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Rants: In Class Learning

Rick Mercer- Youth Vote                 Rick Mercer-Gay Teen's Suicide

Bill Maher:American Intellect         Bill Maher: Pharmaceuticals

Rick Mercer- FEAR

Rick Mercer- Fun


Extension to consider:

What do these speakers have in common?

Who is the intended audience?  Who is left out?

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Identifying the basic physical characteristics of a rant:

Sketch a basic silhouette onto a blank piece of paper.
While you watch Rick Mercer's Rants please label at least 5 observations regarding the physical characteristics of a rant.

With the class, share your observations and add their observations to your images.

Note:
Hands
Back (posture)
Legs (movement?
Head



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Identifying the basic facial characteristics of a rant: 

Sketch a basic silhouette of a face onto a blank piece of paper.
While you watch Bill Maher's rants please label at least 5 observations regarding the facial characteristics of a rant

With the class, share your observations and add their observations to your images.

Note:
Forehead
Eye brows
Eyes
Mouth
Neck
Chin

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Identifying the basic voice of a rant:

Write the subheading Voice/ Tone.
While you listen to Taylor Mali or Will MacAvoy's rants keep track of 5 observations about their voice. 

-Is it fast/ Slow?
-High/ Low?
-Do they pause?
-What emotion is in their voice?
-How do you know it is this emotion?



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  • Tools for all Grades
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        • Annotation resources cont'd
    • Essay Writing
      • Paragraph Types
    • Creative Writing Assignment
    • Presentations and Oral Communication
      • Story Telling
      • Listening Activities
    • Book Club Resources
      • Main Idea Assignment
    • Grammar Clips
      • More focus on Grammar
    • Deep View Terms in detail-- Long note
      • Camera Angles Con'd
        • Deep Viewing TV intros
        • Deep Viewing Scifi short film
        • Deep Viewing Music Videos
        • Deep Viewing: Silent Beats
        • Deep Viewing Horror
          • Test on horror DV
  • Grade 9
    • Inference Media Task
    • Mythology
      • Mythology Report
      • Mythology in detail
    • Indigenous Discussion
    • Graphic Novel
    • Debates/ Speech making
  • Grade 10
    • Introduction project
    • Literary term presentations
    • Science Fiction Reading (Academic)
      • Scifi Trailers
      • Science Fiction Short Stories (Applied)
      • Creative Writing Assignment
    • Website Design
    • PSAs
  • Grade 11
    • Assignment: Rant or Slam
      • Rants
      • SLAM Poetry
    • Editorial Cartoons
      • Editorial Assessment
    • Assignment: Letter to the Editor
    • Reporting the news
    • Documentaries
  • Grade 12
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  • Shakespeare
    • Reading Shakespeare
    • Romeo & Juliet
      • Help with R & J
    • Macbeth
      • Macbeth Essay
      • Macbeth Act Tests
    • Hamlet
      • Hamlet: Helpful Clips
      • Theatre of the Absurd
    • King Lear
    • Othello
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      • Creative Writing Student Examples and Horror
    • Writing Poetry
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