Today you will be forming your teams for A2 – three students per team (having a diverse group can be helpful) We will discuss more of the details in the last part of class today.

In small groups, evaluate summary D based on the rubric.

Is the student “able to establish the relationship between the main claim and key arguments”? Voice?

In small groups, evaluate summary E based on the rubric.

What is Gates’ “stand”? According to the student, what is Gates’ main claim?

Over the past four years, the austerity bailout has been terrible for Greece: shrinking gross domestic product by almost 20 percent, trapping more than a quarter of the population in unemployment and pushing debt as a share of G.D.P. to 175 percent (from a pre-crisis level of 109 percent). Austerity -- an economic policy by which a government reduces the amount ofmoney it spends by a large amount Bailout -- giving money to a company, a foreign country, etc. that has very serious financial problems

the austerity bailout has been terrible for Greece: shrinking gross domestic product by almost 20 percent trapping more than a quarter of the population in unemployment pushing debt as a share of G.D.P. to 175 percent (from a pre-crisis level of 109 percent). Inductive or deductive? Assumptions?

the austerity bailout has been terrible for Greece: shrinking gross domestic product by almost 20 percent trapping more than a quarter of the population in unemployment pushing debt as a share of G.D.P. to 175 percent (from a pre-crisis level of 109 percent). Inductive or deductive? Assumption: the austerity bailout caused these effects

“A Deal Europe Can’t Refuse” (New York Times) Over the past four years, the austerity bailout has been terrible for Greece: shrinking gross domestic product by almost 20 percent, trapping more than a quarter of the population in unemployment and pushing debt as a share of G.D.P. to 175 percent (from a pre-crisis level of 109 percent). Austerity -- an economic policy by which a government reduces the amount ofmoney it spends by a large amount

In small groups, evaluate evaluation A based on the rubric.

What is Gates’ key argument?

In small groups, evaluate evaluation A based on the rubric. What is Gates’ key argument? How does A’s data relate to Gates’ argument?

In small groups, evaluate evaluation A based on the rubric. What is Gates’ key argument? How does A’s data relate to Gates’ argument? What is the false dilemma? The ultimatum?

In small groups, evaluate evaluation C based on the rubric.

Is the following true about C? Correctly identifies the form of the argument and effectively applies the understanding of the criteria for a strong deductive or inductive argument to the discussion.

In small groups, evaluate evaluation C based on the rubric. Is the following true about C? Correctly identifies the form of the argument and effectively applies the understanding of the criteria for a strong deductive or inductive argument to the discussion. Uses the term valid correctly. Considers the truth of the argument somewhat correctly. Are the premises true?

Form A2 teams – three students per team (having a diverse group can be helpful) Create a Google Drive document for your group. Invite your tutor – Choose a colour for each individual. Suggest a possible topic (city and problem). Choose a time to meet with your tutor on Google Hangouts (23 Feb) for 15 minutes to discuss your topic.

Join the Google + community for this class. Before your tutorial on Monday, 2 March, create a Movenote recording presenting your graphic representation of A2. Share the link to your video in a new post to the Google community. During class in tutorial 11, you will be viewing the videos of the other students.