tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88046908743668110592024-03-12T19:31:52.735-07:00Giddings Google NoodleMr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.comBlogger695125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-64878872164851482252018-10-17T10:07:00.001-07:002018-10-17T11:23:04.299-07:00Toxophilus Unleashed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Read pages 48-56/86-94 in the TLC book (read carefully for understanding, not for completion) and apply one of the techniques enumerated therein (pp. 48-56/86-94) to the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank">Toxophilus</a></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank"> excerpt</a> from <a href="http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/toxophilus/" target="_blank">this book</a> written by Roger Ascham in 1545 and dedicated to King Henry VIII. Explain how the technique you used helps make the piece more accessible to a 21st century audience.<br />
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I've linked the <i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank">Toxophilus</a></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank"> excerpt</a> in a Google Docs version so you can copy the text into your Google Docs or Word if you wish. Using tables, you can do the graphic organizer on Google Docs and you can annotate using comments. You may wish to bring something in done by hand, though. Not sure if you can circle and draw arrows in the way you may wish to in a Google Doc. I do encourage you to try your hand at the graphic organizer.<br />
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Enjoy your trip back into the scientific observations and practical concerns of the mid-Sixteenth Century England!<br />
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<b>Due Thursday</b> in class.<br />
<br />Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-58412171129385287732018-10-01T09:01:00.001-07:002018-10-02T08:52:17.773-07:00Orwell's Politics and the English Language<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finish reading Orwell's <i>Politics and the English Language </i>and blog your answers to the questions on rhetoric and style 1-3; 5-9 (do NOT do 4 and 10) on page 718 (or 780 on the pdf).<br />
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In the same blog post, write about what you think of his ideas on writing. What's good about what he has to say? Explain. Is there anything you disagree with or think is out of date? Why do you think so?Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-57663942200127490182018-09-17T12:45:00.001-07:002018-09-17T12:45:43.618-07:00What was he thinking?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having read <em><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByYsu1bICaQMOWtKeVl2c2dxTWc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Thinking as a Hobby</a></em>, consider the different ways that the statuettes are positioned. Golding is pretty clear that their positioning indicates a philosophy of life held by Golding or the headmaster at various points in time. Think about the elements symbolized by these three statuettes: the thinker, the leopard, and the Venus de Milo.<br />
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I would contend he reveals more about himself than perhaps he meant to in the final arrangement. What might he have revealed that he did not intend?<br />
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-1317176146834980702018-09-11T06:50:00.001-07:002018-09-11T06:50:58.149-07:00Initial rhetorical analysisWe'll discuss this image in class today. It's here for you to pull up on your Chromebooks.<br />
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Welcome to AP English Language and Composition!<br />
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We have a <a href="http://goo.gl/2XVYT" target="_blank">summer assignment</a>. Don't worry; it's not too onerous. It's a little reading, a little thinking, and a little writing. Be thoughtful, but don't make it more than it is. Follow the link above for instructions and materials. Have a wonderful summer and I'll see you on September 5th!<br />
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If you have questions, please feel free to email me!<br />
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<b>NOTE: </b>The summer assignment link sends you to a folder with pdf files hosted by Google Drive. You can view them in your browser, but I strongly suggest downloading the Huck Finn articles to your computer and either printing them or opening them from your computer. The browser interface won't allow you to rotate the articles (they are scanned from a book and are flipped on their side). One student told me she had a hard time reading them as it was uncomfortable to turn her head. ;) You have other options!<br />
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<br />Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-62854380243244935552018-04-13T07:32:00.000-07:002018-04-13T07:32:34.649-07:00High School Confidential<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--17hlmL94_k/WtC-zgNTFQI/AAAAAAAAGpQ/bVrboIxXzD4pauIne85LWl5k3CawYpuWgCLcBGAs/s1600/p22995_p_v8_aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--17hlmL94_k/WtC-zgNTFQI/AAAAAAAAGpQ/bVrboIxXzD4pauIne85LWl5k3CawYpuWgCLcBGAs/s320/p22995_p_v8_aa.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #6f6f6f; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For Monday, blog your answers to the Questions 1-8 on pdf page 886. If anyone has the time and inclination, watch </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #6f6f6f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126886/" style="color: #7aa5d2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Election</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #6f6f6f; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> and report back to the class. Is it as good as DeHighnby says it is?</span>Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-10737510299358737552018-03-28T14:19:00.002-07:002018-03-28T14:19:48.584-07:00There is No Unmarked Woman<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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So, this idea of marked and unmarked gender styles is interesting. The more I think about it, the more I think it is true. But Deborah Tannen's article (p 590 on the PDF or 552) is constructed in an interesting manner as well. To examine that structure and the techniques she used to get her point across, blog the questions 1-8 on page 594-5 or 556-7.<br />
