Argument Essay

1. Argument Essay Worthy Hero?

2. Now • Hamburger/Hamburger paper.

3. Now • Get into your groups. • Choose two post-it notes that show your character is admirable. • Choose one post-it note showing your character is NOT admirable.

4. Hamburger Hamburger Paper Quote 1 (pg. #) Quote 2 (pg. #) Quote 3 (pg. #)

5. Hamburger Hamburger Paper Quote 1 (pg. #) Quote 2 (pg. #) Thesis: In the (TEXT)epic poem (TITLE)The Odyssey, by (AUTHOR)Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives. . Quote 3 (pg. #)

6. Write on center diamond: • Driving Question for Thesis: In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives. • USE YOUR “KEY WORDS FOR The Odyssey” IN YOUR THESIS. • Answer with FATT. Example: In the (TEXT)epic poem (TITLE)The Odyssey, by (AUTHOR)Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives.

7. Hamburger/Hamburger • Say-Mean-Matter Quotes 1 and 2. • Leave Quote 3 (quote that goes against your thesis) alone.

8. Hamburger Hotdog Paper Thesis: In the (TEXT)epic poem (TITLE)The Odyssey, by (AUTHOR)Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives. .

9. The Counterargument “I know you are, but what am I?”

10. Evidence: The Counterargument What do you know about a “counterargument?” • It’s difficult • Evidence goes AGAINST your thesis • Opposite of what the person is arguing • Use facts • Something that proves a point wrong • Rebuttal

11. Evidence: The Counterargument Your parents tell you, “your curfew is set for 10pm. The Van Nuys police website shows that crime is mostly committed between the times of 10pm-2am.” Talk to a partner and explain how you can give a counterargument. 1 minute.

12. Evidence: The Counterargument Your parents tell you, “you cannot go to Alejandro’s party. He was arrested in middle school for bringing matches and dirty underwear to school.” Talk to a partner and explain how you can give a counterargument. 1 Minute

13. Evidence: The Counterargument Your parents tell you, “downtown Los Angeles is too far. You can’t go there without an adult.” Talk to a partner and explain how you can give a counterargument. 1 Minute

14. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis Contradicting Evidence Counter-argument on how evidence Is NOT valid.

15. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis Contradicting Evidence Use THE UNTOLD to show how contradicting evidence still proves thesis.

16. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: Pitbulls are one of the friendliest breeds and the ban in Denver should be overturned. Contradicting Evidence: Pitbulls have the highest rate of attacks on humans. • The untold: THE OWNERS!

17. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: Pitbulls are one of the friendliest breeds and the ban in Denver should be overturned. Contradicting Evidence: Pitbulls have the highest rate of attacks on humans. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: This breed of dog attracts owners who are criminals who raise the dogs to fight, training them to have violent tendencies. Like children, mean and violent owners will translate to mean and violent dogs, and most other breeds have owners who want to raise their dogs properly. It’s not the dog breed that is violent but the type of owner who raise them.

18. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: All types of guns should be legal. Contradicting Evidence:The Sandy Hook shootings left dozens of children dead. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: Work with a partner and come up with why this contradicting evidence can be WRONG. I will give you 3 minutes.

19. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: All types of guns should be legal. Contradicting Evidence:The Sandy Hook shootings left dozens of children dead. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: THE UNTOLD: Mental Illness!

20. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: We should encourage the use of capital punishment in all states. Contradicting Evidence: Texas has the most executions out of all states, but the murder rate is also the highest. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: Work with a partner and come up with why this contradicting evidence can be WRONG (hint, use 3rd variable, low income, low graduation rates, etc. of TX). I will give you 3 minutes.

21. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: We should encourage the use of capital punishment in all states. Contradicting Evidence: Texas has the most executions out of all states, but the murder rate is also the highest. • THE UNTOLD: Income (low)

22. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: College athletes should get paid for playing. Contradicting Evidence: In Slovania, where college players get paid, they have the highest dropout rate in the world. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: Unmentioned variable: Slovania’s average income is lowest in the European Union.

23. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: We should encourage the use of capital punishment in all states. Contradicting Evidence: Texas has the most executions out of all states, but the murder rate is also the highest. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: Work with a partner and come up with why this contradicting evidence can be WRONG (hint, use low income, low graduation rates, etc. of TX). I will give you 3 minutes.

24. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: The Lakers are the best team in basketball this season. Contradicting Evidence: The Lakers have the worst record in the league. Counter-argument using THE UNTOLD on how evidence is NOT valid: Work with a partner and come up with why this contradicting evidence can be WRONG. I will give you 3 minutes.

25. Evidence: The Counterargument Thesis: Birmingham Students are the most kind students in all of the valley. Contradicting Evidence: Birmingham has the highest rate of fights. Counter-argument on how evidence is NOT valid: Work with a partner and come up with why this contradicting evidence can be WRONG. I will give you 3 minutes.

26. COUNTER-ARGUMENT THESIS: In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives. Say: “I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber/split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber/floated free; the mast, too, broke away…These I straddled,/riding the frightful storm” (1015). Mean (What does the quote “mean”? Summarize): Odysseus explains how he tied the broken pieces of his boat together to survive the ocean storm. MATTER (How does this matter to the thesis?): Althoughhe shows muscular strength by tying rope to broken pieces of wood, in the end, he lacks the courageous motive and mental strength to risk his life and find his men. The put it another way, he is unworthy because he is arrogantly looking out for himself instead of searching for survivors (THE UNTOLD) for whom he is responsible as a leader.

27. USE STUDENT THESIS AND SAY-MEAN-MATTER THESIS: Say: Mean (Who, What, Where): MATTER (How does this matter to the thesis?):

28. Hamburger Hotdog Paper In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is an admirable character whose resourcefulness and ambition are heroic.

29. Introductions • You are making a first impression. What do you do when first meeting someone you want to like you? Charm? Humor? Sincerity? • Writing is a social act.

30. Introduction • Anecdotal using Scene • Interesting Factual statement • COLLECT NOTES on these moves.

31. Introductions • Interesting Statement of Fact • Start introduction with a compelling fact. • Tone of introduction is factual, objective, and scientific. • Writer is telling reader, “I’m not messing with feelings. It’s all facts, baby.” • Good for writing that is heavily leaning on logic • Research papers • Science writing

32. Introductions • Take out a piece of paper. • Write “interesting fact” on this paper.

33. Introductions • Interesting Statement of Fact • Look up a famous person that has the admirable traits of your character: • In 1967 John McCain, a United States senator, was shot down by the North Vietnamese while flying a mission. • Edith Cavell, a nurse in Belgium during World War One, was arrested and executed for helping allied servicemen escape back to England. .

34. Introductions • Look up a famous person who has the admirable traits of your character: Donald Trump is worth four billion dollars, and he is running for the United States Presidency for 2016 In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives. .

35. Example: Donald Trump is worth four billion dollars, and he is running for the United States Presidency for 2016. Many business leaders respect and admire Trump’s accomplishments, but many of his actions, including dodging the Vietnam War draft, reveal an unworthy man who persuades Americans by using hatred and fear to diminish those who are disadvantaged. He is an arrogant bully.(Move #1) Many men like Trump fail living up to the standards of heroism, going back centuries, including characters in literature from Hellenistic Troy. (Move #2)In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is an unworthy hero because of his arrogant actions and motives.

36. Introduction • Scene • Use 3 out of the 5 senses • Quickest way to emotionally convince the reader • Pure storytelling • Mr. Kim is nuts about this one. But you should learn other techniques. • Who, what, where of argument. • Who: People, beings, living creatures • What: Transience • Where: Living rooms, kitchens, schools, anywhere!

