1. Welcome!
Clear your desk and take out TWO sheets of paper – one for a quiz and one for notes!
Set up an MLA heading on the TOP LEFT side of EACH paper:
Paper 1:
Name
Date
ELA Period ____
Q2 Reading Quiz 1
Paper 2:
RI.3.8. Argument Analysis

2. Q2 Reading Quiz 1
Describe Michael Griffin’s background/experience prior to writing this text.
What is Griffin’s position on the issue of space exploration?
Explain the central idea of “The Real Reasons We Explore Space”.

3. Objective:
I can delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. (RI.3.8)
Essential Question:
How does Griffin present and support his claims with valid resoning in “The Real Reasons We Explore Space”?

4. L - Look for facts and opinions I - Identify strong vs. weak arguments
LIAR Strategy: Testing Validity and Reliability
L - Look for facts and opinions
I - Identify strong vs. weak arguments
A - Analyze a writer’s credentials – are they really an expert?
R - Recognize how personal values influence a writer’s conclusions

5. Validity on the Internet
Is this a French model?
Does the internet ever lie?

6. Wikipedia Pages Hacked
“Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American politician, and a fool.”
This was the opening line of Congresswoman Corrine Brown’s Wiki page for TWO WEEKS before her staff members found the hacking and fixed the page. There is now a staff member assigned to monitoring and fixing her Wiki page.
In 2007, eagle-eyed politics junkies noticed that then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown had had untrue "facts" about drug abuse and criminal convictions added to their Wiki pages. While this is not very nice generally, what made the situation truly scandalous was that the IP addresses from which the edits were made were traced back to British government buildings. Talk about awkward.

7. Can I really trust this source? A – Analyze a Writer’s Credentials
Is it reliable?
Is it timely?
Is it a primary or a secondary source?
Where could I go to verify the facts in the source?
Is the writer an expert on the topic? How do I know?

8. Author’s Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of speaking or writing effectively, a way to persuade, we use rhetoric to dissect texts to find out that author is trying to communicate to us.
There are several rhetorical devices and style choices an author can use and make to convey his point of view and purpose for writing.
Ethos, Pathos and Logos are RHETORICAL APPEALS. We will closely read a text to identify the appeals and how the author uses them to convey his purpose and point of view.
Students will jot down one thing they learned about each of the rhetorical appeals.
Other rhetorical devices: repetition, informal language to appeal to a specific audience, hyperbole (exaggeration)

9. Text Features: Author’s biography, charts, images
Rhetorical Devices
Analogy – a comparison of similar ideas to explain a complex situation/idea
Parallelism – the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same to add balance and rhythm to text
Repetition – the act of repeating what has already been written
Rhetorical Appeals-
Ethos: __________________
Pathos:__________________
Logos: __________________

10. How do authors try to manipulate readers with rhetoric?
Bandwagon – Everyone is doing it!
Personal Attack – Discrediting an idea
Transfer – Connecting feelings about one thing to something else
Loaded Language – Choosing words that elicit strong feelings

11. Evidence *Be sure to use Frame and EXPLAIN
HOT Questions: Evaluating the Argument and Specific Claims
1. What are Griffin’s reasons to support his claim? What is his evidence for support? Is the evidence strong?
Griffin’s Reasons
Evidence *Be sure to use Frame and EXPLAIN 1. 2. 3. 4.

12. HOT Questions: Evaluating the Argument and Specific Claims
2. Page 435 Lines 70-78: How does this section connect to the reasons Griffin has stated to support his claim?
3. Page 436 ALL Lines: What last reason does Griffin introduce to support his claim? How does it relate to the earlier reasons?
4. Page 436 Lines : Identify examples of parallelism and repetition. What is the purpose of using these rhetorical devices here and how do they relate to Griffin’s purpose?
5. Page 435: How does the analogy in Griffin’s statement, “It is my contention that the products of our space program are today’s cathedrals,” connect to his claim?
6. Does Griffin appeal to ethos, pathos, or logos in this piece? Support your claim with textual evidence.
7. Griffin makes a distinction between “acceptable” reasons and “real” reasons for exploring space. Explain what he means by each type of reason. Which type of reason does he use to support his claim?

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