Monday,+January+9

media type="custom" key="12042067" Results media type="custom" key="12042073" Results media type="custom" key="12042079" Results media type="custom" key="12042087" Results media type="custom" key="12042097" Results media type="custom" key="12042101" Results media type="custom" key="12042103" Results media type="custom" key="12042111" Results

media type="youtube" key="AIZv9yj1zNk" height="315" width="560" =Essential Question: How do the values of sports affect the way we see ourselves? =

Group Discussion- Sports: Pros and Cons
Brainstorm on post it notes to put on class charts.
 * How can sports have a positive impact on society?
 * How can sports have a negative impact on society?

**Guiding Questions:**

 * Is society’s attraction to professional athletes healthy?
 * Why do we idolize professional athletes, and what makes an athlete an appropriate role model? (Ex. Tim Tebow, Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, Pete Rose, Pat Tillman)
 * Can sports encourage unhealthy narcissism and dangerous habits?
 * At what point does an interest in sports become an unhealthy obsession?
 * What lessons can be learned on the playing field that can better society?
 * How can the dynamics of sports mirror real life?
 * What is society’s fascination with sports and athletes?
 * What role does gender play? Is a fascination with sports only a male phenomenon?

Discuss any of these questions in your groups for 5 minutes. Share with the class a BRIEF summary of your conclusions.

So What's the Plan?
Big Skill: Argument Required Text: Ch.8 //The Language of Composition// (Bedford/St. Martin's) Supplemental Text: Copy Ch.9: "Deduction, Induction, and Fallacies" //Current Issues and Enduring Questions// (Bedford/St. Martin's)

Independent Reading Assignments:
 * Following a columnist- Follow a columnist for a few weeks, reading and taking detailed notes for 4 columns. Choose one of the columns to evaluate in a well written blog post. (Rubric and detailed instructions/timeline to come...) Select your columnist by Wednesday!
 * Lit Circle- Choose a nonfiction book to read with a group of 3-5 students. This may be informative, argumentative, biographical, memoir, whatever... Do 10 journal entries focusing on style. Think DIDLS. 3 Graded Lit Circle Discussions

// Have title and group selected by Friday! // 1 timed write per week, peer grade Every 3 weeks, select 1 to revise and turn in.
 * Timed Writing:

Library Time
Go to the library or peruse my nonfiction shelf to look for lit circle titles. NY Times Bestsellers List Nonfiction on Goodreads.com