Good Morning, Class!

Please take out:

• Chromebook

Per. 3 (9:33-10:47) – Speech and Debate

Learning Target: Students will be able to understand arguments, counterarguments, and rebuttals, and use them in scripting a role play scenario to perform for the class.

Prepare arguments (pros/cons), counterarguments, and rebuttals for your scenario and create a script with your group

Present role play to the class:

• Which party had the more convincing argument?
• How did the “winner” incorporate counterarguments?
• What role did counterarguments play in the victor’s success?

Research and record possible counterarguments to the Pro side on graphic organizer:

1. Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society?
2. Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?
3. Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?
4. Should the Olympics stay in one place?
5. Should we celebrate Christopher Columbus?
6. Is our society ready for self-driving cars?

Per. 1 (11:36-12:50) – Language Arts

Please take out:

• Freedom Walkers book
• Chromebook

Add Gandhi to Heroes Unit EQ Matrix

Learning Target: Students will be able to demonstrate comprehension on an initial reading of a poem.

Open I, Too, Sing America assignment on StudySync

• Intro: Read paragraph, view video, preview vocabulary
• Read: As you read the poem, annotate any questions that come to mind
• Think: ACE Think questions

Learning Target: Students will be use concrete strategies for identifying the author’s tone in a poem and other texts.

Open Tone notetaking doc on Classroom and assignment on StudySync

• Define: View video and review vocab in chart
  • Answer questions on doc
• Model: Study the Identification and Application section
  • Teacher Model: “I Hear America Singing”
  • Partner Practice: “I, Too”
• Your Turn: Independent practice
• Apply: Go back to the I, Too, Sing America assignment and use your new knowledge of tone to complete the Write prompt

Homework:

1. Read 25+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
   1. Title
   2. p. ____ to p. ____
   3. Big Thing that Happened (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 question, prediction, inference, connection, visualization, or new word and how you guessed its meaning
2. Finish work on Classroom and StudySync.