Lesson 10.02: Faulty Logic

• Under the Magnifying Glass
• Word Sleuth
• Following the Evidence
• Cracking the Code
• Putting the Pieces Together

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: Read with comprehension a variety of informational and functional reading materials, including comparing bias and persuasive techniques in passages Recognize faulty logic or organization. Use the research process to manage, document, organize, and present information to support a thesis on a teacher-approved topic of student interest. This lesson correlates to ACOS 2Read with comprehension a variety of informational and functional reading materials, including comparing bias and persuasive techniques in passages, ACOS 2B1Recognize faulty logic or organization., and ACOS 10 Use the research process to manage, document, organize, and present information to support a thesis on a teacher-approved topic of student interest.

Have you ever had the feeling that something was wrong with the argument you read but you couldn't put your finger on it? Well, what probably happened was your "doesn't-make-sense meter" registered the argument as faulty in some fuzzy fashion.

In this lesson you will review your knowledge of the types of faulty logic so you’ll know exactly why something doesn’t make sense.  It should help you take the fuzzy out of your thoughts.