as the ones I refer my students to. Click on "T Resources" and "Graphic Organizers" for a sampling of ones that can be applied to writing.
"Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event | The White House." The White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/mediaresources/preparedschoolremarks/ (accessed June 21, 2010). This is the text of President Obama's message to America's students. The entire text is appropriate and relevant for second grade students.
President Obama's Message to America's Students. Film. Directed by Government Whitehouse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZ6GrzWkw0: YouTube, 2009. This offers the visual and auditory representation of Obama's speech to America's students.
National Endowment for the Humanities and Asuumption College . "The E Pluribus Unum Project: Archiving 1850's America." Assumption College: A Catholic College founded by the Augustinians of the Assumption. http://www1.assumption.edu/ahc/rhetoric/oratorybooks.html (accessed July 7, 2010). This link gives examples to how speeches were used in the 19th Century Schoolroom.
Safire, Wllam. Lend Me Your Ears, Great Speeches In History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1997. The introduction of this book details ten steps integrated into a great speech.
Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library). New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. This book gives contextual information about Abraham Lincoln and the construction of the Gettysburg Address.
Yonge, C. D. "Cicero's De Inventione." Peithô's Web . fxylib.znufe.edu.cn/wgfljd/%B9%C5%B5%E4%D0%DE%B4%C7%D1%A7/pw/cicero/dnv1-1.htm (accessed June 21, 2010). The first book from Cicero's De Inventione introduces and gives information about Cicero's theory of persuasion.
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