1. Reading 3
IECP, Spring 2013, Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
• Idiom
• Newspaper presentation
• SRA
• VP 6 quiz
• Novel quiz

3. Arguments as vehicles

4. Get sidetracked
• Digress, deal with something unrelated to
the main idea

5. Practice
• Sometimes I get sidetracked while doing
my HW and start to….
• I like it when the teacher gets sidetracked
because…
• The professor was giving a lecture on
American history, but he got sidetracked
when……. Then he started to talk
about…..

6. Penn State Officials Take Booze Out Of 'State Patty's Day' Mix
by Jeff Brady
NPR
• Video

7. Discussion Qs
• 1. What is State Patty's day? When did it start?
• 2. Why did the Penn State students initially create State Patty’s Day?
• 3. What do critics of State Patty’s day see as problematic with this
celebration? Do you think their concerns are reasonable? Why/why not?
• 4. What deal did the anti-drinking partnership offer local bars and
merchants? Do you think this deal was fair to merchants? Was it fair to
students?
• 5. How did Mad Mex employees feel about the deal? Why did they sign the
agreement? What might’ve happened if they had refused to sign the
agreement?
• 6. Do you think this new solution for controlling State Patty’s day will work?
What other solutions can you imagine?
• 7. What is your overall impression of State Patty’s Day?

8. Why we Dance ?
The story of Thon

9. ??What does Thon mean

10. Every February..
..For 46 hours

11. MORE THAN $100 MILLION

13. http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v

14. Be thankful for having
good health.
Remember that a lot of
people suffer from
cancer and you are
…free

15. Thank you
Bayan

16. Thon shatters 2012 total, hits $100 million raised overall at Penn State
Center Daily Times
1) Why do people dance in THON? How long does it last?
2) Do you think THON will continue for the next 10 years? Why? What are
some possible challenges?
3) If you have a chance to participate in THON, will you take it?
4) Do you know what the Four Diamonds fund is?
5) Does THON seem like a helpful solution for many child sick children?
What is your overall impression of THON?

18. Photoshop and Photography: When Is It Real?
New York Times
• 1) What do the photos that won the competition depict/show?
• 2) What are the categories of the competition which are mentioned in the article?
• 3) What are some of the things that people do for photographs?
• 4) If you are a photographer, would you use Photoshop program? Why?
• 5) Do you think that when you use Photoshop to make your photo more better than
• the original photo, you should still be considered as a professional photographer?
Why/why not?
• 6) In your opinion, is Photoshop a helpful program? Why?

19. SRA – 3A

20. VP 6 Quiz + Novel Quiz

21. HW
• Optional summary