Honors: If you weren't in class today, see me about taking a quick quiz over parallel structure.
There seems to be a lot of concern about finding good counter arguments. Understandable, but remember not everyone gets a seat at The Table of Influence. There are many baseball players who had really good careers but did not qualify for the Hall of Fame. In the IP case, the individual might have some influence, but didn't necessarily have any more--or as much--influence as someone else in their situation. For example, there have been 266 popes. All have had some measure of influence but they don't all deserve a seat at the table. A good counterargument might be that while the pope you selected for your IP had influence, he had no more--and maybe even less--influence as many of the other popes.
With the help of K.A., we discussed the importance of not just mentioning a counter argument but of also developing that counter argument with quotes and evidence. Build it up so you can tear it down.
We looked at our arguments and then discussed the outline I want you to start filling in tonight. Here is the basic format. I'm not expecting to see analysis yet, but the more you have completed, and the sooner you have it completed, the better off you will be.
Standard: We introduced parallel structure today. You seemed to pick up on it pretty quickly. We'll check tomorrow. Here is a link to the slides. Just focus on the first ten slides.
We also started talking about some essential questions for a unit we have coming up. The questions were
Are people basically good?
Does the past matter?
What is really important in life?
They are all connected and related to a topic we will start exploring tomorrow. Can't wait to share it with you.
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