Week 18

12/1

DUE: Final version of rhetorical analysis

Today we're talking about: medium.com/@isaacwadd/whats-wrong-with-blackfish-3e5a366c28c7

HW: RESEARCH your claim and put your results in document below

"whats wrong with blackfish" article investigation

100/200 documentary argument assignment l

12/2

Intro Paper and Background Sea World Controversy

SeaWorld Controversy background

12/3

Group work on sea world controversy

GROUP 1: Uthman, Maryam H., Zaineb

Link to paper for Group 1

GROUP 2: Hafsa , Rawaa

https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/23/opinion/seaworld-blackfish-controversy/

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/24/opinion/blackfish-captive-orcas-solutions/

GROUP 3: Nuha, Nabeela, Maryam A.

https://www.seaworldinvestors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2016/SeaWorld-Announces-Last-Generation-Of-Orcas-In-Its-Care/default.aspx

https://www.ideastream.org/show/newsdepth/2015-11-19/seaworld-phasing-out-orca-shows

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/11/10/activists-say-ending-seaworld-orca-shows-not-enough/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-will-take-end-international-killer-whale-capture-180962627/

Pro-Sea World Sources

A win-win solution for captive orcas and marine theme parks | CNNMarine mammal scientist Dr. Naomi Rose offers a solution for captive orcas and marine theme parks, like SeaWorld.

‘Blackfish’ film ignores SeaWorld’s benefits to conservation, research | CNNSeaWorld executive and orca trainer Michael Scarpuzzi responds to the film, ‘Blackfish,’ about the 2010 killing of Dawn Brancheau by the killer whale, Tillikum.

Pro-Orca Source: PDF LINK "Killer Whale Controversy " by Dr. Naomi Rose

Team Both Sides Sources

Sea World Announcement- last generation of orcas in bred in captivity and "new" orca experiences

Activists say ending SeaWorld orca shows not enoughAnimal rights activists applauded SeaWorld’s plans to end its orca shows at its San Diego park but said the company should phase out its captivity of killer whales altogether. SeaWorld Entert…

What Will It Take to End International Killer Whale Capture?The West may have rejected whale captivity, but the painful relationship between humans and orcas is far from over

12/4

Mini-Lesson: Counterargument and Faulty Reasoning

ARGUMENT PAPER BLACKFISH

Trace and Evaluate Worksheets (do for the side you want to take)

group 1 trace/evaluate claims

Pro-Orca

group 2

Pro- Sea World

group 3

Both Sides

12/5

Quiz: Faulty Assumption

WORK ON OUTLINE

Outlines due Monday

faulty assumption quiz

Blackfish Argument Outline

Outline Template

Blackfish Argument Outline Honors

Honors Outline Template

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