Academic dialogue-a discussion between two or more people (say, a classroom full of students) over a topic of intellectual value (say, a book talk). The key to a successful academic dialogue is a willingness to, well, dialogue. Without conversation, without people willing to share opinions, the dialogue will be flatter than an I-Hop pancake run over by a steamroller. Today's discussion in both classes was less than stellar. Not that there wasn't plenty to talk about. You had questions. You had passages you wrote down and responded to. I threw out some topics. Time to deliver as a class.
(Find the figurative language in the paragraph above and I'll sign your Archer card.)
Tomorrow we will get a chance at some very specific academic dialogue.
Period three, you should be typing up a paragraph on whether or not Elie passed the test that Rabbi Eliahu's son had set for him. You need to be sure you have cited evidence from the text to support your reasoning. You'll be using it tomorrow and handing in the paragraph.
Period four, you should be typing up a paragraph on whether or not we should look out for each other (the Polish kapo on page 41) or just ourselves (the blockalteste on page 110). You too should be sure you have cited evidence from the text to support your reasoning. You'll be using it tomorrow and handing in the paragraph.
After our discussion we will be looking at some poems, some themes, and start the first of assignments with Night. More to come on that tomorrow. See you then.
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