Tuesday,+February+14

Bell Ringer: Walk Through the Blog Responses
Find someone that answered each of the questions you answered on your blog post from last time. Comment on at least 2 of these people's posts.

Turn in your 10 DIDLS journals for your nonfiction lit circle read.

Looking at Arguments
Read a few sample argument essays. Notice structure.

The following exerpt is from George Orwell's essay "The Sporting Spirit," published in 1945:
====I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympics, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles... At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare.====

Upcoming Deadlines!
Tuesday, February 14- 10 DIDLS journal entries Thursday, February 16- Revised style analysis (from timed writes) Thursday, February 23- Columnist Evaluation on Blog/Portfolio of all 4 columns and print copy of blog post