Mastering Fallacies: Identifying, Understanding, and Applying

1. Honors English 9 Week 13: – November 12 - 16, 2012

2. Due Today: TKAM Ch 10 Monday, November 12, 2012 • Walk-In: Pick up the two handouts on the table. • Learning Objective: • Students will be able to define a fallacy in general and read to locate specific types of fallacies. • Agenda: • Love is a Fallacy Video Homework: Read To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 11 and complete Reading Log Vocab Workbook pages 149-153 Due Tuesday

3. What is a Fallacy? • fal·la·cy noun, plural -cies. • 1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy. • 2. a misleading or unsound argument. • 3. deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness. • 4. Logic . any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound.

4. Love is a Fallacy • While reading the first part of the story, answer questions 1- 3. • http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?v=eK_tb7ob8Kg • While reading the second part of the story, identify the 8 fallacies mentioned. • After finishing the video, answer question 4, 5, and complete the back side of the handout.

5. Vocabulary Workbook: Context Clues • Context Clues • Re-read pages 141 and 142 for main ideas related to using context clues and types of context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. • Vocabulary Workbook Unit 2 pages 149-153 For pages 149-150, underline context clues in each sentence that help you guess the definition. • Label the types of context clues you underlined. • Guess the definition. • For pages 150-151 write synonyms for the word. • For pages 151-153 complete the multiple choice.

6. Due Today: TKAM Ch 11 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 • Walk-In: Take out your Vocabulary Workbook and the handout for Love is a Fallacy. • Learning Objective: • Students will be able to define a fallacy in general and read to locate specific types of fallacies. • Agenda: • Vocabulary Workbook Review • Pages 15-18 • pages 149-153 • Love is a Fallacy Continued Homework: Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Friday Review your TKAM Reading Logs

7. Vocabulary Workbook Answers for pages 17 Answers for pages 18 11. D - defile 12. E - entice 13. J - meditate 14. H - undergo 15. I - omen 16. C - citadel 17. G - retrieve 18. B - emissary 19. A - herald 20. F - garb 21. C 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. E 29. D 30. E

8. Vocabulary Workbook Answers (may vary) for Page 150-151 Answers (may vary) for Page 150-151 1. kings 2. friendship 3. of the Middle Ages 4. pious 5. clothing 6. respectable 7. inherited 8. code of knighthood 9. skill 10. endure 11. think seriously 12. search 13. bring back 14. fortress 15. tempt 16. damage 17. messenger 18. drink 19. warning 20. Person who makes heraldry

9. Vocabulary Workbook Answers for pages 151-154 Answers for pages 151-154 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. E 6. C 7. A 8. E 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. E 18. A 19. B 20. E

10. Defining Key Terms • In the reading section of your notebook, title a new sheet of paper “Grappling with Claims” • Then copy down the following definitions. • CLAIM – noun • a statement made as if it were fact (assertion) • ARGUMENT – noun • proof or evidence • reasons presented for or against something

11. Defining Key Terms • FALLACY – noun • a deceptive, misleading, or false idea, belief, etc • a misleading or unsound argument. • In logic . any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound. • DEBATE – verb or noun • To discuss opposing view points (verb) • A formal discussion where both sides of an issue or question are presented (noun)

12. Grappling with Claims and Fallacies Love is a Fallacy Worksheet Identifying Fallacies • Finish Questions 1-5 • Finish the Somebody, Wanted, But, So fill in the blanks and complete the vocabulary portion on the handout. • Skim back through the story and see how many fallacies you can find. • Find examples where the characters are guilty of committing a fallacy instead of where the narrator is defining them. • When you find a fallacy record the detail that relates to the fallacy, pg number, and briefly explain why.

13. Due Today: Wed/Thurs, November 14 - 15, 2012 • Walk-In: Take out To Kill a Mockingbird and your reading logs for Chapter 10 and 11. • Learning Objective: • Students will identify and explain elements of plot, answer key questions, and analyze specific quotes from a novel. • Students will demonstrate their reading comprehension, literature study proficiency, and word study context clue proficiency through multiple choice and short answer. • Agenda: • To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 10-11 Discussion • To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1 Reading Test Homework: TKAM Ch 12 Reading Log Study for vocab quiz.

