Today in class we did several things:
1. We went over the homework from the handout - discussing key words that reveal bias, examining article titles, considering the purpose of adjectives and adverbs, and sharing the news we found and what it revealed.
2. Discussing the importance of critical reading (JAC 52-53) but also the importance of critical writing, and using the steps outlined for reading in our writing too.
3. A reading exercise in which each group was given a different news article. After reading the 1 page article each group had to decide the Purpose, Occasion, and Kind of argument presented in the text and share with the class. We didn't finish this exercise so we'll continue it first thing Monday.
4. Discussion about Inference, Fact, and Judgment. An Inference as a statement made about an unknown based on a known. It is not a positive or negative statement. A Judgment, on the other hand, is an inference with a positive or negative statement embedded within it.
An example of an Inference: You see gray cloud and infer it is going to rain.
An example of a judgment: You see a banged up car and infer negatively that the driver must be a bad one.
Homework:
1. read Chap 2-3 in EA
2. read p. 20-31 in EW
3. Find 3 articles on 1 news event and fill in the spreadsheet that was distributed in class (if you were absent - email Prof. Joyce for this)
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