HOMEWORK OVER BREAK

Over break, read The Crucible by Arthur Miller and take note of two things:

1. Admiration Scale  It is EXTREMELY important that you do this AS you read.  It will be really difficult to do this after you are done with the book.

2.  Record any fallacies you see in the reasoning of the characters in the play.

Thursday and Friday's class

After correcting the Fallacy quiz from yesterday (in 6th we will take it and correct it in one period), we reviewed Persuasive Techniques in Advertising today and watched the videos posted on my blog yesterday.

Tomorrow, you will be Analyzing Ads in your Socratic groups, filling out the chart I just linked for you in this sentence.


For the weekend, I would like you to conduct a Commercial Dig.  (I think this will work if you watch a show on your computer too.  Usually there are commercials periodically spaced or even just at the beginning?)

On Monday we will be analyzing POLITICAL CARTOONS, so if you want to bring one that you have found yourself, please feel free.

Vocabulary Lesson 5 will finally be introduced tomorrow.  See my quizlet page for links to words online.

Persuasion and Fallacies in Advertising

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising

Below are a few videos that I hope we will be able to watch in class that demonstrate a few of the fallacies we have discussed in class on Wednesday.  

Your homework for FRIDAY is to find a print ad, a television commerical, or an internet-based ad to bring to class to share with your group and analyze together. 

This link can help you find suitable examples of internet advertisements: Web Resources

Here is an example of something you could post on edmodo for us to examine on Friday/Monday.

What appeals or fallacies can you spot in this advertisment for perfume? (In other words, what works...what doesn't?)

Monday and Tuesday: Heads up!

For Monday's class.  We are reading a chapter from Everything's an Argument.  
Graphic Organizer for Argument Intro

On Tuesday, we will be studying FALLACIES

Purdue Owl: Logical Fallacies
After we read about them, I would like you and your partner to take these Fallacy Quizzes.