Homework one : When you analyze Teicholz and Taubes’s article (attched below) you can use the following guidelines
a. Step 1: write out the authors’ overall argument.
b. Step 2: list each support as we did on Friday, then complete Step 3: evaluate the support. Determining the support in this argument is similar to find the main idea for each paragraph but making sure that the support is relevant to the argument. The major and minor details help you to understand the support for the authors’ argument.
c. Step 3: complete step 3 in the same manner that we did on Friday. You do not need to write entire sentences. You should indicate whether the support is relevant, believable, and consistent. You should also indicate whether the the support is fact or opinion. If you recognize that the support is based on propaganda and can identify the type of propaganda, you can earn extra points.
d. Step 4: evaluate the argument. State whether you accept or reject the authors’ argument. Give reasons for your decision. State whether you agree or disagree with the authors’ argument, then explain your position. Finally, include an explanation/discussion in which you address the barriers to critical thinking: which of the barriers might inhibit a person’s ability to analyze the authors’ argument in an unbiased manner.
Homework two:
Read: Paarlberg, R. (2010). Attention Whole Food Shoppers, pp. 240 – 248.
Answer the following questions:
1. Which areas in the world does Paarlberg suggest are most at-risk of being negatively
affected by the world food shortage?
2. In the sixth paragraph, what type of farming strategies and techniques does Paarlberg
suggest that African farmers are employing?
3. What explanation does Paarlberg give to support his argument that “halting synthetic
nitrogen fertilizer use entirely would cause environmental problems far worse” than the
dead zones that are being created by nitrogen fertilizers?
4. Use the 4 – step process for analyzing arguments to analyze Paarlberg’s argument.
5. What barriers to critical thinking may interfere with a person’s ability to analyze
Paarlberg’s argument?
6. Summarize Paarlberg’s article.
Homework three: The Great Gatsby essay (attached below)
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