I am attaching two possible Toulmin diagrams for this week’s AoW to help you sort out your own argument.

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Come prepared for a Socratic session.  Have at least one question and one statement ready to go.  You can think about Holden.  You can think about Gatsby. You can think about Atticus.  Just think.

Read the excerpt from Reading Lolita in Tehran by Friday.  Annotate .  How does this excerpt relate to our recent AoW’s?

Copy notes for direct object gerunds tonight.

Subject (S) + Main Verb (MV) + (ing)

DO formula: Who or what receives the action of the main verb?

Ex. Holden enjoys talking to Phoebe.

Holden’s hobbies include looking for the ducks.

 

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