june 4

the front pages of the papers on the front wall of the room are all from the same day.

Choose one. There are more than enough for everyone to have their own.

On your blog, consider both the content and how it is constructed.

What are the stories? How are they told? what sort of language is used?

How many words in the headlines? What makes up the opening sentences?

As always. use examples.

Then, using what you have found, consider what audience reads the paper you have selected.




When and if you complete this task, you may clean up any work incomplete from the previous assignments.

Friday June 1st

Am still messed up.

SL &HL
Using your annotations from your reading of Chomsky, post three outstanding quotes from each section on your blog.

Then go back to the work you did on Tuesday and see if any of your news propaganda articles fit these.

If not, find ones that do

You'll need American Newspapers for the last of Chomsky's ideas

when done with that...

please continue with the assignment from last class.

you can use today's and yesterday's papers as well.

post everything on your blog.

HL
you will have a study period

we will pick up the lesson next week

Wednesday May 30th

sorry I can't be with you today

the post on propaganda will be your focus today

There are the seven and the three of eight approaches as well as more info on the linked sights

assignment: scavenger hunt

on your blog you will need to post a consideration of as many as you can find with examples and point form explanations from today's newspapers taken from here and or here. (you can download them and post on your blog)

linking your pieces to our logical fallacies work, or even better your reading of Chomsky will of course result in immediate bonus points of the sucrerie variété 

homework: SL & HL Finish Chomsky for Friday 


HL first story from Open Secrets and End of Man article (emailed already)

The internet is the best place for dissent to start

Ethan Zuckerman's compelling 'cute cats theory' has changed my mind about the internet's role in the struggle for global justice

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/jan/03/the-internet-best-dissent-start

see also,

Ethan Zuckerman- Cute Cats and the Arab Spring: When Social Media Meet Social Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkDFVz_VL_I

Propaganda

...uses all the tricks we have learned to convince the audience of what they should know better than to believe.

review our Sender-Message-Audience paradigm

We shall be using this site from George Mason University and this site as our  foundation sources

Seven Types of Propaganda

• Name Calling
• Glittering Generalities
• Transfer
• Testimonial
• Plain Folks
• Card Stacking
• Band Wagon

 Also divided thus into three of eight (yeah yeah, I know...)

Word games

Name-calling

Glittering generalities

Euphemisms 

 

False connection

Transfer 

Testimonial 

 

Special Appeals

Plain Folks

Bandwagon

Fear

Consider in terms of our work on the language of Global climate destabilization, and what our good friend Mr. Chomsky has to say.

occam's razor

given two conclusions with two interpretations of evidence, the simplest is always the best

problematic because.....

Logical Fallacies

Fallacies of Relevance
- evidence used is irrelevant to the actual argument, often relying on psychology or emotion to affect the audience
 ie.

• bandwagon
• stereotyping

Fallacies of Components/Composition
 -  a reliance on one part of the whole being true (or false), therefore the whole argument is true (or false)
ie.

• atoms are not visible to the naked eye, humans are made of atoms, ergo humans are not visible to the naked eye

Fallacies of Ambiguity
 - incorrect reasoning due to imprecise/incorrect use of language

•  

Fallacies of Omission
-necessary information or data is left out in order to misdirect others

• 
  

Critical Thinking 101

Fundamental Precepts

1. Avoid Confirmation Bias
2. Complex systems demand that we rely on the opinions of experts
3. Experts are those with appropriate training and experience, whose work has been appropriately  'vetted' or 'peer-reviewed'

The process of Scientific/Critical Thinking

Acquire evidence  (avoid confirmation bias)
Interpret the evidence (avoid confirmation bias)
Review the evidence and any theories/conclusions drawn from said evidence  (avoid confirmation bias)
Seek out the criticism of others in order to test any theories/conclusions drawn from said evidence (avoid confirmation bias)
Publish evidence and interpretation in order to open them up to peer review and thus ensure that the reasoning is sound and ...


avoids confirmation bias

the Foundation premises

Premises
1. Argumentation is wrong.
We cannot argue the finer points of climate change. Must trust the experts. (analogy of Manhattan project in WW2)

2. The most prestigious scientific organizations are in agreement. It is real, a major concern & there is a timeline (& likely a tipping point)

3. Media is a big reason why it is still treated as a 'controversy'

4. Our concern must be the application of risk management. We must seek to mitigate the risk of the potential damage.
(analogy of Manhattan project in WW2 and the purchasing of insurance)

5. The language is wrong.
Global warming is incorrect. Global climate change also.
Concern and therefore name is Global Climate Destabilization.

Also: Pascal's Wager
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/pasc-wag/

Vid and discuss

Watch videos and take notes.
Seek quality external sources in support/counter to the discussion.
Meet with your colleagues to prepare a framework for your discussion.
Hold a 20-30 min discussion/forum to inform your classmates.


