Objective:  I can determine contrasts between a #2 and #3 rhetorical analysis of the “Let There Be Dark” essay by Bogard.

BW:  Read the essay and find the answer posed by the title for its claim.

Activities:

1.  Share Out:  What is the author’s claim?
2. Read Aloud: Sample Analysis #2.
3. Notebook Response:  What do you like?  What’s not to like?
4. Read Aloud:  Sample Analysis #3.
5. Share Out:  Likes? Dislikes?
6. Post It:  In groups of 3 or 4, write two contrasts between each response.
7. Share Out:  Which one asserts claims?  Which one makes connections to the audience?