Project 2: Defintiona Step #2

1. What is your claim?
Timeout is used as a disciplinary tactic and not a way to weed out a bad seed.
2. Who is your audience?
Teachers or Parents
3. What values are you basing your claim upon (In other words, what criteria are you using to make this definition)?
The criterion that is needed to make the definition of Timeout is…
1. How do you define a timeout
a. Punishment
b. Calm Down period
c. Restoring period
2. What actions make a child get a timeout
a. Not Listening
b. Not following rules
c. Throwing a Temper tantrum
3. How long is timeout
a. 5-10 minutes
4. Students reflection after timeout
a. Teacher and student conversation on what happened and how it can be
resolved.
4. Do you think you audience does/does not share your values? Is so, how might you approach your definition? If not, what will you have to do when you craft your argument?

I believe that my audience does share my values that timeout is given as a disciplinary tactic and not a way to weed out a bad seed. In order to approach the audience, I will use arguments and definitions that teachers or parents can relate to. Many teachers and parents believe that timeout is beneficial to child punishment and reinforcement. This is essential for my definition of timeout because many people are able to relate and understand the significance of the topic.