Day 12: Unraveling the CAT

1. Discussing:

• "The Dangers of Reality TV" HERE. 
• The Truman Show Syndrome HERE
• Reality TV: Rewarding Bad Behavior HERE

2. Returning CAT Practice 1; calculate your total score by adding the five scores. For example: 2 (3+4) + 2(4+4) + 2(3+2) + 3+ 4 + 4+ 4= 55

3. Understanding how your responses are scored (page 25 of the packet) 

4. General problems with this CAT-W:

• No original claim/reasons
• The response shifts from the reading's topic (reality tv) to something else (television in general, ads, movies...)
• Very little concrete evidence
• Introductory sentence was ungrammatical:

                        In "The Dangers of Reality TV" by Timothy Sexton explains....

5. Checking the responses for CATS 2014? HERE

Lab: Beginning Blog 6: Summarize one article of choice from the New York Times (try to find one that is like the CAT-W). Add the link to the article at the end of the post.

For when we come back: Don't forget to Watch The Matrix and complete The Matrix Quiz at the top of my blog!