Tuesday,+September+13

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==‍Guiding Questions: What is the purpose of education? Are schools achieving this purpose? ==

Bell Ringer: Word Study
You might want to use this link to Wordnik.com or to Dictionary.com
 * trifling
 * confute
 * vice
 * providential
 * eminent
 * taciturnity
 * contraband

Return and Discuss Open Response Questions
How did you do on your Target Test Open Response? Check out the student exemplars to see how your work compares.

Discuss HW Discussion Board
Let's look at where the conversation went and highlight some particularly great responses. Remember the rubric from this summer? How should we score a few of these?

Today's Anchor Text: "Education" by Ralph Waldo Emerson



 * With your "expert" groups, you read the first 9 paragraphs of this excerpt from "Education" last week. You then joined your "home" group to discuss the text.
 * As a group, discuss and answer questions 1, 2, 3, and 5 from "Questions on Rhetoric and Style" on pg.108-109 in your LOC book.
 * Class discussion of paragraphs 1-9

Modeling
Read paragraphs 10-12 Watch me annotate with Annotate.com

Independent Practice
Finish reading and annotating the essay. Looking specifically for style, annotate your essay in order to answer questions 4, 6, and 10 from "Questions on Rhetoric and Style" on pages 108-109 in your LOC book.

Homework
Look at Questions for Discussion 1, 4, and 5, and Suggestions for Writing 1 and 5 to prepare for a Socratic Seminar. Instead of last year's graphic organizer, have some notes ready for these questions.

Make sure you are reading and journaling!