Today, we had a debate on whether we think video games have a positive or negative impact on today’s youth. I was extremely impressed with the points the students were making and the high respect they had for each other’s thoughts and ideas! Plus, it was fun! During our second round of Daily 5, students wrote out the Article of the Week’s claim, evidence, and reasoning response. Some students did not finish and had to take home. The sentence stems I provided them were:

The author believes _____________________________. (claim)  In the text they state _____________________________. (evidence #1, use quotations if you directly quote the article) They also say _____________________________.  (evidence #2, use quotations if you directly quote the article)   Simon believes that this is important because _____________________________. (reasoning, how does this evidence tie to their claim, what’s the relationship?)

They may use these or their own complete sentences to finish their response. I will collect on Monday for a formative grade.

Homework

• Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading log!
• Have a great weekend!

Reminder:   NO SCHOOL TUESDAY (Students ONLY) – Election Day