I hope everyone had a good three-day weekend and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Now that you've uploaded your first argument essay, we'll continue honing argument skills with a friendly competition between the 5th and 6th period classes by writing essay responses as a class and asking Mrs. Garcia, our Visiting Professor, to judge them.
Also, please make sure you've signed up for the free subscription to "The 10 Things You Need to Know Today" e-mail from TheWeek.com since you can no longer just go to the site and browse for it due to a format change. Please let me know if this is a problem ahead of time and I'll help with a workaround.
TUESDAY: Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God through chapter two. Introduction to Classical Oration structure for arguments. Read prompt for argument essay we will be writing together this week as a whole class. DUE: read "Their Eyes" through chapter two. HW: Read "Not by Math Alone" piece on handout and identify each part of the five parts of classical oration used. Read Their Eyes through chapter four for Thursday.
WEDNESDAY: (UPDATE: Mogilefsky will be in class, the meeting was cancelled.) Brainstorm original evidence/examples for argument prompt, and write a sample introduction, both due at the end of the period. HW: Their Eyes through chapter four for Thursday.
THURSDAY: Discuss Their Eyes reading. Compare introductions to argument prompt, evidence. Class votes on position taken in response/thesis. Write body paragraphs as a class. DUE: Finished reading through chapter four of Their Eyes. HW: Write conclusion to argument essay and bring to class on Friday. Study for current events quiz on Friday that will cover Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday's "10 Things You Need to Know" articles.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Compare conclusions and integrate best one(s) into whole class essay. Revise/edit whole class essay. DUE: Conclusions. HW: Read Their Eyes through chapter seven and review argument essay tips.
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