Wednesday,+December+7

Bell Ringer
Word Study: Find each word in today's text and annotate its meaning.
 * discredited
 * toiling
 * marginal
 * maimed
 * potent
 * expansiveness
 * undertow
 * tedium

Let's Look at Your Essays
Look at scores on your essays. Spend some time discussing these scores. If you would like to revise your essay for a higher score, you may do that before the end of next week.

Today's Text: "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" by Scott Russell Sanders
Read the essay silently. Complete the style analysis graphic organizer.

Share and Discuss
Share your graphic organizer with a small group. How would you write this essay?

Timed Write (40 minutes)
Write an essay analyzing Sanders's use of rhetoric in his discussion of gender roles.