Thursday,+February+9

Bell Ringer: Periodic Sentence
What is a Periodic Sentence?

Played shoeless on a green open field with no one keeping score and in a spirit of reckless abandon and laughter, **it's [football] a very different sport**.
 * Check out this example from "Kill 'Em! Crush 'Em! Eat 'Em Raw!" by John McMurtry:**

Notice that the main clause is in the end. This placement can sometimes be confusing to read, but it can also emphasize that main point. This structure is often used in classical writing and has a certain poetic flare. Just like inductive reasoning in an argument, a periodic sentence can also effectively give evidence or examples first, allowing the writer to give the main point only after the reader is "on board."

You try! **Write a periodic sentence of your own. So that we can stick to our topic, write this about sports. Any type of sports and any point of view!**

Teacher sample:
As the rain poured down on the crowd, drenching painted fans through bright ponchos and soaking the field so that mud sloshed up the legs of the beleaguered players, the game dragged into overtime.

Post your example on the discussion board!

Assignment: Evaluating an Argument
Anchor Text: "Kill 'Em! Crush 'Em! Eat 'Em Raw!" by John McMurty Choose 4 of the 8 questions. Write well-developed and thorough responses to these questions on a blog post. Make sure to type the question as well as your response for each. Title your post "Kill 'Em! Crush 'Em! Eat 'Em Raw!" and label it "sports."

Argument Free Response Question
This prompt will be a timed write next time. Let's spend some time talking about it now!

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!
Monday, February 13- 10 DIDLS journal entries Wednesday, February 15- Revised style analysis (from timed writes) Wednesday, February 22- Columnist Evaluation on Blog/Portfolio of all 4 columns and print copy of blog post