Wallowing in Complexity--Critical Thinking Skills
Close observation of an artifact--with your group, examine one of the New Yorker pictures and generate questions based on aspects of the picture that you find puzzling. Identify a puzzling feature and try to generate several possible explanations for the feature, none of which seems conclusive or totally satisfactory.
After listening to group responses, we listed possible questions on the board: 1) When it comes to learning about computers and technology, are older people at the mercy of the younger generation? 2) Does text messaging isolate people from those they're with? and 3) Do people miss living their lives by watching others live on screen?
Paper 2: Problematizing a Topic
Students turned in a binder paper with freewriting about the topic they chose, more freewriting about their topic after researching in the Writing Lab, and stapled this paper to an article or "artifact" they found while researching.
HOMEWORK:
Post your book review of Glass Castle. I will also give you credit for printing the review and bringing it to class (you can post it later).
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