Classroom Activities: September 22

  • Impromptu speeches
    • Topic – Tell the class about your major or discipline. Why did you choose it? What is it that you like about it? Provide at least 3 reasons.
  • Scholar update presentations
  • Week 5/Chapter 15/16 Discussion
    • Syllogism:
      • Martin Luther King was shot and killed in 1968.
      • The murder of a leader or famous person is called an assassination.
      • King was assassinated.
    • Touliman method for argumentation – Analyze claim “Democrats are for the working man.”
      • Evidence: Policies of Democratic administrations beginning with FDR benefitted laborers
      • Reasoning: Democrats should be kept in power because they care about the everyday worker

Classroom Activities: September 24

  • Impromptu speeches
    • Topic – Tell the class about your major or discipline. Why did you choose it? What is it that you like about it? Provide at least 3 reasons.
  • Scholar update presentations
    • Angelica Velez
    • Peyton Armstrong
  • Single-topic celebratory speeches

Homework for September 24:

  • Continue activities for Week 5 update
  • View classmates’ updates and comment on them

Homework for September 29:

  • Complete Scholar Week 5 update and activities
  • Review Scholar Week 6 update when it is available
  • Read Chapter 3 (pg. 45-72) and Chapter 4 (pg. 75-88)
  • Access the Achieve app on Blackboard to begin Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 LearningCurve activities
  • Take the Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 LearningCurve quizzes
  • Prepare for celebratory speeches 9/29
  • LearningCurve assessments for Chapters 12, 13, 14 are due 9/28!