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-27076790433204589532018-03-19T14:36:00.002-07:002018-03-19T15:06:47.121-07:00I Want a Wife<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Now that we've read <i><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0ByYsu1bICaQMZDk0MjgwYWItN2IzNy00MmVhLTg3ZDUtMGZlZDlmMWQxNDFk&hl=en">I Want A Wife</a></i>. Please do the Exploring the Text questions (1-2, 4-6, 8) on page 541 (PDF pg 579) of the Language of Comp 2nd Ed.<br />
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We talked about question 7 a bit in class, and #3 just didn't make the cut. Poor #3. ;)Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-36577086873986026312018-03-16T10:07:00.000-07:002018-03-16T10:07:01.255-07:00Women's Brains<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<b>Please read the whole post.</b><br />
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As we wrestle with the unpleasant, but important to understand <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/lynnhank/wbgould.pdf" target="_blank">Women's Brains</a> by Stephen Jay Gould, work on the<b> Rhetoric and Style questions 1-12</b> on pages 323-4 of the TLC book <b>as well as the Discussion Question #1</b>. They are due Monday.<br />
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As you work with this essay, think about the implications of the ideas in the essay -- both those of Gould and of those he quoted. Are there echoes of those ideas alive and kicking today? How? When? Where? To what extent? ;)<b> Append a brief reflection on those questions at the end of questions 1-12.</b></div>
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-90614804779662041662018-03-09T14:39:00.003-08:002018-03-09T14:39:58.012-08:00Putting Down the Gun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After reading the essay <i>Putting Down the Gun</i> by Rebecca Walker in your textbook (pg 611 of the pdf or 573 of the text),<b> blog the 5 questions after the essay.</b><br />
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Also, <b>don't forget</b> to upload your letter to the Classroom assignment. Don't share it with me. Attach it to the assignment. I don't want to look all over for them. Don't send it yet. We'll do that early next week.Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-54917992423559718202018-02-15T12:35:00.001-08:002018-02-15T12:35:49.635-08:00Naps: A Response<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>Consider the organization of the essay, noting particularly the section about the gerbils (paragraphs 17-25). How does that section contribute to the overall effect?</li>
<li>Read paragraph 20. Explain the purpose of Sanders’s reference to the grand events included there.</li>
<li>Explain the rhetorical effect of the allusions that Sanders includes in paragraph 25.</li>
<li>Read carefully the final sentence of the essay. Discuss the effectiveness of concluding with this selection of details.</li>
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-5263124865627150042017-11-16T10:34:00.003-08:002017-11-16T10:34:51.994-08:00Hunger of MemoryYour task is this:<br />
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-19384289803462293612017-09-25T16:24:00.004-07:002017-09-25T16:24:51.243-07:00Toxophilus Unleashed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Read pages 35-48 in the TLC book (read carefully for understanding, not for completion) and apply one of the techniques enumerated therein (pp. 40-46) to the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank">Toxophilus</a></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank"> excerpt</a> from <a href="http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/toxophilus/" target="_blank">this book</a> written by Roger Ascham in 1545 and dedicated to King Henry VIII (the assignment is on page 48).<br />
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I've linked the <i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank">Toxophilus</a></i><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15L0VfaHfjEyRAnWTAO7I0UlS7-qKaxShlKbgIHpm5oQ&hl=en" target="_blank"> excerpt</a> in a Google Docs version so you can copy the text into your Google Docs or Word if you wish. Using tables, you can do the dialectical journal or graphic organizer on Google Docs and you can annotate using comments. You may wish to bring something in done by hand, though. Not sure if you can circle and draw arrows in the way you may wish to in a Google Doc. I do encourage you to try your hand at the dialectical journal or the graphic organizer.<br />
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Enjoy your trip back into the scientific observations and practical concerns of the mid-Sixteenth Century England!<br />
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<b>Due Tuesday</b> in class.<br />
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<br />Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-74911990229634070722017-09-18T14:07:00.001-07:002017-09-18T14:07:38.449-07:00What was he thinking?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having read <em><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByYsu1bICaQMOWtKeVl2c2dxTWc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Thinking as a Hobby</a></em>, consider the different ways that the statuettes are positioned. Golding is pretty clear that their positioning indicates a philosophy of life held by Golding or the headmaster at various points in time. Think about the elements symbolized by these three statuettes: the thinker, the leopard, and the Venus de Milo.<br />
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I would contend he reveals more about himself than perhaps he meant to in the final arrangement. What might he have revealed that he did not intend?<br />
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Also check out the SAT prep at https://www.khanacademy.org/.</div>
Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-105745325477376342017-06-24T07:38:00.001-07:002017-06-24T08:16:04.395-07:00Summer Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to AP English Language and Composition!<br />
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We have a <a href="http://goo.gl/2XVYT" target="_blank">summer assignment</a>. Don't worry; it's not too onerous. It's a little reading, a little thinking, and a little writing. Be thoughtful, but don't make it more than it is. Follow the link above for instructions and materials. Have a wonderful summer and I'll see you on September 6th!<br />
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If you have questions, please feel free to email me!<br />
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<b>NOTE: </b>The summer assignment link sends you to a folder with pdf files hosted by Google Drive. You can view them in your browser, but I strongly suggest downloading the Huck Finn articles to your computer and either printing them or opening them from your computer. The browser interface won't allow you to rotate the articles (they are scanned from a book and are flipped on their side). One student told me she had a hard time reading them as it was uncomfortable to turn her head. ;) You have other options!<br />
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<b>Spring Break Travel</b><br />
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I will be leading <a href="http://www.explorica.com/Giddings-9956" target="_blank">a trip</a> this spring break to Italy, France, and Spain. We use an educational tour company called Explorica to guide us and take care of all the details so we can explore and have fun.<br />
So, if you would like to spend your spring break abroad seeing the sites in Rome, wandering the charming streets of Florence, holding up the Tower of Pisa, walking along the French Riviera, and exploring the eclectic wonders of Barcelona, then check out<a href="http://www.explorica.com/Giddings-9956" target="_blank"> this trip</a>!<br />
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-71475824713610425262017-03-24T13:18:00.000-07:002017-03-24T14:58:24.966-07:00The Bird and the Machine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>Using your answer to question 9 and our close read of the last two sections of the text on Friday (I know we didn't finish, but hopefully our discussion will allow you to see more than you already saw in your individual/partner close reads), write a short reflection on what the relationship between humanity and science & technology<i> is</i> and <i>should be</i>.</li>
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Sadly,<i> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ex Machina, </i>the movie Jalyn and I were talking about, is not available to stream on Netflix, but if you have Amazon Prime, it is included in your Prime subscription.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://sites.google.com/fifeschools.com/aplangresearchedargument&source=gmail&ust=1490470561152000&usg=AFQjCNGzdMnrxC9VDqDvoUYnjjXfulL-zQ" href="https://sites.google.com/fifeschools.com/aplangresearchedargument" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/<wbr></wbr>fifeschools.com/<wbr></wbr>aplangresearchedargument</a> and look through the prompt options so you can be thinking a bit about the issues you may want to write about.</div>
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As we wrestle with the unpleasant, but important to understand <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/lynnhank/wbgould.pdf" target="_blank">Women's Brains</a> by Stephen Jay Gould, work on the Rhetoric and Style questions 1-12 on pages 354-55 of the TLC book as well as the Discussion Question #1. They are due Thursday.<br />
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Your homework for Monday is twofold: <br /><ol>
<li>Blog answers to the eight Exploring the Text questions on page 204.</li>
<li>Get some sleep as Daylight Savings is extracting its revenge this weekend. Monday is a practice Synthesis FRQ that will take the entire period. Come on in, get out a pen and paper, and get ready to ruuuummmmmbllllllllle!</li>
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-19150500373818210032017-02-03T13:19:00.003-08:002017-02-03T13:19:30.966-08:00Claims<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">These are the claims each class identified from the text. Spend a bit of time thinking about these in terms of the article and in general in terms of our society. Be prepared to discuss, even if you don't usually talk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Self-governance is more essential than governance itself. (par. 5)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The press is a serious entity and should focus on real life, not fantasy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The public needs hard information in order to self-govern.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The need to make money sometimes leads the media to sacrifice truth for what their audience wants to hear.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The American press has often been powerful and sometimes feared.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The marketplace can be the ally rather than the enemy of a strong, free media.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Period 3</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Self-governance is more essential than governance itself. (Value)</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The press should be a serious member of the media family. (Policy)</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The need for public news has been a cornerstone of America’s system almost from the start. (Fact)</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abraham Lincoln articulated this content most succinctly (value) when he said, “Let the people know the facts, and the country will be safe.” (Policy)</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The issue of whether a free press is the best communications solution in a democracy is much too important at the close of this century (fact) and needs to be examined dispassionately. (Policy)</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The choices (media choices) may be larger, but a case can be made that they are not deeper. (Value)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the public to believe the press, their product must be credible. (Value) (Fact)</span></div>