37. Introduction • Take out a piece of paper. • Label it “Scene Introduction.”

38. Introduction • Turn in “Scene Introduction” in the back tray.

39. Introduction • Scene: Write 3 sensory details about a time you experienced the thesis: EXAMPLE: MR. KIM’s FATHER IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 3 SENSORY DETAILS • Air conditioning • Back Pack zipping • Whispering of students

40. Introduction • Scene: Write 3 sensory details. The air conditioning of the classroom (WHERE) came down heavily on my father’s (WHO) head, chilling the sweat off of his neck. The community college classroom was filled to capacity, with 80 students rustling papers, zipping up back packs, and whispering to each other before the professor arrived. My father smelled the strange perfumes that reminded him of fruit and flowers. When the professor began the lecture, my father was utterly bewildered. He could catch a few words, but the Chemistry class seemed fractured, unable to be pieced together. Although he had a minimal understanding of English, my father charged ahead to take this class to provide a better life for his family. The impossibility (WHAT) stared him in the face, but he attempted the class anyways. He ultimately dropped out of the class, but it doesn’t mean he is less admirable. (TRANSITION TO THESIS)It is the reaching that matters more than the attaining. • Who, what, where of argument. • Who: My father • What: impossibility • Where: Classroom

41. Introduction • Scene: Write 3 sensory details. Use a student sample “admirable” character

42. Introduction • Write your thesis after each of your introductions: Scene, Rhetorical Question, Factual Statement. • Example: The black smoke from the burning Blackhawk helicopter smothered my uncle’s face. He and his partner, Delta Force Sergeant Shugart, watched as mobs of Somali soldiers approached the crashed helicopter. Even amid the thumping helicopter blades, my uncle could hear the shots and cheers of the mob. But my uncle asked to be lowered closer to the crash. My uncle, Delta Force sniper team leader Gary Gordon, slid down a nylon rope from the helicopter, landed on the dirt, and ran to the injured pilot tangled in the crash. My uncle knew his chances of survival were close to zero. The impossibility stared him in the face, but he attempted to secure the perimeter anyways. He ultimately was killed, but it doesn’t mean he is less admirable. It is the reaching that matters more than the attaining. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is one such hero, an admirable character whose reaching for the impossible is considered heroic.

43. In groups of 3: • Receive two pieces of paper from Mr. Kim • Hamburger Hot Dog your papers. • Read each person’s introductions. • Critique the following items for each introduction: • Transition from introduction to thesis • Presence of: WHO-WHAT-WHERE 5. Vote for each partner’s best introduction on center diamond. For full credit, you must turn in all reviews attached to all 3 introductions.

44. The Odyssey Argumentative Essay • Take out: • Hamburger/Hamburger paper • Say-Mean-Matter Power verbs/phrases worksheet • (Extra Fun! Vocabulary: Doltish, Asinine, Moronic, Vapid)

45. Introduction • Take out your introduction (Statement of fact and scene) • Take out your say-mean-matter hamburger/hotdog paper

46. Introduction • Take out your introduction • Take out your thesis • Take out your say-mean-matter hamburger/hotdog paper • Take out your 18 moves list

47. Introduction Writing can be reduced to a series of moves. Let’s see what kind of moves Mr. Kim has!

48. Transience Essay Moves Take out the essay “A Toddler With a Nuclear Weapon” by Lucius Cincinnatus. Work with a partner You will highlight each move I will call on you Read the first three words of the sentence for each move.

49. Essay Moves: The Crucible Transition into thesis Thesis Paragraph #1 Introduction to quote Say #1 Mean#1 Matter#1 Paragraph #2 Transition from matter #1 to next paragraph Introduction to quote (Moves 7 & 8 could be the same sentence) Say #2 Mean#2 Matter#2 Paragraph #3 Transition from matter #2 to next paragraph Introduce counterargument quote (Moves 12 & 13 could be the same sentence) Say #3 (Counterargument) Mean#3 Matter#3 (Introduce THE UNTOLD) Paragraph #4 Transition into last paragraph Restatement of thesis Connect thesis to original fact, scene, opinion or the rest of the world Paragraph #5

50. Underline and number each move: Transition to thesis