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**Advanced Placement Language and Composition ** ======  Mr. Hessee/Ms. Schwab Phone: (720) 423-8681/ (720) 423-8721

Email: Carly_Schwab@dpsk12.org Availability:
 * Schwab: 2nd, 4th through 8th periods in room 222.
 * Gaggiani: Tuesday - Thursday from 10 AM to 4 PM in the Writing Center

**__PURPOSE OF THIS WEB PAGE:​__**

This page has been created to give you the opportunity to analyze and respond to professional arguments. Throughout the spring semester you will be asked to respond on this web page by explaining HOW the NY Times' authors create their arguments and whether you CHALLENGE, DEFEND, OR QUALIFY these arguments.
 * Always be sure to save your work!**

__** IRONY PowerPoint: [[file:IRONY.ppt]] **__
HOW TO POST RESPONSES: Read it and remember - IT'S AN ARGUMENT __**
 * 1) Follow the this link to the Denver Post article on child obesity: []
 * 1) Then return to this web page and click on the link that corresponds to the article's title (on the left side of the screen).
 * 2) Defend, challenge, or qualify the argument made in the article
 * 3) TWO paragraphs minimum
 * 4) Written in an academic voice (grammar, spelling, and form will be evaluated)
 * 5) RESPOND to the posts of your colleagues (**remember:** **this is a discussion**)
 * 6) Click "horizontal Rule" when you have finished writing
 * 7) Click "Save"
 * __PowerPoint Presentations