Weekly Agenda: April 16-20

Tuesday, April 17
Overview of Argumentative Essay Subject Briefs -- consider which, if any, you'd like to write on
Group 6: Partner Facilitation Questions DUE
Finish fallacy lecture (Powerpoint presentation – slide notes are in the makeup binder)
Partner-led Post-reading Discussion (Wendy & Gino): “What is a Hate Crime?”
HW: Review fallacies for practice quiz on Thursday; complete post-reading questions for “How Big a Threat is Global Warming” Casebook (in textbook). (Bring your lecture notes to class on Thursday)

Thursday, April 19
Sign up for argumentative essay subject (subject briefs available Monday) -- or submit your own (and get started on original research)
Lecture note check
Argumentative Fallacies practice quiz → answers revealed and discussed
Partner-led Post-reading Discussion (Kelsea & Jalen): “How Big a Threat is Global Warming?”)
- T-Chart: Argumentative Fallacy Analysis
HW: Review argumentative fallacies for quiz on Monday

Weekly Agenda: April 9-12

Tuesday, April 10
Discuss “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
(post-reading responses and an analysis of its use of rhetorical appeals, style elements, and instances of deductive/inductive reasoning)
Elements of Style practice activity (partners) → answers revealed and discussed
HW:
Peer Discussion Facilitation Group only (Gino and Wendy): Read textbook pp. 604-613 (What is a Hate Crime?). Prepare post-reading questions for the class concerning each essay independently, as well comparatively, with rhetorical appeals and types of argumentative reasoning in mind. Questions due by 8am on Thursday morning.

Everyone: Review for Elements of Style Quiz

Thursday, April 12
Elements of style Quiz
Introduction to fallacies in argument
- Finish Powerpoint presentation, if necessary
- Partner practice exercise
- Practice worksheet answers revealed!
HW:
Everyone: Read textbook pp. 604-613 (What is a Hate Crime?) and respond to Group’s post-reading questions.

Peer Discussion Group #6 only: Read textbook pp.616-626 (How Big a Threat is Global Warming?) As you consider your questions, discuss the essays’ strengths and weaknesses: arguments, style, fallacies? Consider which poses the most convincing argument? Why?