Giddings Noodleblog

Before we begin, PLEASE read the post directly below.  DO NOT put your paper off.  It’s worth a lot.

Okay, now it’s party time.  We have completed the AP test and that is no small thing.  Congratuations!

As best I can remember, here is what we put on the board:

• Bagels and cream cheese – Caleb
• Egg Rolls – Maverick
• Pancakes – Hayley O
• Pop – Jordan
• Milk – Janae
• Cheezits – Jeff
• Chips – Spencer
• Doughnuts – Kyle McCrossin

I know I’m forgetting something.  I will bring plates and cups and cutlery.

If you wish to bring a gaming system, come a bit early so we can set it up.  I have a locking cabinet in my room we can store it in during the day if you wish.  If that doesn’t pan out, we’ll finish the movie.  Read below for an extra credit opportunity!!!!  :)

Next Week:

• We’ll pick back up on DGP – the Mark Twain sentence
• We’ll pick up vocabulary with vocab 11 (gosh, we dropped a fair bit during the run-up to the AP test!)
• We’ll start reading The Great Gatsby (dang, things just keep getting better and better!)
• Extra Credit Opportunity: Someone from the Washington Association of School Curriculum Directors asked our class to participate in making a video podcast that will be shown at their annual conference next fall.  They need 6-7 students who would be willing to respond on camera to the question, “What do you believe makes you successful?”  (I think they mean in school).  If you are interested, I will offer some extra credit. You will need to have your parents sign a permission slip (I have 9 of them).  The first 7 to both ask me for a permission slip and bring it back signed by Tuesday get extra credit.  They will be filming in Mrs. Brown’s classroom at 11:00 on Tuesday and filming should be done with everyone by 11:30 or so.  Did I mention you will get extra credit for doing this?

As promised, I will be offering some extra credit surrounding the presidential debates.

Watch the 3rd presidential debate or read the transcript.  Then, based on the readings from Everything’s an Argument, evaluate the type and quality of one specific argument from each candidate.  Also, evaluate each candidate’s performance in the debate based on our argument and rhetorical studies up to this point.

Write up your evaluation and post it on the blog by Monday, October 20th.  That seems like a long time, but we’ll be reading the Everything’s an Argument chapters this week and the debate isn’t until Tuesday.  The amount of extra credit will be based on the quality of your work.

Remember to cite any ideas, lines of argument, or collection of evidence that you cull from the media evaluations of the debates.  Use the MLA at OWL and Easybib links to the right in order to format your citations (you all did research note cards last year so this shouldn’t be new).

Write up an argument analysis with an eye to establishing its foolproof construction or its downfall.  I will give extra credit for a well-done analysis (whoo hoo!).  If you don’t want the extra credit, just watch the video for your own interest in his argument. If you do want to try for extra credit, blog your analysis by the end of the week.

This video was made by another amazing University of Puget Sound alumnus.

Don’t forget to scroll down for your actual assignment!