Wednesday,+February+1

Bell Ringer: 3 Tone Words and a Power Verb!
Write a sentence that illustrates each on a sentence strip. Pin these sentences to the board under the word for each.
 * Pedantic- overly concerned with minute details, especially in teaching; ostentatious in one's learning
 * Audacious- recklessly bold or daring
 * Elegiac- expressing sorrow or lamentation
 * Epitomize- serve as a typical example of; typify

By the way... Check out this [|website]! Opposing viewpoints on the arguments you planned last time.

Mini-Lesson: Logical Fallacies
Arguments fall apart when the reasoning behind them is not sound. Discuss the fallacies on your handout.

Evaluating an Argument
Read "[|In Cutting Sports Funding, Everyone Loses]" Use the checklist to evaluate this argument. Decide the author's thesis and examine the reasoning behind it.

Homework
Read [|"To Strengthen America's Public Education System, Cut School Sports"]

Time to weigh in! Click the [|link to the discussion board]. Choose 2 threads to comment in with a prepared response and 1 thread to respond to your peers. You should have a total of 3 posts.