Good Morning, Class!

Please take out:

• Parent-signed STAR report
• Chromebook

Per. 1 (8:15-9:09)

Learning Target: Students will be able to read and understand informational text as demonstrated by responding to basic comprehension and close read questions.

Open Freedom’s Daughters assignment on StudySync

• Read Intro and preview vocabulary
• Read and annotate text

Per. 2 (9:12-10:00)

Freedom’s Daughters, cont.

• Answer Think Questions (ACE)
• Re-read text and annotate evidence for Write Prompt
• Discuss, Write, Extend

Homework:

1. Read 25+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
   1. Book title
   2. Page #s you read (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 all work on Classroom and StudySync.

Per. 3 (10:03-10:51)

Please take out:

• Chromebook

Learning Target: Students will be able to build arguments, including counterarguments and rebuttals, in preparation for a debate.

Watch debate clip from The Great Debaters.

• In what ways did James Farmer appeal to emotion and logic? His opponent?
• What were the strongest parts of each side’s arguments?

Review all arguments, reasons, evidence, counterarguments, and rebuttals on graphic organizer. Which pieces are the strongest? Where in the debate should they go (beginning, end)?

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?