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    Assertion Journals

    The purpose of the Assertion Journal (AJ) is to strengthen your


    analysis and critical thinking skills, while flling your toolbox
    with uotes that !ay pro"e useful on the essay portion of the A#
    Test$ To that end, you will ha"e an AJ due by e"ery ffth class
    period (you can turn the! in whene"er they are co!pleted,
    though)$ %our &ob is to choose a uote', and analy(e it in the
    following !anner)
    *$ +opy the uote on a page of notebook paper$ %ou !ay
    choose fro! the list of uotes supplied (following this
    handout), or you !ay use a uote you fnd in the world (if
    you so choose, you ,-.T know who said it, and under what
    circu!stance it was said)$
    /$ 0dentify the author1s clai!$ 0n other words, what is the
    author really saying2 %ou will need to analy(e the words
    and their arrange!ent to understand the o"erall !eaning,
    and you !ight ha"e to do a little background research on
    the author to understand what !ight ha"e inspired the!$
    3$ +o!!ent on how this uote is !eaningful to you$ %ou can
    relate si!ilar experiences, refute the author1s clai!, or
    otherwise explain how and why the uote pertains to your
    life, so!ething you1"e read, or the world in general$ -se
    specifc exa!ples and reasoning to support your
    explanation$
    This is not an opinion$ %our connection must !ake sense$ 0f
    your connection isn1t i!!ediately logical, walk your reader
    (!e) through the logic$
    4ach &ournal entry should be at least half a page long$
    ' %ou !ay only analy(e a uote once$ Any repeats will result in a
    grade of 5$ 6hile 0 will be tracking the uotes you analy(e, you
    are responsible for keeping track of what you1"e done (thus the
    check boxes next to each uote7)$ #84A.4 do not ask !e to look
    up what you1"e done 9 that is your responsibility$
    4xa!ple Assertion Journal 4ntry
    Any dictator would ad!ire the unifor!ity and obedience of
    the -$.$ !edia$
    : ;oa! +ho!sky, 8inguist and
    self9proclai!ed 8ibertarian .ocialist
    ;oa! +ho!sky critici(es the A!erican !edia for its unifor!ity
    and obedience to the A!erican go"ern!ent$ <e i!plies that the
    !edia does not in"estigate and report on its own, but prints=airs
    those things the go"ern!ent and other powers9that9be would
    ha"e the public know$ <e goes further, though, and suggests
    that it is not &ust la(iness, but obedience : the willingness, e"en
    desire, to do what is told$ +ho!sky knows that an unchecked
    go"ern!ent is liable to slide toward totalitarianis!$
    These co!!ents are especially prescient, gi"en the state of the
    !edia today$ ,ost !a&or newspapers and news organi(ations
    use the Associated #ress as a !a&or source$ And the A# see!s to
    !e to parrot the #ress .ecretary and the do(ens of new +(ars in
    the executi"e branch$ 0n fact, !any !a&or newspapers and going
    out of business : could it be because they are not reporting news
    but regurgitating soundbites2
    >urther!ore, the !edia has picked up the "ery bad habit of
    !aking its co"erage of the news, a news story$ ?ne network will
    refute so!ething another network reports, and the frst network
    will lash out$ The !edia has beco!e a co!!entary trough
    rather than a source of ob&ecti"e reporting on the day1s !a&or
    e"ents$ ;o wonder our go"ern!ent is running a!uck : let1s &ust
    hope we check the !edia1s check of the go"ern!ent before
    +ho!sky1s portent beco!es reality$
    Assertion Journal model written by Brenda Suchy

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