Friday February 5, 2010

Comp/Lit 10: Debate Intro & QUIZ-Vocabulary & Spelling #17-18

• We started with the QUIZ on Vocabulary & Spelling #17-18.
• I passed out a new answer card, and an outside reading card to keep track of pages read.
• While the students took the quiz, I checked/collected the homework-NEW OR Book, Poetry Packet and the Found Poem
• When the students finished the quiz, they turned it in to my desk and read silently in their Outside Reading book until all quizzes were turned in.
• The students filled in the reading card and turned it in.
• We correct the quiz as a class.
• I passed out the homework assignment-Article Evaluation Strategy #1: Discussion Web.  We went through the three examples I provided, and I reviewed the expectations for the assignment.  The students are to read the attached article and create a "yes" or "no" question that can be answered by the article.  The students will then need to find evidence in the article that support either "yes" or "no" to the question posed.  After all evidence has been gathered, the student needs to come to a conclusion.
• I then passed out the Intro to Debate Packet.  We looked at the possible debate topics on pages 1-2.
• I introduced the terms: Status Quo (the ways things are now), Resolution (a change to the status quo), Affirmative (arguing for the resolution), Negative (arguing against the resolution).
• Homework:  Discussion Web, and think about a possible partner and topic.