14. Chapter 9 Review Questions • What does Scout promise Atticus? How does she break it and uphold it in this chapter? • What does Scout ask Atticus about after her first run-in with Cecil Jacobs? What does she learn about the N-word? What does she learn about his job and his reasons for taking the job? • What do the children get for Christmas from Uncle Jack? • Who is Francis and what type of person is he? What happens between Francis and Scout? • What does Scout teach to Uncle Jack? • Who is involved in Atticus’ court case? • What is Atticus concerned about for the future of his children? What is he afraid they are going to catch?

15. To Kill a Mockingbird Review Quotes • Chapter 9: “ ‘Atticus, are we going to win it?’ ‘No honey.’ ‘Then why—’ ‘Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try and win’ ” (Lee 76) (Lee 101). • What are they talking about and what does Atticus mean and how does this relate to the trial? • Chapter 9: “ ‘When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em’ ” (Lee 87) (Lee 116). • Do you agree with Atticus? Should adults and parents answer all questions truthfully for children? Why or why not?

16. Chapter 10-11 Review Questions • How did the children see their father, Atticus? What reputation is Scout getting because of Atticus? • Who is Tim Johnson? How does the town view him? What is his “madness” or sickness? • Who is Heck Tate and what does he ask Atticus to do in chapter 10? What explanation does Miss Maudie offer for “Ol’ One-Shot” putting down his gun thirty years ago? • Miss Maudie states that, “people in their right minds never take pride in their talents.” What does she mean? Do you agree with her? • Why won’t Jem allow Scout to brag about Atticus at school? Do you agree with him? • Who is Mrs. Dubose? How do the children feel about her and what types of things does she say to Jem and Scout? What does Jem do one day concerning Mrs. Dubose? How is this different from Scouts prior actions? • Why does Scout think Atticus is the bravest person in the world? • How does Atticus tell the children to deal with Mrs. Dubose? Why is Atticus so insistent about Jem and Scout being polite to Mrs. Dubose? Why did he want Jem to read to her? • Describe Mrs. Dubose. What is her physical appearance like and what items are in her room? • What happened to Mrs. Dubose after a certain period of time passed while Jem was reading to her? How did this change over the course of the month? • What does Atticus say about the word “n-----lover,” the people who use it and himself?

17. To Kill a Mockingbird Review Quotes • Chapter 10: Explain the importance of the following quote: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 90) (Lee 119). • What or whom might the mockingbird symbolize? • Chapter 11: “I wanted you to see what courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you are licked before you begin, but you begin anyway, and you see it through no matter what” (Lee 112) (Lee 149). • What does Atticus mean? • How does this relate to Mrs. Dubose? • How might Jem see her and her behavior from a different point of view? • How does this quote apply to Atticus?

18. Due Today: TKAM Log Chapter 12 - 13 Friday, November 16, 2012 • Walk-In: Turn in your Reading Log for chapters 12 and 13. • Get out a sheet of paper and set up your answer sheet for the vocabulary quiz. • Learning Objective: • Identify and explain differences and similarities between a novel and a screen play. Why did the writer, producer and director make specific changes to Harper Lee’s text? • Demonstrate knowledge of context clues and the meaning of words. • Agenda: • Vocab Quiz p. 11-18, 149-154 • TKAM Viewing Homework: TKAM Reading & Logs Chapters 14 & 15 Chapters 16 & 17 Chapters 18 & 19 Love is a Fallacy Chart

19. Unit 2 Vocabulary QuizOn a sheet of paper set up the following format. Test 3 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10 Test 4 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10 Directions: • Write the letter of the correct answer for each vocab word. • Write 1 or 2 sentences using the following words correctly. • 1. VENERABLE 2. ENTICE • Underline the word. Write sentences that fit into the context of To Kill a Mockingbird. These can be about events or characters.

20. TO Kill a Mockingbird • Identify and explain differences and similarities between a novel and a screen play. • Why did the writer, producer and director make specific changes to Harper Lee’s text? • What effect do these changes have on character development, elevating or deemphasizing certain motifs or themes, and or the audience’s experience?