agenda for monday 13 april 2009

Agenda (remember, we're not meeting in class):

• Submit Op-Ed on group's section of DocSharing by 2pm
• Post Author's Note for draft as blog
• Use the Op-Ed Workshop instructions on eCollege to review drafts of group members and provide feedback

Homework due 4/15:

• Read chapter 13 (pp. 393-409)
• Find an example (ideas below) of a humorous argument that addresses your topic or something similar (you can think about connections between the humor and your topic broadly)
• Blog about how the sample you found uses humor to address its topic

Potential Sources for Humorous Selections (as you go to some of these sites, know that there is some humor and language that is R-rated, so only browse sites that you feel comfortable searching):

• Saturday Night Live
• The Onion
• Dan Cagle's Editorial Cartoons
• New Yorker Cartoons and Covers
• Find TCU Daily Skiff cartoons in physical copy of issue
  
• Colbert Report
• South Park
• Late Show with David Letterman (top ten or monologues)
  
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (monologues)

These are just some suggestions. Feel free to look to other sources for examples of humor.