---
title: "11.26.07"
date: 2007-11-26
url: https://learningischange.com/2007/11/26/112607/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 11.26.07

Core 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.
- Use the resources at [MiddleSchoolDebate.com to practice making Arguments.](http://www.middleschooldebate.com/resources/curriculumcenter.htm)

- 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?

- Extensions:
- Read the discussion (from Wallingford, Conn.) going on at [Discourse about Discourse: Should Students Come To Class?](http://yongesonne.edublogs.org/2007/11/06/why-should-students-come-to-class/) From your own 30-minute-expert session, write up your own opinion.

Core 2:

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

- Extension:

- Finish chapter 8 for Wednesday.

Core 3:

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

- Construct a “Shrek-like” organizer.

- Extensions:
- “Study” for MOV quiz on Friday.

Core 4:

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

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