Today, we did a writing into the day about the Cizek quote. After that, we talked about the expectations and purposes of the blog. First, we read and analyzed examples of readings responses and blog comments. Then we talked about what makes a "good" comment.
What makes a "good" comment:
- Shows how others perceive what the author wrote
- Gives a new point of view
- Broadens the author's ideas
- Encourages the author to look back and think about what he/she wrote
- Asks questions
- Responds to the writer's ideas
- Offers opinions about the writer's writing
- Offers rebuttals
After this discussion, we talked about the persuasive appeals: ethos, logos and pathos. After looking at and discussing an example of each, we broke into 6 groups. Each group was assigned to write a paragraph either in favor of or against standardized testing in one of the three appeals. We will be reading these next class to see which ones are most persuasive.
Homework:
Read "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower" and post a reading response to your blog.
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