Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Class Work

1. If you need to submit your comparison/contrast essay, please get it to me today. ( It is still "today" until midnight!"
2. If you need to submit your "homework" packet, please get it to me today. ( Reminder - packets may be left in the adjunct office. Kindly ask Mrs. Propes to place it in my folder. I will pick it up later today or tomorrow morning. Send me an e-mail to let me know that you left a packet in the adjunct office if you decide to submit it that way.)
3. Back to Mother Nature . . . What have you discovered about your topic? What are you going to claim? What are your reasons for that claim? What evidence do you have to prove that your reasons are correct? Jot those down on a sheet of paper. Share with the folks at your table. Then, locate someone else in the room and share with that individual.  Add notes based on the comments of the listeners. Submit.
4. Are your arguments logical? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zG5U0v3gU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObFc64OnEk&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88&feature=relmfu

Your reasons must make sense!


5. We will be watching An Inconvenient Truth - a documentary on Global Warming presented by former Vice President Al Gore. Keep track of the claims, reasons, and evidence.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAK8Cd4t0WA
Current comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcd6w2Z9L10&feature=related
(We will watch the entire documentary beginning on Thursday.)

Homework
Refer to p. 98 in Write Now. Create a flow chart for your topic. (The one you started in class is fine. Jus t add the sources to your evidence.) Start with the claim. Provide at least three reasons. Include at least one powerful piece of evidence for each reason and note the source. Bring the chart to class on Thursday either on paper or available electronically.

Let's take a look at "Meltdown: Running Out of Time on Global Warming" p. 92+ in Write Now.  Note the major claim, reasons, and evidence. Rate the evidence. Is it powerful? Do you believe it? Is is from a reliable source? Also, take a look at the questions following the article. We will discuss them on Thursday. Take a few notes so that you can participate in the discussion.










Did the author recognize the opposition? How was that addressed?