Honors: We finished up our discussion on the amnesty article and saw both its strengths (introductory paragraph, topic sentences, conviction) and its weaknesses (too many rhetorical questions, no transitions, tying arguments back to topic sentences and the claim).
Your next task will be to select five potential topics for a position letter/speech. You started that work today in class and will spend some more time tomorrow, narrowing down possibilities. You should be exploring and writing to help you in your decision process. Here's a link to the page of topics we looked at in class.
For tomorrow you should have read your nonfiction book up to the page the group decided on. Come to class tomorrow with your book, your discussion preparation work and your voice for discussion.
Standard: Now that we are finished with Warriors Don't Cry, we are moving forward. I'll have those presentations you shared over the book and the film assessed by the end of the week. In the meantime we will be delving into argument writing and what makes a successful argument.
We started the process today by looking at the article "Shoot-out". You took sides, listened for and located evidence from the text, defended positions and wrote about your side of the issue. That was a lot for one day but both classes handled it well. We will continue tomorrow to be sure we have a clear understanding of how to defend a position well.
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