Notes, Research, and Planning

by | Dec 11, 2009 | Update

First and seventh periods completed notes about persuasive techniques. We’ll be applying those techniques next week as we begin our mini-project on persuasive writing. Second period began researching for the project. Fourth period looked at issues of...

Persuasion and Research

by | Dec 9, 2009 | Update

First and seventh periods presented their persuasive presentations to see who would win the bit of free time at the end of their class on Monday. We also watched a clip of Derren Brown, the absolute master of persuasion. Second period went over persuasive techniques....

Persuasion and Newspaper Articles

by | Dec 8, 2009 | Update

First and seventh periods prepared persuasive presentations as part of a two-day anticipatory set for our very short persuasive writing unit. They prepared persuasive arguments in an effort to win a bit of free time at the end of class next week. Second period is one...
Editing Maslow

Editing Maslow

by | Feb 6, 2009 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods used the sentence revision techniques we’ve worked on during the week to revise their persuasive essay on capital punishment. Additionally, students began double-checking that they’d supplied three arguments in their...
Discussion and Editing

Discussion and Editing

by | Feb 5, 2009 | Update

First period did some small group work to complete the mini-unit of sentence revision that we’ve been working on this week. We’ll be applying all we’ve learned to our essays on capital punishment tomorrow. Second period had a guest teacher, and we...