Core 1:

1. Write-on: If I told you that there were three elements of any good argument, what would they be called? Create a workable acronym for them as well.
2. Use the resources at MiddleSchoolDebate.com to practice making Arguments.

• Are the opinions you have been voicing in your 30-minute-expert sessions arguments?
• Would the facts in your 30-minute-expert sessions fit into this type of structure?

• Read the discussion (from Wallingford, Conn.) going on at Discourse about Discourse: Should Students Come To Class? From your own 30-minute-expert session, write up your own opinion.

Core 2:

1. Write-on: If you were trying to change the world, how would you know if you were successful or not?
2. Introduce the Social Action Plan.
3. Discuss-On: Who should decide what gets taught in schools?
4. Read and Discuss Chapter 8:
   • What is the worst type of coercion displayed so far?
   • Why does T.J. “turn” on the Logans?
5. Extension:

• Finish chapter 8 for Wednesday.

Core 3:

1. Write-on: Is “happily ever after” a fictional creation or a representation of reality? Why?
2. Who gets a “happily ever after” in Act V of The Merchant of Venice?

• Construct a “Shrek-like” organizer.

• “Study” for MOV quiz on Friday.

Core 4:

1. Reflect-on: How was the “debate” you held while I was gone different from the debate that you designed (with diagram)?
2. Share out your diagrams on the document camera.
3. Test the most popular form out with “Solved: They mayor should have paid the Piper.”
4. What can we do differently/better next time?
5. Extensions:
   • Write out what kind of debate you believe are worth having.

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