Writing Exercise #5

"American children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any other activity except sleeping. By the age of 70 they will have spent 7 to 10 years of their lives watching TV."
-- The Kaiser Family Foundation

Should there be limits to the amount of television parents allow their children to watch?

Homework:  Due Friday 1/25

Answer question #4 found on p. 776 in The Language of Composition.  Respond by setting up two columns.  On the left write "Counterargument"; on the right write "Refutation."  List at list four examples of the writer's counterargument and refutation.  You can quote directly (word for word with quotation marks) or indirectly (paraphrased; in your own words; no quotation marks).

For tomorrow, don't forget:

Vocabulary Quiz List 11.  Here are the Flashcards.

If you did not turn in yesterday's writing exercise (#4;  check the post), turn it in along with #5.

Finish reading the 4 shorter selections found on pages 777-787 in your textbook.