Name: _________________________________________ Date: ________ Period: ________ ERWC/2018

Module: The Daily Me

The Big Sort – YouTube video (Stop at 5:40)

Key Words: Take notes:

Red/Blue
Affluence
Taste
Tribal
Feedback Loop
Risky Shift
Homogenous

Americans have unintentionally ___________________________________________________________________.

Because _________________ and because __________________, Americans lived in communities that were more
Sentence Frames politically and culturally diverse.

Because _________________ and because __________________, American communities have become increasingly tribal.

The feedback loop inside American “tribes” causes ___________________________________________________.

“The Daily Me” by _______________ “The Daily Me is Neither New nor Bad” by ______________
Question at Issue: Question at Issue:

Author’s Main Claim: Author’s Main Claim:

Reason 1 with Evidence: Reason 1 with Evidence:

Reason 2 with Evidence: Reason 2 with Evidence:

Reason 3 with Evidence: Reason 3 with Evidence:

Reason 4 with Evidence: Reason 4 with Evidence:

Request of Audience (Call to Action/Change of Mind): Request of Audience (Call to Action/Change of Mind):
Name: _________________________________________ Date: ________ Period: ________ ERWC/2018

Think-Aloud Checklist: Reading With and Against the Grain

 Identify the main idea

 Postpone judgement
 Identify underlying assumptions
 Question the writer’s authority
 Identify the context
 Notice text structure and organization
 Evaluate the effectiveness of the writer’s rhetorical choices
 Identify important examples
 Paraphrase key claims
 Summarize the writer’s argument
 Question the relevance of the evidence  Reading with the Grain
 Challenge the writer’s claims
 Notice what paragraphs say and do
 Identify the writer’s purpose
 Reading against the Grain
 Notice key transitions
 Offer a personal response
 See the issue from the writer’s point of view
 Suggest additional supportive examples or reasoning
 Suggest potential counterarguments
 Question the writer’s reasoning
 Give the writer the benefit of the doubt
 Clarify key terms
 Disagree with the writer

The list of questions below is also intended to help you as you read against the grain.

 Does the author say anything that bothers me or gives me pause?

 Are any of the writer’s claims unsupported? Or extreme?
 Does the writer draw any questionable conclusions?
 Does the writer contradict himself or herself?
 Do I disagree with any of the writer’s claims or assumptions?
 Are there reasons not to trust this writer?
 Does the writer leave out anything important?

Confirmation Bias – Define: ___________________________________________________

“5 Ways to Beat Confirmation Bias” by Countable

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwZj_72Mawk

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Name: _________________________________________ Date: ________ Period: ________ ERWC/2018