JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "The Logical Song" by Supertramp; "Argument" by Monty Python; "Think" by James Brown]
Why do people argue? What factors should determine who wins an argument? Describe a time when you won or lost an argument. Did the experience change your mind? What would have?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary review
3. Socratic seminar: "The Right to Your Opinion" (featuring an introduction to rhetoric & Earth on Turtle's Back)
HW:
1. Recover: get your blog together and complete assignment #1.
2. Reflect: post your notes from today's Socratic seminar to your blog.
3. Prepare: for the vocabulary test, >15 minutes each night.
Are we able to do the journal the night before? Or should we wait for class to write them.
ReplyDeletei was wondering the same thing !
DeleteYou can write in your journals any time. :)
ReplyDeletehow come my blog doesnt appear in the member blog area? i swear ive had one for a couple days now.
ReplyDeleteDid you sblogs your blog information to dr.prenston's email
DeleteDpreston.@gmail.com
The seminar today was a cool activity but I hope more people speak up next time we have one!
ReplyDeleteHi Dr. Preston ! i did my blog and my homework :) http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6311534227577637002#postsstats
ReplyDeletenot sure how to add myself to the list...haha
That looks like your dashboard link. The format the actual blog should be in is:
Deletehttp://firstinitiallastnamerhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
I Enjoyed The Seminar Today. It Got Off Track But I Think That's Only Because People Didn't Have Much Opinion Behind The Topics. Perhaps With Different Topics, It'll Get More Exciting.
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