English 8 Strategies began working on the fifth and final argument example in their project concerning when kids become adults. We used a modified version of this New York Times article and examined it for the claim and evidence provided.

Fourth period English I Honors students continued working on To Kill a Mockingbird and the accompanying work on the argument in the unit. Students worked to create a moral ranking of various characters before sharing and arguing with other students about their various rankings. We’ll be finishing this up tomorrow.

Sixth period students, who are working on Lord of the Flies, began the third topic we will be using to examine the book, in this case, Milgram’s famous Stanford experiment regarding authority and moral autonomy.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • fourth period: you need to be through chapter 21 of To Kill a Mockingbird;
  • sixth period complete the second Lord of the Flies workshop submission and turn in here (by tonight at midnight);
  • both periods: as per our discussion in class today, re-submit your Romeo and Juliet projects here. (Students who have not done this already will face a 20 point deduction for late work.)