12 -- Read Chapter 2 of They Say I Say

Activity #1

Opposing Viewpoints in the library's database
Find your topic and see what you can add to it.

If your topic isn't in the database look for another related topic. Or maybe you need to change your topic to something that has more substance. 

Activity #2
Journal: Write about a time when you performed an act of kindness or helped someone solve a problem.

Activity #3 
Chapter 2 of They Say I Say -- "Her Point Is"

The Art of Summarizing

• To argue persuasively you need to be in a dialogue with others. Being able to summarize others' arguments is central to your arsenal of basic moves (30).
• A good summary requires balancing what the original author is saying with the writer's own focus. Generally speaking, a summary must at once be true to what the original author says while also emphasizing those aspects of what the author says that interest you, the writer. Striking this delicate balance can tricky, since it means facing two ways at once: both outward (toward the author being summarized) and inward (toward yourself) (31). 

On The One Hand, Put Yourself in Their Shoes

• To write a really good summary, you must be able to suspend your own beliefs for a time and put yourself in the shoes of someone else (31).
• Writing theorist Peter Elbow calls this the "believing game," in which you try to inhabit the worldview of those whose conversation you are joining -- and whom you are perhaps even disagreeing with -- and try to see the argument from their perspective (31).
• pages 32 and 33 about summarizing Z and Martin Luther King Jr.

On The Other Hand, Know Where You Are Going

• While summarizing another text requires you to represent fairly what it says, it also requires that your own response exert a quiet influence. A good summary, in other words, has a focus or spin that allows the summary to fit with your own agenda while still being true to the text you are summarizing (34).
• bottom of page 34 -- Z
• page 35
• page 39 -- Use Signal Verbs That Fit The Action

Activity #4

Read a Crime of Compassion and respond to questions.
http://classwithrestivo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/a-crime-of-compassion.pdf

Persuasive essay is due the Tuesday after spring break.