March 12th

KC Shakespeare Festival- Gender Reversal 

1. In group of three... Outline the major action in the Induction 1, 2, and Acts 1 and 2.

2. When done, work on Oral Commentary.

This Week:
Tuesday: Oral Commentary Work Day
Wednesday: Oral Commentaries- 2nd Hour
Thursday: Oral Commentaries- 1st and 3rd Hours
Friday: Finish Oral Commentaries- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours.

Types of claims:

Claims typically fall into one of four categories. Thinking about how you want to approach your topic, in other words what type of claim you want to make, is one way to focus your thesis on one particular aspect of your broader topic.

1. Claims of fact or definition: These claims argue about what the definition of something is or whether something is a settled fact. Example:

• What some people refer to as global warming is actually nothing more than normal, long-term cycles of climate change.

2. Claims of cause and effect: These claims argue that one person, thing, or event caused another thing or event to occur. Example:

• The popularity of SUVs in America has caused pollution to increase.

3. Claims about value: These are claims made of what something is worth, whether we value it or not, how we would rate or categorize something. Example:

• Global warming is the most pressing challenge facing the world today.

4. Claims about solutions or policies: These are claims that argue for or against a certain solution or policy approach to a problem. Example:

• Instead of drilling for oil in Alaska we should be focusing on ways to reduce oil consumption, such as researching renewable energy sources