Wednesday,+September+21

Today's Announcements:

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



Bell Ringer: Language Workshop
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Discussion
You have addressed questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 from Questions on Rhetoric and Style on pgs.108-109 in your annotations. Discuss responses as a class.

Socratic Seminar
You should have spent some time thinking about Questions for Discussion 1, 4, and 5 and Suggestions for Writing 1 and 5. Use questions and responses as your starting point for discussion.
 * Remember the cards from last year- Pose questions! Follow up! Take it to the text!
 * Divide into inside/outside circles.
 * 2 rounds of 7 minutes
 * Outside circle- You know you can't talk, but you can tweet! Use your smart phone or mini to take the conversation to another level on my Twub. You will have to log in to Twitter.

Mini-Lesson: Tone Thesis
media type="custom" key="10539530" Remember: Tone + Purpose On a teacher-created Google Doc, claim a row and craft your tone thesis! Samples (These are from last year on a different essay.)

Homework
Look at Suggestions for Writing questions 1 and 5. Respond to one of these prompts in a well-written blog post. Label it "Education". Have this posted by Tuesday! I'm going to take a look at journals next time! Heads up!