February 7, 2016

Objective:  I can make connections with my argumentative goals/techniques sheet(blue toolkit) and the “Gun Debate Explained” article.

BW:  Copy the questions for the next segment of the PBS Newtown Divided documentary.

Activities:

  1.  Share out:  Whom does Scott Ostrovsky blame for complaints about his gun shooting practice?  What did the ordinance restrict?  etc.
  2. Review answers for yesterday’s homework.
  3. Independent reading:  Answer 6-10 of the “Gun Debate Explained” worksheet.
  4. Teacher models how to apply the “Asking Questions” technique for argumentation(tools handout) by finding each golden line to the questions posed by the sub-topic titles in “Where does the American Public Stand?” and identifying the corresponding goal on the flip side of the tools handout.
  5. Think Pair/Share:  Complete this process for the next two sub-topic questions.
  6. Reminder:  Make-up work for Friday’s rhetorical analysis of “The Sound of Silence” is after school today.  Work must be completed by 3 pm.  HW:  Complete the process for “Asking Questions” and identifying goals for the remaining three sub-topics of the article “Gun Debate Explained.”