09/11,12/19 — Block Day
Post date: Sep 13, 2019 12:2:22 PM
Unit 1 Skill Focus
1.A READING: Identify and describe components of the rhetorical situation: the exigence, audience, writer, purpose, context, and message.
3.A READING: Identify and explain claims and evidence within an argument.
4.B READING: Identify and describe the overarching thesis of an argument and any indication it provides of the argument's structure.
4.B WRITING: Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.
4.A WRITING: Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.
Homework:
1. Finish finish the Google Classroom assignment "50 Essays: BRENT STAPLES Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space" and submit by 11:59, Monday.
Outcome Objective:
1. Peer review and submit argument pieces
2. Work toward completing the "50 Essays: BRENT STAPLES Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space" assignment which is found on Google Classroom.
First Thing:
1. Get a Chromebook from up front and open your argument piece.
Agenda:
1. Peer review of arguments while using the argument rubric — student examples with which to practice
2. Submit arguments and read Brent Staples's essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"
3. Work toward completing the attending assignment in Google Classroom