Bring 20 blank index cards for Unit 2 vocabulary next week! February 12, 2015 Should Wild Animals Be Kept as Pets? Homework: Bring 20 blank index cards for Unit 2 vocabulary next week! Have a nice long weekend! See you on Tuesday! Objective I can evaluate arguments and claims made in text and distinguish between logical arguments and faulty reasoning. Warm Up: We will first take the Unit 1 vocabulary quiz and then you will take the Scholastic Scope quiz. You can write your answers on both these quizzes. Just move your desks away from each other.
Argument support claim the reasons or evidence that help to prove that claim. Support in an argument is usually for or against an issue. claim a writer's position on a problem or issue. http://www.ask-gratitude.com/images/argument5.jpg
Turn to pg. 952 in your Lit book. Read the paragraph entitled "Can We Ever Tame What's Wild?" and complete the the List It activity by making a T-chart. Animal Advantages Disadvantages http://healinghaven.typepad.com/.a/6a01053603aa25970c01a3fcc37f2b970b-pi
Persuasive Techniques http://www.toprankblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/persuasion-content-marketing.jpg
emotional appeals http://www.justonecupcake.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pity-party.jpg messages that produce strong feelings, such as pity or fear
appeals to authority http://flutterbycoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/rottencards.png https://youropiaeshn.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/word-from-the-expert.jpg references to people who are experts on the subject
loaded language http://borbonclara.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/2/2/25224937/8969864_orig.jpg words with strongly positive or strongly negative connotations, or shades of meaning
Create a chart like this one in your notes "Should Wild Animals Be Kept as Pets?" Emotional appeals Appeals to authority Loaded language
A PREVIEW Skim the essay's title and photographs. Based on these text features, what types of information do you expect to find in the essay?
B PREVIEW Preview the article's subheadings. Why do you think they have been included in the essay?
C PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES Reread lines 15-26. What emotional appeals are used in this section? Add this information to your chart. What strong feelings do these emotional appeals stir up?
D ANALYZE ARGUMENT Identify the facts included in lines 27-38. How do these facts strengthen the argument against keeping wild animals as pets?
E PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES Reread lines 47-56. Record examples of the loaded language used in this section in your chart.