Leads and Connotation

Honors and Standard: We read and discussed your leads today and a large majority of you felt that one of your new leads was better than your original one.  That's great!  Rewriting works again!  Keep at it.

We raced through a discussion on connotation today (here's the link to the slides) with the goal of demonstrating that the words you choose to explain your position go a long way towards convincing people of your position.  Look through your papers and see where you might add some connotated words to strengthen your paper.

So tonight you should be

• setting up your sources
• doing any additional necessary research
• unpacking your evidence
• selecting and rewriting your lead
• reconsidering your word choice
• keep reworking your paper

Honors also enjoyed 30 minutes of nonfiction presentation time.  I see some creativity floating around but remember, in the end, the big ideas come from the discussion of APES and bias.  Don't be so focused on the creativity of the presentation that the information suffers. 

Good luck!