1.     What’s the biggest impediment to your success in college?

2.    Plans and review.

3.    Steps to completing the essay.

4.    HW-  You know what to do.

1.  We recapped our discussion.

2.  We read each other's editorials.

3.  We planned essays in groups.

4.  Presentations?  Maybe.

5.  HW-  essay plan, cont.

Arg, cont. Fallacy pres.

1.    Journal- 

Let’s argue.  Summarize your editorial and provide the class with the most convincing statement you can to prove you are right.

2.   Editorial groups and reading--  Just quickly, for typos/mistakes.

3.   Quick model of an essay plan…

4.   Presentations.

5.   HW-  Create an outline of the essay you might write. Follow the In class model-  The topic decides what you have to do.

1. Journal-  What is a research based argument essay?  What will we have to do?  Tell me everything you know about it.

2.  RBAE notes.

6 paragraphs-  Intro (primer), body, body, body, rebuttal, concl.

Thesis:  Last sent of the intro-   Dogs are bad pets because 1, 2, and 3.

Sources:  library-  academic journals, databases, books.  Not allowed to use .com/.org/.info.
                use .gov/ or .edu.. with caution.

 In text and in sentence citation-

Works Cited-



2.5.  General argument notes... Logos, Ethos, Pathos

Logos-  Using logic or reasoning to convince-  Facts.  The best way to persuade.
Pathos-  Emotion-  Pathos= pathetic.
Ethos-   Ethics-- Are you fair and credible.  Logic.  Being nice. 

2.6.  Logical Fallacies.  Presentations assigned and discussed.

Create a prezi that defines your fallacy, provides an example of your fallacy at work, and has one multiple choice question for us to answer so we can see if we understand the fallacy.


3.5.  Editorials...   

Please write your own.... Opinions only!  At least 3 paragraphs...

4.  HW-  Come to class on Wednesday with an editorial about your topic. 

5.  HW-  Come to class on Wednesday with your presentation prepared.

c/c

1. Journal-

Moving to argument, what's something that just bothers you about society, the world, your community, the school or whatever?

2.  Groups and C/C essays.

Group questions-  Editing questions.

1.  Do they have a thesis with whereas?

2.  Are the body paragraphs in the thesis order?

3.  Do they have 5 or 8 total paragraphs?

4.  Is their introduction and conclusion at least 5 sentences?

5.  Is the thesis the last sentence of the introduction?

6.  Are they using the TS, F, O, O format?

7.  Circle any mistakes or typos.

8.  What should the writer change or add?

9.  Offer the writer a compliment.


3.  Edit C/C essay for submission on Friday.

1.    Journal-

 Remember the paragraph format we discussed? 

Finish this TS using that paragraph, and show me when you are finished to get a star:

__________ is the best/worst ____________.

2.   Essays returned and questions while you are completing the journal.

3.   Final C/C questions.  C/C essay typed draft due on Wed.  If you earn a star early, please draft a body paragraph.

4.    Typed draft of C/C essay due on Wed.