Reading 3IECP, Spring 2013, Nikki Mattson

Agenda

• Idiom

• Newspaper presentation

• SRA

• VP 6 quiz

• Novel quiz

Arguments as vehicles

Get sidetracked

• Digress, deal with something unrelated to the main idea

Practice

• Sometimes I get sidetracked while doing my HW and start to….

• I like it when the teacher gets sidetracked because…

• The professor was giving a lecture on American history, but he got sidetracked when……. Then he started to talk about…..

Penn State Officials Take Booze Out Of 'State Patty's Day' Mixby Jeff Brady

NPR

• Video

Discussion Qs

• 1. What is State Patty's day? When did it start?

• 2. Why did the Penn State students initially create State Patty’s Day?

• 3. What do critics of State Patty’s day see as problematic with this celebration? Do

you think their concerns are reasonable? Why/why not?

• 4. What deal did the anti-drinking partnership offer local bars and merchants? Do

you think this deal was fair to merchants? Was it fair to students?

• 5. How did Mad Mex employees feel about the deal? Why did they sign the

agreement? What might’ve happened if they had refused to sign the agreement?

• 6. Do you think this new solution for controlling State Patty’s day will work? What

other solutions can you imagine?

• 7. What is your overall impression of State Patty’s Day?

Why we Dance ?The story of Thon

What does Thon mean??

Every February..

For 46 hours..

MORE THAN $100 MILLION

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Be thankful for having good health. Remember that a lot of people suffer from cancer and you are

free…

Thank youBayan

Thon shatters 2012 total, hits $100 million raised overall at Penn StateCenter Daily Times

1) Why do people dance in THON? How long does it last?

2) Do you think THON will continue for the next 10 years? Why? What are some possible challenges?

3) If you have a chance to participate in THON, will you take it?

4) Do you know what the Four Diamonds fund is?

5) Does THON seem like a helpful solution for many child sick children? What is your overall impression of THON?

Photoshop and Photography: When Is It Real?New York Times

• 1) What do the photos that won the competition depict/show?

• 2) What are the categories of the competition which are mentioned in the article?

• 3) What are some of the things that people do for photographs?

• 4) If you are a photographer, would you use Photoshop program? Why?

• 5) Do you think that when you use Photoshop to make your photo more better than • the original photo, you should still be considered as a professional photographer?

Why/why not?

• 6) In your opinion, is Photoshop a helpful program? Why?

SRA – 3A

VP 6 Quiz + Novel Quiz

HW

• Optional summary