Policy changes for turning in work:
In the past, you were permitted to post missing work from past units and receive credit. For the persuasive writing unit, any work that is not posted at the time the unit is graded will be marked as missing/not turned, with no make up. You will still be allowed to revise work that is turned in for a higher grade.
Inaccessible work: For the first two units, if I could not access your portfolio or a particular assignment, I sent an email informing you that the work was not accessible, and we worked on it until I was able to access you work. We have worked through this for two units. For the remaining units, any work which is not accessible to me - will be marked as not turned in.
Work on practice argument:
You spent the first part of class writing a "practice argument" which addressed the issues stated in King. The reason having you write out your ideas before focusing on the form (the "right" way to write an argument) is so that you could get your thinking down on paper without getting all tangled up in a long list of what you have to do to write it the right way.
We then worked on one of the practice arguments as a way to think about what you might need to do to turn your practice writing, into something that looked more like the form for an argument you would write for an academic assignment.
The most important observations we made about how the first practice argument was set up were that, to make this practice writing into an academic argument, the author would need to:
1. make sure the statement of what King argues is clearly stated and accurate
2. make sure the argument directly addresses the main points set up by King
3. make sure to define important terms
To work on this, we spent the first part of class after break analyzing King's essay to make sure we had a clear outline of his points. This is a short version
The next thing we did was to King says: American Dream is alive - because American people willing to re-define the dream
People can still achieve a level of success despite economic hardship brought on by recession + inequality issues
Government is making the right moves to keep the American Dream alive
Supports industry + jobs to provide jobs
Not raise minimum wages provide programs that threaten company profits
Argues against Herbert (answers a "naysayer")
Concludes by stating that Americans have faced challenges to the American Dream before (in the Depression) and the dream has survived, and it will continue to survive.
Some points to argue to AGREE with King's argument would be to point out that:
American's can and do buy their own businesses + continue to move on
People owning their own homes ? up or down? (check out the research/facts on this as evidence)
What do people believe - point out what people you know beliefe
Increase or decrease in homelessness? (check out the research)
Point out that other countries/places to live have worse struggles – US is in many ways better
Some points to argue to DISAGREE with King:
Government is not making the right moves – needs to support middle + working class (use Herbert as evidence? or some other statistics from research)
Opportunities are not the same in reality as they are in the dream (connect to economic arguments)
Changes in the economy as a result of the global market have made the American Dream imposssible
The American Dream is not only about economics - it is also about respect and equality and safety - which are not working out so well in the US for African Americans, Hispanics, LGBT or even for women
With each point you make =think about how you will tie it to KING
We then talked through a general map for the order of your points.
Introduction = Set up the issues
May be more than one paragraph
Set up the sides => then state your position in detail. Saying you "agree" is not sufficient. You need to include the particulars that set up what you will argue (think back to the examples from class).
Have a series of points to argue which respond to/are in conversation with the texts you are arguing with
American dream on hold because of inequality gaps = connect to King
Unequal gap between social classes
Gap won’t close unless money stops going to rich
Plant a naysayer (King)
What needs to be done
Conclusion
equal gap between social classes
For next class:
Read: Chapter 8 in TS/IS
Write: Draft practice argument, minimum 2 pages.
In class we will talk about revising the practice argument to include the language moves discussed in chapter 8, as well as the ethos and pathos moves we talked about on 2.26.
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