Weekly Agenda 10.26-10.30

Conventions of Argument

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Review Toulmin

-practice warrants

-words to use in qualifiers

Fallacies

-of emotion

-of ethics

-of logic

HW On the same sheet of paper that you answered questions on Bennett's "What Really Ails America," identify explicit and implicit evidence (direct quotations) that match elements of Toulmin: claim, data, warrant, reasons, rebuttal, counterargument, qualifiers.

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY

JOURNAL Entry #7: Insert Bennett Q's and Toulmin matches into 

More Fallacies

-examples

HW JOURNAL Entry #8: Glossary Entry on a found fallacy.  Commercials, political statements, etc.

NEXT Week November 2nd-

Share out: JOURNAL Entry #8: Glossary Entry on a found fallacy.  Commercials, political statements, etc.  

40s-50s: History of HUAC, witch hunt, McCarthy, Etc.  Arthur Miller background

HW for FRIDAY: READING Journal Entry #9: Finish answering questions to "Why I Wrote the Crucible"

THE CRUCIBLE

-Puritan background/Salem

-Vocabulary

HW Read ACT I for next TUESDAY;

AND, READING Journal Entry #10: Independent Reading Book-Letters Format

NEXT
Movie
Witch Hunt Journal Entry
Letter to Bennett Journal Entry
Fallacy Glossary Entry Journal Entry

Conventions of Argument Quiz

Digital Annotations Presentation Project

Weekly Agenda 10.19-10.23

Conventions of Argumentation

MONDAY
Return "Creativity Class" Argument Timed Writing
-common errors
-rewrite

Laptops: turnitin.com
-Boys in the Boat "Epigraph" Essay
--understanding the edits, and rubric.
--opportunities to improve

Attending Wednesday Tutorial

HW Watch and Prepare for tomorrow's Assembly
Preparation for Tuesday Assembly
-Artist's Statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxCkZABWZE
-Follow Up Article: http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/if-not-for-love-and-art-ndume-olatushani-would-have-died-on-death-row/Content?oid=3406836
-Assignment: OPTIC

TUESDAY
ASSEMBLY: Ndume Olatushani speaks about his experiences on death row, and how art helped him overcome the systemic racism within the criminal justice system.


WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY
Epigraph Essay: Review comments and grading on turnitin.com
JOURNAL ENTRY #6: Rewrite 1 paragraph, of your choice, from your timed writing on a "Creativity Class;" AND, complete the 4 square grid on the grading criteria -make sure to include evidence from your essay.

Review Questions for Bennett
-look at argument essay outline, plot his argument on the outline


Logic: Formal versus Toulmin

Appeals: Pathos, Ethos, Logos

FALLACIES

40s-50s: History of HUAC, witch hunt, McCarthy, etc.  Arthur Miller Background
HW READING JOURNAL ENTRY #____: Finish answering questions to "Why I Wrote the Crucible;" 
AND, READING JOURNAL ENTRY #____: Independent Reading Book Letters Format

NEXT
CRUCIBLE
-Puritan background/Salem
Vocabulary
Movie

Witch Hunt Journal Entry
Letter to Bennett Journal Entry
Fallacy Glossary Entry Journal Entry

Conventions of Argument Quiz

Digital Annotations Presentation Project

Weekly Agenda 10.12-10.16

CONVENTIONS of ARGUMENT

MONDAY
Share out Journal Entry #5: Rhetorical Box

Read "Why I Wrote the Crucible" by A. Miller, and answer questions.
HW Boys in the Boat project due to turnitin.com, Tuesday night.


TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Get the The Crucible
-reading schedule

Collect Journals, 5 entries

Finish Group work on Rhetorical Box
-present

McGraw-Hill
-read "What Really Ails America"
--Review Questions
HW Read The Crucible, see Reading Schedule

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Introduction to fallacies
-Toulmin Method
-Letter to Bennett assignment
HW Read, AND, complete Bennett Letter 

Weekly Agenda 10.5-10.9

ARGUMENT and FALLACY

MONDAY
Review "Buy Nothing" Essays
-peer response, label parts, rubric, rewrite one paragraph
HW Bring OUTLINE Wednesday for draft credit and feedback.

TUESDAY
Timed Writing #2
-graded on 9pt scale rubric
9=25pts, 8=24pts, etc.

WEDNESDAY
Review Outlines
VIP smart group pull out

Peer Editing checklist
HW NEW DUE DATE!  Final Research Project: Outline, Annotated Bibliography, and Works Cited Page due to turnitin.com Tuesday, October 13th, by 11:59pm.
AND, HW Journal #5: Find a magazine ad, print it out, and complete a rhetorical box on it.  Tape, paste, staple, the image into your journal.  Prepare to share MONDAY.


THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Groups Rhetorical Box Work
-Assigned Magazine Ad
--collect evidence, write conclusions,
--create poster of Rhetorical box for ad.
--create small symbols to represent the four required elements of the box: Persona, Audience, Purpose, Argument.

Present!

Get The Crucible

Timed Essay #2 Returned, Revise.

Turn in READING JOURNALS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th.