Students will be able to analyze how the author uses claims to develop the point of the essay.
Bell Ringer:
I collected the rough drafts that students have done for this paper for extra credit as this is a post exam.
Activity:
Students were allowed to use their CDW charts and the essay provided (Amusing ourselves to death). They were to write a 5 paragraph essay on the prompt below:
"How does the author try to persuade us that the mediums of communication influence how we think, how we communicate, and thus, influence our culture?"
This activity took the entirety of the hour.