I believe Stimach’s essay followed the criteria of a successful argument by persuading me with strong details throughout the entirety of the argument. I think this argument would be a useful teaching tool to put in the textbook, Writing Arguments, because the author backed up her claims with reliable sources and responded to opposing views. Her argument was organized and she gave three specific reasons why students shouldn’t get married in college. Quality Sources One reason this is a good argument is that Stimach uses multiple pieces of factual evidence to support her claims. She moves from one topic to another with ease using facts from other sources frequently.
The more they practice and the more teachers and parents instill this in their minds, the better they will become. Perfect practice, makes perfect. Most people would probably have trouble with trying to remember how they learned to read. I would have to say that I am a person who loves to read and I think that is it really an amazing thing. Also, I am someone who is involved in education and research and I think that it is amazing how learning to read is said to be a talent that it potentially impossible.
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” Critic and editor, Francine Prose in her argumentative essay “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” strives to encourage high schools to give more difficult books to students so they can learn and grow. “Given the dreariness with which literature is taught in many American classrooms, it seems miraculous that any sentient teenager would view reading as a source of pleasure”(Prose 89). Prose embraces an abrasive attitude towards her topic in order to introduce her purpose, and she uses ethos and logos to convey her message. Prose's essay begins with her giving background knowledge about herself to her audience. By being a parent, as well as a teacher this develops a sense of credibility and allows her audience to believe what she has to say.
The fact that teenagers today read and write for fun is a great reason to celebrate and incorporate it as a learning educational tool. In the last paragraph of her writing Amy Goldwasser states as her thesis statement that teenagers have the potential to become the next great voices of America (Graff, Goldwasser
However, text messaging has been a major problem with students texting in class interfering with the disruption of their learning. Most teachers express how they feel about cell phones being a distraction to others, however very few students have complaints about the use of cell phones in class. Text messaging in class should be allowed by choice of the students, it can easily be discreet and the possibility of an emergency. Text messaging in class should be allowed by the choice of students. In the argument “Tapping into Text Messaging” by Janet Kornblum, says teens, techies and other early adopters leading the charge to text say it is a great way to communicate when they are too busy to talk or when making a call would be rude or impractical.
Also, that high school reading lists are developed by adults who had to suffer through the same system as the kids before them, thus developing their literary taste in high school and recycling the same books generation after generation. It also assumes that all high school teachers only teach meaning, and not writing styles and such. 4. What appeals does she make to logos? She refers to her “research” of high school reading lists, teaching plans, and teaching guides, as well as statistics and “top 100” lists.
By providing Aria and her classmates with such useful writing tips, it allowed Aria to use it in her literacy narrative, “The Melting Pot of Writing”; she provided each opinion and or experience with supporting claims or explanations. Good writers always supply the reader with supporting details and reasoning for ones thoughts or actions. As you read the “The Melting Pot of Writing,” you’re able to imagine the experiences, hear the repeating of the letter sounds, and actually visualize the classroom situations as she expressed them in her
At approximately week 8 of this course, you will receive an e-mail through your College e-mail account with directions and a link to the student evaluation form. Please be assured that it is not possible to identify a specific student’s response to the survey. In addition, faculty will not receive survey results until after grades have been posted. Your input is important. Homework: Each week students will be expected to read the essays to be covered.
146 – 166. (In-class quiz and writing on reading) Week 8 Oct 9 Final Drafts of Comparison/Contrast Essays Due Today with EWC Tutorial slip attached Due Today Read PCW pp. 327 – 343 on Cause and Effect as a Rhetorical Mode. Also, read “Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls” by Katha Pollitt, pp. 361 – 364, and “The ‘Black Table’ is Still There” by Lawrence O. Graham, pp.
It can be easily argued that the choices people make in high school essentially shape the human being that they grow up to be. A passion for literature and reading is included in this generalization. In her essay, I Know Why the Cage Bird Cannot Read, Francine Prose writes about how we are supposed to be introduced to major literary works during high school--and, furthermore, learn to evaluate and understand the language used in them and the connections that we make with it--and how this is being inhibited in an alarming number of schools across the United States. If this is truly the case, then we should all be very concerned about the literacy of our nation, because my own high school English education has been a joke at the best of times.