Rubric for project

Please print out the rubric for the project. You will need this to work from and you will need to turn it in on the day that you present. Also, if you cite research, you will also need to create and turn in a works cited page.

Johnson - Due Thursday

Steven Johnson – “Games” p 196-201

Terms: induction, rhetorical question, cumulative sentence, periodic sentence, compound sentence, compound-complex sentence, inverted syntax, anaphora, analogy, 2nd and 3rd person point of view

Vocab: hypothetical, belligerent, patronizing, derisive, satiric, skeptical, contention, cynical, invoke, ostensible, honed

Complete a SOAPSTone.

Journal  -  Read a book. How many times have you heard this in your life? Many people argue that children watch too much tv and play too many video games. Is it possible to read too many books? Answer (with development and in one page or more) the question about books. Can they be just as dangerous as tv and/or video games? Why or Why not?

Falacies

Make sure you read through this handout on falacies. There are 4 on the 2nd page that are very common that you must look up on your own. You will need these for the piece we are doing for Thursday AND you may want to address these in your advertising project.

Schlosser

Schlosser Homework: For Wendesday read Eric Schlosser’s “Kid Kustomers” and do all of the following:

• SOAPSTone
• Journal Response: Many readers will be disturbed by the notions that children often recognize brand logos before their own names and that dream research is used in child-focused marketing.  Why do you think this is?  Do you find these things disturbing?  Why or why not?  
• Vocabulary (new and review): phenomenon, consumerism, cognitive, neurological, assertive, cynical, lobby (verb), critical, pedantic
• Terms (new and review): parallel syntax, expert testimony, complex sentence, quantitative data

Winn HW

Homework, due Tuesday, December 6

Read Marie Winn’s “Television: The Plug-In Drug”

1. SOAPSTone
2. Vocabulary: temporal, prescience, reservation, affirmation, passivity

Review salutary, ambivalence, claim

Term: Concession, syntax

Journal: Full-page response: How does some specific genre of TV affect American society (individuals, family, or society in general)?  You might choose to focus on any of the following genres or you can come up with one not listed:  

Reality TV (either of the voyeur type or the skilled competitions)

24 hour news cycle

TV Drama

Sports

Sitcoms