Class

1. In what year did the world have
more slaves than at any other
time in human history?
A. 37 BC
B. 335 AD
C. 1296
D. 1871
E. 2014
According to the BBC, there are “more
people in slavery today than at any time
in human history” and that the
“estimated number of people in
slavery—27 million—is more than
double the total number believed to have
been taken from Africa during the
transatlantic slave trade.”

4. Agree, Disagree, Somewhat Agree
Templates

5.  My habit is biting my nails and I want to
respond to Duhigg’s golden rule of habit
change
 First, I have to figure out if I agree, disagree, or
both
 Then, I figure out which template fits my
response and change it so it works for me

6.  Duhigg is surely right about ________________
because _________________________________.
 Duhigg is right about the golden rule of habit
change because I find that when I chew gum
instead of biting my nails, I get the same
reward. If I can keep a pack of gum with me at
all times, I can chew a piece rather whenever
boredom cues me to bite my nails. The
difficulty will be that I have to remember to
have gum with me all the time and that
chewing gum is not always appropriate.

7.  Your habit is smoking and you are responding
to Duhigg’s point about the role of belief in
habit change.
 Use one of the templates to create a paragraph.

9. A. Reading/discussing chapter 4
B. Using the templates from
chapter 4
C. Applying the templates to Essay
#3

10. A. Chapter 4 from They Say/I Say
B. Using templates from They Say/I
Say
C. Essay #3
D. SEE paragraphs

11.  Create two paragraphs with two different
templates using the habit you are discussing
for Essay #2
 Participate in the weekly discussion (post
due Thursday and replies due Sunday)