External sources posted and checked with me by Friday please

Discussions take place beginning next Tuesday, May 15

Resources (a short list, don't be afraid to use other quality sources):
Independent.co.uk
Economist.com
NYtimes.com
NewYorker.com
Scientific American
Guardian.co.uk
NewScientist
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/exxon-secrets/

Assignments:

Laura Katie
Why There Is Still Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpVWFIWZMjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS65Pw-O77Y


Momo Francois
Mechanics of GCC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqEYLvPt0lA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29v4FZvhvcc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUrNBr6KdRI

Antonia Samy Liam
Risk Management
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwuDDZ5HM_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLoO6qyoV08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hpNoBfEsLw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx-7j5lH9gE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFCS0Pcv-Eg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnLVSDAbieA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2F3bw4CmhQ

SL Homework

watch and ensure you have appropriate notes on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8mYJIncdA&feature=relmfu
and the video which concludes the series  (Nature of science part 3)

HL Tuesday homework

Just a reminder...

a brief presentation (like a minute or two, no props) of a review, discussion of Helen of Troy... By Margaret Atwood

finished annotating A Room of One's Own Yet?

9 paragraph paper due Friday (accepted Monday 7:40 am)

12 paragraphs maximum

choose the best essay question to answer

Outline due Wednesday on your blog before class

Homework for Friday

SL
wrap up your assigned theme and quotes on appropriate blog or Google doc

HL
Chapter three of A Room of One's Own and Helen...Dancing annotated in full

Homework

ATTENTION! LINE UP YOU NERDS! MAKE WAY FOR THE CHAMP HOO!

HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY!
SL: Finish the quotes on the Google Doc. For the White Tigress

HL: Full and appropriate annotations of Chapters 1 and 2 of A Room Of One's Own

Homework for the coming days

Tuesday
SL Art of Fiction annotations handed in.

Friday
SL paragraphs (or more preferably) on each of the five events from your location in White Tiger

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dme0yinhQV7JkwB9j9rmw8vsiSOkQ1NwvXWnezdwbos/edit

homework over the weekend

SL & HL

• Annotations of Art of Fiction completed IN FULL
  Complete an outline of the major locations in "The White Tiger"
• outline the major events in these locations
• what are the 'lessons' in each of these events?

HL

Complete annotations of Luce Irigaray

  Apply these ideas to the first chapter of "A Room of One's Own"

Homework for Friday

SL & HL

Complete annotations of "The Art of Fiction."

Final Ad and Counter Ads are due.  (If you need to see me, See Me. This is IB work for external assessment.)

HL

Complete annotations of Luce Irigaray

 (You could (re)read the 1st chapter of A Room of One's Own)

For Wed. Ads and Art of Fiction

Draft of ads with full text and image

Annotations to middle of page 8

ads with lots of text

Those ads and counter ads

• remember that each idea in your ad and counter ad must be sourced, as well as any images you use.
• put all sources on you blogs as you develop both of your ads

Katie- Fast food

Francois- McDonalds

Liam- Disney

Samy- Coke

MoMo- Dr. Dre Headphones

Antonia-

Laura-
 

Homework for the coming days

Wed. bring your advertising ideas

Friday. a full and proper reflection of pages 138-147 (remember... everything is an essay)

Friday HL. Samy finish the text. Antonia tone for the whole piece. Liam and Katie, fix what came before.

Homework for Friday

Annotate page 80-81 for Friday.
Momo, Don't forget your book!

The Assault

Themes

• Avoidance
• Fate
• Understanding

Motifs

• Stones
• Light
• Lizards

homework over the weekend

If your precis/annotations aren't complete... please complete

Tues- HL, comparison/contrast the wife, Just a Girl texts (remember tone)

Start planning your advertising campaigns

Please bring The Assault to class as of Monday

Advertising homework

1. due Friday without exception: Your presentation on your high-concept brand/campaign

2. due Friday without exception: your point-form analysis of the most recent ad (on your blog please)

3. due Friday in the usual fashion, annotation and 1 page discussion/precis of the chapter on advertising (annotations to be shown and precis uploaded to blog as a PDF please)

10 20 30

Advertising Assignment Persuaders

Assignment 2

Find a high concept campaign that fulfils all of the aspects and qualities we have studied previously and learned more about from The Persuaders. Bring in a few of the ads from the campaign with detailed analysis of the ads both according to AIDA and the new more subtle elements we have learned.

·         In point form

·         To be finished upon return from trip

That Theme, Character, Motif paper

Write it!

Ten good quotes means 5-6 body paragraphs. Give to Ms. Aston by Wednesday please.

Gatsby Film Assignment

Write a 5 paragraph essay concerning one important theme, character or motif and how its portrayal differed from or was very much like how you envisioned it from reading the book.

·         5 -6 good examples will suffice, analysed appropriately in your three body paragraphs

·         Due Friday, accepted Monday in homeroom following trips; after that, doubled and written in detention.

Gatsby analysis paper outline

Today we covered,

context

themes

motifs

characters (not enough)

structure (in depth)

diction (a beginning)

syntax (a beginning)

catharsis (revisit)

using your notes, outline a paper, including key ideas for each paragraph

ie.

body paragraph 7
analysis of the parakeet image
the plumage as exemplar of the colonel's mood
link to the mud bath

Liam. I need a working email. I can also put it in drop box (I think)