agenda for thursday 25 september

plan for class on Thursday:

• Turn in one hard copy of Op-Ed to me
  
• Workshop Op-Ed pieces using guidelines on eCollege

homework for Tuesday:

• read chapters 9 and 13 on Evaluations and Humor
• find a humorous argument related to the election to bring to class (if you watch something on TV, either bring notes about it or a link to the video)
• blog about the humorous argument and how it's working based on chapter 13
• begin thinking about what kind of humorous argument you would like to make about your topic and where you would present that argument

here are a few good places to start looking for humorous arguments (warning: some things on some of these sites may have cursing or other things you might find offensive. search with caution):

• written arguments that parody real articles at The Onion
• political cartoons at PoliticalCartoons.com, Daryl Cagle's collection at MSNBC, or the New Yorker (also, look at any daily newspaper)
  
• television clips from Saturday Night Live, the Colbert Report, the Late Show with David Letterman (this has top-10 lists and video), or the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Obviously these are just a few starting points. There are lots of other television shows that handle politics in a humorous way and websites that cover the topics. Have fun with this.