DAY 04 - CYCLE 02 - SEMESTER 02: 01-17-12

HANDOUTS FROM TODAY:

None. But just in case you lost the syllabus for the week (click this link to download a copy)

IN CLASS TODAY:

1. Review exercise in vocabulary book, page 40
2. Discussion of Tannen's argument
1. A good argument depends on an understanding of your AUDIENCE
2. A good argument depends on your understanding of your own BIASES

CLASS NOTES:
Done on board.

HOMEWORK

• Read "The Cost of an Illiterate Society" by Jonathan Kozol.  Annotate for appeals to LOGIC and EMOTION, and for methods of establishing his CREDIBILITY (ethos).