1. Warm up: Logos, pathos, or ethos?

2. Analyze and synthesize details from three texts about justice.
Identify bias and evidence in texts.
objectives

3. 4.13 Justice and Culture (p. 140)
What do you expect your punishment would be? Jail time? Repairing the damage? Some other penalty?
What is the attitude in your family towards vandalism?
What happens when different cultures have varying perspectives on justice?

4. Michael Fay Controversy
Start video at 6:15
Just from the background, do you believe he received a just punishment or not?
Video

5. Identify Bias in Text
If a reporter thought that the punishment was unjustified, what kinds of words and phrases would you expect him or her to use to describe the caning and Fay himself?
If a reporter thought that the punishment was justified, what kinds of words and phrases might you expect him or her to use to describe the caning and Michael Fay?

6. Make a prediction based on the titles
Which side will these texts support?

7. Empirical Evidence
Empirical evidence is based on experiences and direct observation through research.

8. Logical evidence
Logical evidence is based on facts and a clear rationale.

9. Anecdotal evidence
  Anecdotal evidence is based on personal accounts of incidents.

10. Elements of argument
Read each text thoroughly and identify the elements of argument on the handout.
Also label the types of evidence.
handout