Lesson Plan for Thursday, March 6, 2014

Thursday, March 6, 2014

1.  Silent sustained reading (10 minutes)
2.  Today's poem
              A haiku by Basho "a bee/staggers out/of the peony"
              Translated by Robert Hass
3.  Watch video clips demonstrating logical fallacies
4.  "Logical Fallacies" (handout)
             Continue taking notes (definitions and examples)
5.  Websites where you can find more fallacies explained (with examples):
              en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fallacies
              www.fallacyfiles.org
              www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies
6.  Assignment:
              "Recognizing Logical Fallacies" (handout)
               Follow the instructions on the handout.
               Part I: Choose 5 of the 15 fallacies to analyze.
               Copy down the statement before explaining the fallacy.
               Note that Part II of the assignment is worth as much as Part I.
               Part II:  Find a fallacy "in the wild."  Catch someone committing a logical fallacy.
               Write down what was said and why it is unfair, illogical, or misleading.
               The assignment is due on Monday, March 17.
               That gives you a week to find a fallacy (don't forget!).