Week of Feb. 28 - March 6

Here is what's listed on the Schedule Page from Blackboard:

1). Read Chapter 4 - Repairing Arguments

2). Read Chapter 5 - Is that true?

3). Quiz/Test - There is a Quiz/Test on Blackboard this week. It will be available from today and will end on Saturday. You must log onto Blackboard, click on "Assessments" on the left hand side of the page and click Test #2. There are 25 questions on the test, each question is worth 2 points. The quiz/test is on chapters 1-5, 9 & 11. You will have 35 minutes to complete the quiz/test. It is an open book/open notes quiz. DO NOT SHARE ANSWERS WITH ANYONE FROM THIS CLASS OR ANOTHER Comm 41 CLASS. Please review the Academic Integrity Policy on the Quizzes/Tests Page on Blackboard.

4). Start working with your group on Assignment #2 - Critical Evaluation of a Social Organization. It is quite a bit more involved than Assignment #1, so please start early. I will need notification of when your group meets for this assignment as well, so please set up a meeting and email me ASAP with your meeting date and time.

5). Participate in Week 6 Discussion.

Answer one in each of your three posts, at least 12 hours apart:

*In our last discussion week we talked about Violating the Principle of Rational Discussion (page 202) and Content Fallacies (page 201). This week I would like you to discuss the idea of repairing arguments. For this question, please come up with an argument that needs to be repaired. Look over the examples on pages 63-67. Come up with your own example and 'discuss' it as they do in the text. To accomplish this, you should understand the Principle of Rational Discussion and the concept of Repairing Arguments.

*Concerning Section C in Chapter 5, Advertising on the Internet. Please find a piece of advertising on the internet, provide a link on your blog, a screenshot, or include the advertisement in your post so the class can see what you are discussing. You should then relate the piece of advertising back to the concepts in Sections A & B in chapter 5 and discuss.

*Pick one concept from the assigned reading, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

Reminder: Please post three responses to your colleagues blogs within this weeks time frame.