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12.04.07

Core 1: Brainstorming Write-on: How will you know which points to refute in which ways while the debate is going on? What is a Flow Sheet? What should you write on it? What kinds of codes/shorthand can you create for yourself? Practice a flow sheet with the Video of Television …

12.3.07

Core 1: Select-on: Read your thesis statement options to three other students. Have them rate the statement based upon three criteria: Provability Interest Originality Come together and discuss the thesis statements and their influence on your final essay for the quarter. Get out the direct refutation and ARE argumentation packets. …

11.30.07

Cores 1-4: Take the spelling bee written exam. Cores 1+4: Discuss your second multi-cultural novel using the handout as a guide. Extensions: Write out a few thesis statements that you think will work for your second essay, so that we can check them on Monday. Core 2: Watch Save Darfur …

11.29.07

Core 4: Solved: Online schools provide a more authentic learning environment than traditional ones. Your 30-Minute-Expert Resources link is here. You can also take a look at my blog post about the issue. My Sub Plans are Here.

11.28.07

Core 1: Write-on: What is the benefit of defending a position you do not personally believe in within a formal debate? Choose-on: On a notecard, please write your top 3 choices of the following debate topics (and proposition or opposition) you would be most interested in being a part of. …

11.27.07

Core 1: Vote-on: Which of the following debate topics will be the student selected debate? Solved: New Orleans should be relocated. Solved: The internet is a bad influence on children. Solved: Video games should be considered a sport. Solved: Everyone should know how to swim. Solved: The government should aggressively …

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. Are the opinions you have been voicing in your 30-minute-expert sessions arguments? …

11.20.07

Core 1: Solved: Online schools provide a more authentic learning environment than traditional ones. Your 30-Minute-Expert Resources link is here. You can also take a look at my blog post about the issue. My sub plans are here.

11.16.07

Core 1 Write-on: Why do libraries matter? Read the two contrasting articles on censorship in libraries. What facts do these two articles use in order to prove their sides of the issue? How are these articles both like and dislike a formal debate? Based upon the information, what is the …