Thursday, April 12, 2012

Today we reviewed the package for Aristotelian Argument. Students went over the "School Vouchers" essay together.

Homework is to bring in a completed outline and essay draft based on a topic or theme from The New Jim Crow. We will spend most of the class Tuesday watching a video: Land of the Free. April 17, is the 40th Anniversary of the Angola 3, three men who together have spent more then 100 years in solitary confinement. Land of the Free is a film about their cases.

Complete the package. It will help you write the argument. The argument should be about 2-4 pages long. For each argument, you need more than one source. Find at least 1-2 sources which support your thesis. If not cited, put in the bibliography.

We will spend more time on the Classical argument on Thursday, April 19, so bring it again electronically. The essay portfolio will be due possibly Monday, April 23 by noon.

We will start the Mosely book in two weeks, May 1. I want to give time to students to present their arguments. Everyone has to present two this semester: one to your group, one to the class. It is our last argument.

For the final students will chose to write an argument about any topic using one of the three forms explored. We will talk about due dates later.

I will occasionally ask certain students to share.


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