Oh, So Clever

Read Chapters 20-23 of Thank You For Arguing in preparation for our discussion with the author. As usual focus on key terms and new vocabulary. Try coming up with examples from pop culture that you like.

Look out! Fallacies!

Read Chapters 14 and 15 of Thank You for Arguing. Note all of the fallacies. Choose one commercial. Embed it in your blog and then in a paragraph below identify the fallacies.

Hhhahahahahahahahahha!

For this weekend read Chapters 9 and 10. They relate to humor as a form of rhetoric. So I'm not laughing at you in this title, as it may otherwise appear. Make sure to come up with examples of each term given. Include pictures.

Logic, Old Chap

Identify the reasoning: is deductive or inductive logic at work?

Cover Letter?

For future reference here´s the cover letter template I´ve discussed in class. You want to use this to send to publications.

For Next Writers Workshop

Your final drafts of the opinion article are due Thursday 20th or Friday 21st. You must have them either digitally or printed out, in addition to be ready to demonstrate your cover letter. You should send them next week. We´ll be conferencing together about these the following week.

We need to come up with a rubric. Here´s my start.

A Week for Wonders

For Wednesday or Thursday bring in your most recent draft of your opinion article. Keep in mind audience and decorum. We'll create a rubric and have time for revision. 

For Friday or Monday read and blog about chapters 12 and 13. Come up with your own examples of deductive and inductive logic, in addition to commonplaces.

Finally, we´ll be having a reading quiz similar to the one we had in the past. You might want to review some of the terms we´ve learned this week. 

Guest Speaker

On Wednesday, November 5th November 12th at 2:15 a guest writer Deborah Schoeberlin David, from the Huffington Post. Come prepared to get tips on how to write, focus on tone and register. This will help you for our next summative assignment. I guarantee it. 

Writers Workshop Reminder

Don´t forget to bring your completed first draft of your opinion article to class.

Op-ed Article by Angelique Kidjo

Read this op-ed article by Malian singer Angelique Kidjo.

A. The tone of this article might be described as "concerned".

concerned

kənˈsəːnd/

adjective

1. worried, troubled, or anxious.

Identify three word choices that reveal her tone. Discuss their connotations.

B. Can you think of other places today that have been dehumanized because of fear?

Audience for Your Op-ed Piece

Not sure of where to send your op-ed? Take a look at these journals and their opinion pieces. Is yours targeting a similar audience? Would they be interested in your topic based on the other things that they've published?

Explore the following links. Take a look at a few of their op-eds they've published. For each link comment in your notebook whether or not this is fitting for your topic.

CNG's HS publication?

US publications?

US publications for teens?

English publication in Colombia?

For Next Week

Read chapters 1-5 of Thank You For Arguing. Chapters 1-3 are review; we've read them in class already.

For chapters 4-5, focus specifically on vocabulary. Identify your own examples of the terms and words that seem important to you. You might want to include video clips and photos. Don't forget that blogs are multi-media.