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<br />Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-7910562615812171822017-02-01T10:47:00.003-08:002017-02-01T10:47:26.776-08:00News Bias Analysis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where we get our news seems to matter more and more. Many people, like my dad, live in news bubbles of questionable or downright low quality driven by partisan fervor and advertising profits. To be an educated person in our increasingly fractured society requires that we understand what the news landscape looks like and how the various entities form their arguments.<br />
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Your task is this:<br />
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<li>Pick a news story that will have been reported on and discussed across the spectrum.</li>
<li>Read about that from one or more mainstream sources.</li>
<li>Then read about it in one or more partisan sources on each side.</li>
<li>Lastly, write up you observations about how their bias manifests itself. Refer to the texts to do so. Are the fringe sources telling the whole truth? Lies? Hyper-focusing on something and blowing it out of proportion? Using inflammatory diction? Mocking the other side? Etc. Etc.</li>
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Post this on your blog.<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByYsu1bICaQMNlFhVm1Na2JpSFU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">News Source Chart in Color (PDF)</a><br />
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As a side note, Bucknell University has this site to help figure out how to determine whether a site is credible or not. <a href="http://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/framework/auth">http://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/framework/auth</a>Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-79716707770373631942017-01-18T13:10:00.001-08:002017-01-18T13:10:30.533-08:00Homework and Study Guide<div style="margin-top: 12pt;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finish the reading on pages 127-131, doing both activities in the same post (pp 128-9 and 130-1).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Study Guide</span></b><br />
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<b>Primary Study Points</b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Argument Stasis Questions / Types of Claims (Packet pg. 87ff)</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span>Fact</li>
<li>Value</li>
<li>Policy</li>
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Be able to evaluate a claim and decide the type of argument it necessitates.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Aristotelian Triangle (textbook pg. 3ff)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Toulmin </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">(Credible Hulk Packet pg. 18)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Be able to read a passage and identify what they are talking about, the effect of various rhetorical techniques, the tone, the style, authorial intent, underlying assumptions, etc. Essentially the stuff we’ve been doing all year. If you can answer the blog questions without undue stress, and you seem to get it when we talk about the timed write passages, you should be fine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There’s more I could ask about, such as thesis types, organizational patterns and their benefits in different situations, and the like. The final is getting rather long, though, so maybe I should stop asking questions. Maybe I'll shoot for a round number of questions. <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><br />
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Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804690874366811059.post-22613526235005693742017-01-13T15:31:00.000-08:002017-01-13T15:31:04.860-08:00Fallacious D<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hasty conclusion like toy balloon: easy blow up, easy pop.<br />
–Charlie Chan at the Race Track </div>
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<b>Reading:</b> </div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">The "Spot Fallacies" packet by Jay Heinrichs (Done)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Language of Composition ed. 2 packet pgs. 97-109 (Done)</li>
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<b>Doing:</b><br />
<b>1)</b> In order to augment the reading from our packets, research the fallacies in the following bulleted list <a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/" target="_blank">here</a>* and <b>2)</b> then research and find 7 examples of real life fallacies, one for each main category from the "Spot Fallacies" packet (summarized on the final 2 pages, but discussed throughout the packet). <b>3)</b> Put those examples on your blog, but don't label them. Remember what they are, because we will talk about them in class and try to figure out what you've chosen. They can be images, video clips, texts, etc.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Side note:</b> Beware of the "Spot Fallacies" author's alternate naming conventions as they are different than what most everyone else uses.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">Look familiar?</td></tr>
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<ul>
<li>Begging the Question</li>
<li>Slippery Slope</li>
<li>False Dilemma</li>
<li>Post Hoc</li>
<li>Biased Sample</li>
<li>Gambler’s Fallacy</li>
<li>Hasty Generalization</li>
<li>Ad Hominem</li>
<li>Straw Man</li>
<li>Tu Quoque</li>
<li>Red Herring</li>
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* Use the <a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/" target="_blank"> Nizkor Project site</a> as well as your readings to help with this task.<br />
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I know many of these were mentioned in your reading as well, but it doesn't hurt to get some more information about them.Mr. Giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052306898650529007noreply@blogger.com0