January 17, 2018 - January 20, 2018 ERWC Agenda

Tuesday, January 17th:

Tuesday, January 16^th:

Henry, Leonela, Maybeline, Modi,  Benedict: an ad campaign to create a homeless camp for the homeless.	George, Precious, Wendy, Monai, Katherine Quesada, Noelia: an advocacy composed of parents, psychologists	Kaelyn, Kenneth,  Johana, Jonathan, Douglas, Cheyenne: an environmentalist group trying to persuade the state to ban off-shore drilling
Stephanie, Daylan, Kayla, Shobhana, Alejandra: An ad agency creating a campaign to help the homeless.	Ty, Gabrielle, Melany, Germain, Guadalupe: An oil corporation lobbyist group trying to persuade the state to allow off-shore drilling	Ashley, Nick, Katherine, Jose, Jaylan: Ad campaign to continue the city's use of rent control.

Divide into groups and work on the following project:

You are going to create three scenes in which you play a member of an advocacy group trying to persuade a government agency to change a policy, using pathos, ethos, and logos.

Choose one from the following:

You are:

An advertising group trying to create an ad campaign to help the homeless.

 An advocacy group trying to convince the zoning department to allow a homeless encampment in an area of the city.

A business group trying to dissuade the zoning department from allowing a homeless encampment in the area of the city.

A rent control advocacy group trying to persuade the city to maintain rent control in the city.

A development group trying to persuade the city to rescind rent control.

An environmental group trying to persuade the state to ban off-shore drilling.

An oil lobbyist group trying to persuade the state to allow off-shore drilling.

You must use pathos, ethos, and logos in your argument.

You must use credible evidence from a reliable source to support your position.

You must include a counter-argument.

You must include a rebuttal to the counter – argument.

Rubric:

Superior - A	Good – B	Adequate - C	Failed to Meet Standard - F
Techniques of pathos, logos, and ethos were fully presented:  Created a compelling scene(s) in which all three techniques of arguments were clearly and completely used: pathos, logos, ethos	Created a scene in which all three techniques of argument were competently used: pathos, logos, ethos	Created an adequate scene in which all the techniques were used but were not fully developed.	Did not create a competent scene in which all the techniques were demonstrated or clearly and completely demonstrated.
Evidence: Used compelling, accurate, and credible evidence from a reliable, credible source to support their argument.  The evidence was of a superior nature demanding research and thought.	Evidence: Used accurate and credible evidence from a reliable source to support their argument. Met the standard and had some good points but had areas that needed development.	Evidence: The evidence may be incomplete or not from a completely respected source.  The evidence did not show an extraordinary amount of research or thought.	Evidence: The evidence was incomplete and not from a respected source. The evidence showed minimum thought or effort.
Counter-Argument/Rebuttal: Included a strong counter-argument and a stronger rebuttal backed by credible evidence.	Counter-Argument/Rebuttal: Does have a counter-argument but it might not be noteworthy or the counter-argument might not be very strong	Counter-Argument/Rebuttal: The counter-argument is weak and/or negligible and/or the rebuttal is weak.	Counter-Argument/Rebuttal: There is no counter-argument and/or rebuttal or the ones that are presented are weak and not clearly thought out.
Presentation: The scene(s) were strong, organized, well-thought out and presented in a professional, serious, yet creative and interesting way.	Presentation: The scene(s) had moments of strength or were interesting and creative, but showed a lack of planning or organization.	Presentation: The scene(s) may have some moments of  strength, but were marred by lack of organization, planning, research, or seriousness. The scene(s) may lack creativity or interest.	Presentation: The scene(s) over all lacked organization, planning, and/or research. The scene(s) appeared not thought out and under-rehearsed. Lacking in creativity or interest.

Wednesday, January 17th:
Break into your groups and work on the pathos, logos, ethos project

Thursday, January 18th: 
Went over the rubrics for the senior presentations and the senior project slides.
Also shared the workshops for the "spoken word" physical project.

Friday, January 19th: 

Presentations of the following scenes:
1. Henry, Leonela, Maybeline,  Modi, Benedict – Advocates for Long Term Solutions to the Homeless Issue

2. George, Precious, Wendy, Monai, Katherine Q., Noelia – Advocates for Less Homework for Students

3. Kaelyn, Kenneht, Johana, Jonathan, Doug, Cheyenne – An environmental group for the banning of  off-shore drilling

4. Stephanie, Daylan, Kayla, Shobhana, Alejandra – Ad campaign to help the homeless.