Check out these resources and articles related to the #enough MS 51 Walkout happening on March 14.

https://room116ela.blogspot.com/2018/03/round-table-discussion-gun-control-and.html

For extra credit, pick one article and write a response to it.

Here are some guiding questions...

What do you already know and feel about what's happening? What questions do you still have?

What in these articles strikes you? moves you? saddens you? confuses you? frightens you? angers you?

When do you find yourself resisting any of these texts?

What confirms, challenges, or changes your thinking?

And some further, more specific questions:

Is civil disobedience effective? Will the Walkout accomplish anything, and why or why not, and if so, what? Where do you stand on the gun control debate and why? Are the messages and demands students are making clear and sensible? Whose voices should or should not be represented in this debate, and why?

Powerful, Amazing Argument Essays!

Jaslin writes about why she thinks the consumption of meat is inhumane.

However, Lucy, a vegetarian, creates a complex and compelling argument in support of the consumption of meat.

Sabine makes a passionate and powerful argument for the rights of professional athletes to kneel during the national anthem.

Rajhasree also, in a beautifully crafted piece, defends athletes who kneel.

Linus argues for the implementation of police body cameras.

Ari writes a convincing case that social media's influence is "picking and tearing"at the way humans have communicated for centuries. 

How To Google Better

Found this and wanted to share...  Make your research easier and more precise with these Google tricks!

http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/#Jv_d7LnmwsqE

Checklist for Evaluating Internet Sources

Name______________________________________ 

Partner’s Name______________________________

Source Title _________________________________________________________

Peer Evaluation Checklist for Sources

Who’s in Charge?  (Determine Authority)

Can you find the name of the organization that created the website, the publisher of the book, or the magazine or newspaper the article is from?

______________________________________________________________________________

Are you telling me the truth?  (Determine Accuracy)

Who is the author of this particular text?

______________________________________________________________________________

Are there facts cited?  Does the author say where s/he got his/her info?

______________________________________________________________________________

Is the information current enough for the topic being researched?  Why or why not?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Why is this writer someone to be trusted?  (What’s his/her job title, credentials, etc.?)

______________________________________________________________________________

Are you selling me something? (Determine Motivation)

Is there an obvious bias?  Or is the info fair and balanced?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Is this an appropriate source for your partner’s research, or could there be an ulterior motive to this text?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

TIME TO USE COMMON SENSE!  Is there anything at all that makes this source seem unreliable in any way?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All-Star Mentor Reading Responses to "Ashes" and "Faithful Elephants"

Rajhasree's post!
http://18rpaul.blogspot.com/2017/10/reading-response-faithful-elephants.html

Noa's post!
http://18ncostom.blogspot.com/2017/10/ashes-reading-response.html

Ari's post!
http://18arousakis.blogspot.com/2017/10/reading-response-to-ashes.html

Daniel's post!
http://18daaraoreisartu.blogspot.com/2017/10/faithful-elephants-reading-response.html

Ryan's post!
http://18rkearns.blogspot.com/2017/10/reading-response-to-ashes-by-susan-beth.html

Trevor's post!
http://18tlane.blogspot.com/2017/10/ashes.html

Clementine's post!
http://18celorriaga.blogspot.com/2017/10/ashes-by-susan-beth-pfeffer-literary.html

Sabine's post!
http://18sgoldberg.blogspot.com/2017/10/ashes-response.html

Sam's post!
http://18sfranklin.blogspot.com/2017/10/faithful-elephants.html

Possible Focuses for a Non-Fiction Reading Response

- Author's bias, and how you know
- Images/Imagery, especially repeated ones that become symbolic
-Whose perspective is included/Who is quoted and whose isn't, and why
-Author's tone
-Word choice and how it affects readers
-Relationships between claims and counterclaims
-Evidence the author uses to prove point
-Significance of small details
-Author's purpose
-Audience and why

-Unpack lines that use loaded words

-Analyze the emotional effect the author intends

-Author’s use of evidence

-Analyze the portrayals of people and objects/ topics in the text

-Whose perspective is included/excluded and why

-Main idea and supporting ideas

-Treatment of controversial issues

-Tone/attitude of the author

-Repetition and purpose

-Rhetorical devices

-Text to world connections/how the text fits into larger topics

-Figurative language and its effects

Due Dates for Reading Responses 2017 - 2018

Ways to Plan a Reading Response - Compiled list of 803, 812, and 813's ideas

803's Ideas:
-List ideas for each paragraph-Create a web or chart-Choose your evidence/quotes
-Plan your topic sentences (supporting ideas)
-Read story again considering your claim, maybe add annotations
-Free-write a little about each piece of evidence
-Decide on the order of ideas/quotes
-Look back at annotations, synthesis page, notebook
-Try out a few different hooks
-Create a traditional outline (I, II, III, A, B, C)
-Create a boxes and bullets outline

812's Ideas:

-Create a “boxes and bullets” outline

-Plan your topic sentences

-Finalize your claim

-Choose your quotes

-Create a plot mountain

-Review your annotations – highlight ones that are relevant to your claim

-Draft a few possible hooks

-Plan your body paragraphs

-List ideas to include in each paragraph

-Recheck the rubric

-Plan text-to-world connection for conclusion

-Align your evidence with your claim; revise claim if necessary

-Make a traditional outline (I, II, III, a, b, c)

-Create webs

813's Ideas
-Create a “boxes and bullets” outline

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-Choose your evidence/quotes

-Draft a few possible hooks

-Make a list of ideas to include

-Decide what ideas go in what paragraphs

-List other details from the text

-Re-check the rubric

-Add more annotations to the text (related to claim)

-Reread the story/text

-Plan your topic sentences

-Start selecting transitions

All-star synthesis pages on "Ashes" and "Faithful Elephants" from Round 1!!

Synthesis Page All-Star Mentors

Here are some synthesis pages from the past!  Emulate them for your next synthesis page!