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