Blackfish, Day 1: April 29, 2019

Focus: What do we need to understand about how we treat living things?

Please take out your Weekly Focus and Participation sheet.

1. Warming up with three good things, your Weekly Focus and Participation reflections, and a few final thought about Waiting for Superman

2. Checking your current understanding with high velocity previewing questions for Blackfish and a warning of sensitivity triggers

• If you observed pathos last time, you will now look at ethos.

• If you observed ethos last time, you will now look at logos.

• If you observed logos last time, you will now look at pathos.

If you'd like to opt out of Blackfish, you can develop the same skills and gain knowledge on the same topic by reading the following articles for ethos, pathos, and logos:

National Geographic: Are Wildlife Sanctuaries Good for Animals?
The Conversation: In Defense of Zoos
NPR: Sea World Ending Captive Breeding of Killer Whales
Washington Post: SeaWorld's Whales Deserve Better
CNN: Sea World Responds to Blackfish


3. Switch-a-rooing your rhetorical appeals and watching Blackfish

HW:
1. For WEDNESDAY: Bring your book club book to class for reading time. You should be averaging about 15 pages a night.

2. For THURSDAY: Complete your assigned reading and syllabus. Since we have fewer syllabi and book club meetings, each syllabi / meeting will be worth 50 points in the MASTERY category. Your three book club meetings will be our semester's final assessment on your reading and discussion skills.