Gents: Today in A2 (9/16) and B2 (9/17), we did the following:
For homework, please do the following:
A reminder: Your first draft of your essays are due on Monday (A2) and Tuesday (B2). Please let me know if you'd like to meet to discuss them.
- I collected page one of your research drafts.
- We reviewed Fallacies of Argument (Prezi link) and pages 97-108 in Language of Composition
- Finally, you did some work on Fallacies on DyKnow.
For homework, please do the following:
- Count on a quiz over fallacies next class.
- Read Orwell's "Politics & The English Language" (LOC pages 707 - 719). We'll have a seminar discussion over this text next class, connecting it to the question of language and identity from Agosin / Krauthammer and fallacies / myths in Chomsky.
- Finally, please bring your $36 check for our field trips.
A reminder: Your first draft of your essays are due on Monday (A2) and Tuesday (B2). Please let me know if you'd like to meet to discuss them.