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Rogerian Argument Part 4 12.16.10rev | myBrainshark

Rogerian Argument Part 4 12.16.10rev | myBrainshark

Traditional Argument vs. Rogerian Argument

Classical or Rogerian Argument

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ENC 1101 Wallwisher by SBS

ENC 1101 Wallwisher by SBS

This link will take you to Wallwisher which is a sticky post notice board that can be used in a variety of educational ways.

I am planning to use this board in my composition classroom throughout the school year for students to post feedback, questions, notes, short summaries, etc.

Podcasting in the Classroom

Podcasting in the Classroom

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Pixton: Comic Book Maker

Hendry-Glades Mini-Summer Writing Institute

Here is a photo story of the NWP Florida Gulf Coast University Hendry-Glades Mini Summer Writing Institute held in June at LaBelle Middle School.

Prezi on Digital Storytelling Using Photo Story 3

Digital Storytelling with Photostory3 on Prezi

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Week 14: Day One

We did a review for the final test today in class. Students each took a chapter and wrote a series of questions around that chapter. We had some time at the end of class to do a competition pitting one side of the room against the other answering the questions.

I went over the top visual argument papers which I will post here for your review. The visual argument was accompanied by a letter to the instructor in which the student had to evaluate the visual argument that was made. The questions the students were to address were the following:

Erica's Bystander Effect PowerPoint

Erica b's paper 3 visual argument

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Here is Carly's PowerPoint on Ritalin

Carly hamilton s_paper_3_visual_argument

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Check out Mckenzee's PowerPoint

Revised mckenzee stephens paper_3_final

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Last but not least is Rolando's PowerPoint on Carbon Credits

Rolando lopez visual_argument_paper_3_final

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Week 13 Day Two

Today's online class assignment was a blog post....the last one. I chose to assign the Gordon Parks essay called Flavio's Home. It is one of my favorite pieces in The Longman Reader. Gordon Parks was not only a journalist, but a photographer as well. I found a picture of Flavio on the internet. Here it is.

Here are the directions to the post. The students had to respond to two questions.


This is a photo taken by Gordon Parks of Flavio. This picture says it all. In two paragraphs summarize the essay by Gordon Parks entitled Flavio's Home and then write a personal response to the essay.
2. The problem of poverty has provoked a wide array of proposed solutions. One controversial proposal argues that the government should pay poor women financial incentives to use birth control. Argue for or against this proposal, state at least two reasons with supporting evidence. Be sure and cite any sources you use.

There were many excellent response to the post. Below is Valerie's post.

"Creating Hope and Opportunity in Haiti for Extremely Poor Women and Their Families." BRAC Blog. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. .

1. The essay by Gordon Parks entitled Flavio's Home is about him visiting a favela in Brazil named Catacumba and meets a 12 year old boy named Flavio de Silva who changes his life. Parks visits this favela to interview a father with a family who is in poverty. They interviewed what he is going through and his beliefs on his situation. During their time there, they meet the 12 year old boy, Flavio, and they had a feeling that this boy would have a better story than any other father, because his legs were like sticks that were just screwed into his ankles. Parks and his partner visited Flavio's family and realized that Flavio's health was really bad. They took him to the clinic to try to get a doctor to help him but Flavio had sypmtoms of bronchial asthma, malnutrition and tuberculosis, which didn't give him much longer to live.

In my opinion, poverty is probably the saddest thing in the world. It breaks my heart to hear about a family like Flavio's with barely any food and with sick siblings. Sometimes I wish I could save them all at the same time, but it is very hard. People do not realize what they take for granted. People think they need new clothes every week, new shoes, their nails and hair done, and etc. But they do not realize that there are people out there who need food and shelter to survive. I wish people all around the world could help end poverty so that there would be less families like Flavio's.


2. I understand that the problem of poverty has provoked a wide array of proposed solutions and that one controversial proposal argues that the government should pay poor women financial incentives to use birth control, but I disagree with this solution. I do not think it is right that women are not allowed to have as many kids as they want. It is their body, and they should be able to do whatever they want with it. I read in an article that "The Women's Health & Justice Initiative and the New Orleans Women's Health Clinic condemn Representative John LaBruzzo's recent legislative plans to pay poor women to get sterilized and reward rich, educated people to have children. The sterilization policy currently being advocated by Representative LaBruzzo is a blatant form of reproductive violence and population control policies of blame and disenfranchisement, rooted in this country's long and continual history of eugenics." How can people do this to humanity? These people seem like people who would be for abortion. This is very wrong.


"A Feminist Response to LaBruzzo's Sterilization Plan
A Katrina Reader." Challenging White Supremacy Workshop Home Page. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. .