Thursday, January 28, 2010

Persuasive speech Schedule

I wanted to give you the schedule so you can start planning. I will also give you a hard copy of the schedule when I have everyone's topics.

Persuasive Speech Schedule

Date Assignment/Activity
Monday, February 1 Topics due- start visual organizer
How to evaluate sources for scholarly research
Tuesday, February 2 Portfolio day for seniors- no school for underclassmen
Thursday, February 3 Library research
Friday, February 4 Library research
Monday, February 8 Preliminary annotated bibliography
Tuesday, February 9 Identifying and using persuasive appeals (Revisit Letter)
Wednesday, February 10 Outlines due
Thursday, February 11 Rhetorical devices
Tuesday, February 23 Maddy C Lanie RJ Kathleen
Wednesday, February 24 Taylor Laura Ethan Nicole
Thursday, February 25 Of Mice and Men Socratic seminar
Friday, February 26 Ally Sam M Julia Mackenzie
Complete rough drafts due (Drafts MUST include a works cited page and citations in the text)
Monday, March 1 Of Mice and Men in class essay
Wednesday, March 3 Hannah Tina Sean
Thursday, March 4 Olivia Erin Billy
Friday, March 5 Amanda Soukie Conner Sam C
Monday, March 8 Victoria Maya Maddy T Sam V

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Socratic seminar reflection- process

Sorry I surprised you with the whole group seminar, but I didn't want you to get all worried ahead of time. I read your immediate reactions after class, now I want you to reflect on the process and compare it to our past seminars. What did you like? What could we improve?

Socratic seminar reflection- content

Reflect on what your classmates discussed during the seminar. Did someone say something that changed or expanded your way of thinking? Who said something that you found profound or interesting? What was it?