1. Making A New Friend By: Laura Kraft READ 142M/W

2. A Fact From Julies Profile Fact: Julie loves music Inference: She likes listening to musicanytime she can. Assumption: Often timesthose who listen to music enjoy it. Shared Value : Music Appreciation 3. Habits Of Mind The Critical Thinking Habits of Mind presented inJulies Profile include: Inquisitive: Explanation: She presents all the different music shelikes with the variety of songs on her iPhone. Support: I love music ! I dont really have one genre Ispecifically like. Ive got pop, rap, country and rock inmy library. Score: 3: Developing: Most often the person strivesto be well informed, wants to know how things work,and seeks to learn new things about a wide range oftopics. A sense of intellectual curiosity is present. 4. Habits Of Mind (Cont.) Truth-seeking Explanation: Julie is directin what she is looking forand states and clearly herreasons. Support: Id love to have afriend who has a child sowe could have playdates, with the occasionalnights out to act with a littleInanity Score:4: Exemplary: Theperson is trustful of his orher own reasoning skills toyield good judgments. 5. Ambiguity Problematic Ambiguity An example of problematic ambiguitythat can be found in Julies profileincludes: Problematic Ambiguity: I love collectingpallets. Resolution: Clarifying Intent. Explanation of Resolution: Using theword eye shadow pallets would clearlystipulate what she defines as apallets. This would help the reader tounderstand more accurately what hervagueness is about make-up pallets. 6. Language CommunityLanguage Community: Family CommunityA Term Used in the Profile: She is a Mom. 7. Emotional AppealsJust Plain Folks: Im kind of a homebody so my favorite place to be is home watching movies or reality television.Appeals to Tradition: I would consider myself a religious person, I do believe in God and communicate through prayers. 8. Julies Ideal FriendThe New Friend is Tony 9. A Fact From Tonys ProfileFact: He likes musicInference: He drives around blasting music in his car.Assumption: Often times those who listen to music enjoy it.Shared Value : Music Appreciation 10. Habits of Mind The Critical Thinking Habits of Mind displayed in Tonys Profileinclude: Open-minded: Explanation: He displays a strong sense of curiosity when he stateshow he likes to be outdoors, playing or coaching T-ball. Support: I really enjoy being outdoors hiking, playing with mybrothers. Score: 3: Developing: Most often the person strives to be wellinformed, wants to know how things work, and seeks to learn newthings about a wide range of topics. A sense of intellectual curiosityis present.Therefore, by comparing the Habits of Mind displayed in Tonys profile, with those found in Julies profile, we can see clearly that they both show the same dichotomy when it comes to family and education, and how important they are to them. 11. Ambiguity Problematic Ambiguity An example of problematic ambiguity that can be found inTonys profile includes: Problematic Ambiguity: Hole in the wall Resolution: Clarifying Intent. Explanation of Resolution: It would clearly explain what herefers to as a hole in the wall. This would allow the reader toreach a valid understanding the meaning of this statement.By looking at the ambiguous language found in both Tonys and Julies profiles, we can see that they demonstrate the same substantive language that young people talk these days. 12. Language CommunityLanguage Community General Definition: Peoplewho shared an understanding of the meanings of thewords and icons can be thought of as a communitydefined in part by its shared language, or a languagecommunity. Language Community: Family A Term Used in the Profile:I enjoy being around my family and kidsLooking at Julies and Tonys profiles, we can see thatthey have similar Language Communities, which bothinvolve the area of family and kids and the exemplaryway they feel about kids and family.. 13. Emotional Appeals Just Plain Folks: Im an introvert in the way that Ican be completely happy by myself just watchingTV or listening to music at home. Reflecting on the connections between Julies andTonys profiles, we can see that they both use thesame Emotional Appeal of Just Plain Folks. 14. Cacophony between friendsThis sounds like Julie and Tony would be able to give eachother the qualities that they respect in a friendship because They both have facts that they love family and meeting newfriends. They both love music. They both show that truth seeking and open mindedness intheir Thinking Habits of Mind. The profiles both show examples of Problematic ambiguitywhen they use slang words. In both profiles a similar Language Community can befound, which involves family. Also, Tony and Julie use the same emotional appeal of JustPlain Folks within their profiles.Therefore, based an examination of both of the profiles, we cansee that both Tony and Julie could easily relate to eachother, because they have the same languagecommunities, emotional appeals and the same shared valuein music. 15. Family Connections 16. Family Cont. 17. Family Life