Rewrite parts of The Declaration of Independence as a modern declaration of Student independence on a topic of your choice. Students will read these aloud in class on Thursday.

1st Paragraph page 271

1st 5 lines of 272

5 Complaints styled in the same way as the text

Last paragraph on page 276

Have an example for each of the fallacies assigned to your group. Provide a  link, a description of the argument being made, and an explanation of where the  fallacy takes place. Identify the falacy as emotional, ethical, or logical. You must submit 4 of the 6 fallacies chosen by your group. These should be different than the four

Group 1- Chris, Cameron, Garrett (Strawman, False cause, composition/division, anecdotal, genetic, loaded question
Group 2- Annie, Jessica, Kimberly, (slippery slope, appeal to authority, appeal to nature, the texas sharpshooter,
                                                         ambiguity,appeal to emotion)
Group 3- Kerri, Pietro, Katie, Brian (special pleading, the gambler's fallacy, no true Scotsman, middle ground, tu quoque,
                                                         personal incredulity)
Group 4- Dessie, Jessica, Ashelin (Black-or-white, bandwagon, ad hominem, begging the question, the fallacy fallacy, burden of proof.

Have an example for each of the fallacies assigned to your group. Provide a link, a description of the argument being made, and an explanation of where the fallacy takes place. Identify the falacy as emotional, ethical, or logical. You should have one example from each from class, and one example from individual study.

Group 1-(Warren, Jordan, Travis)  Strawman, Special Pleading, Bandwagon, The Texas Sharpshooter
Group 2-(Tanner, Christian, Cory) Strawman, Loaded Question, Appeal to Nature, Ambiguitiy
Group 3-(Rachel, Eli, Jordan, Will) The Gambler's Fallacy, Appeal to Nature, Burden of Proof, Personal incredulity
Group 4-(Emily, Natalie, Maria, Kayla) False Cause, Begging the Question, Genetic, ad hominem
Group 5-(Emily, Kathryn, Cortney, Meredith) ad hominem, tu quoque, middle ground, anecdotal
Group 6-( Carlee, Sofia, Jenna, Heather, Brittany) not true scotsman, loaded question, appeal to emotion, the fallacy fallacy
Group 7-(Tyler, Caitlin, Kenzie) black-or-white, appeal to authority, composition/division, slippery slope

The Crucible- Test Monday Feb 25

Argumentative Essay(Toulmin Model)  2 pages with  4 sources- 3 pts (Required)- Due Monday February 25th

All others Due By Wednesday Feb 27th
                         
Nonfiction informational text (News Article) 1 1/2 - 2 pages  2pts
                      
Poem 1 pt
                         
Essay- Argument, Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis 1 1/2-2 pages 2  pts
            
Personal Interest (Sports, Music, Etc…) 1 page 1  pt

Fiction (Short Story) 2 pages 2 pts
                         
Multimedia Piece (Youtube,, Prezi, Voki, Etc…) 2  pts