Eh 124 Spring 2011: Week Three Day One

For today, you had to read chapters thee and four. These chapters were about The Rhetorical Situation and basic practices for writing arguments.

Journal: (Suggested: 10 Minutes)

Identify and describe the five parts of The Rhetorical Situation as they relate to the following image:

Now identify and describe the five parts of The Rhetorical Situation as they relate to the following text:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Group Work: (Suggested: 5 – 7 Minutes)

Share your findings and compile and answer to present to the class.

Mini-Lecture: (Suggested: 5 -7 Minutes)

Your first responsibility in this class is to pay attention to how people argue – not to defend your own beliefs or assumptions.  If you can’t look beyond your own cultural boundaries, you won’t learn how to argue.

Mini-Lecture in Action: (Suggested: 5 minutes)

What are some of your basic assumptions about the future, your future? Where do they come from? Why do you have them?

Homework:

Read and Annotate: Why We Flirt (541-544). Identify the rhetorical situation.