Today: Final: 2nd Q Final: Weds. 1/25 finals workshop Fri and Monday Thurs. 1 /19 English 8 TODAY’S SLIDES WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE Final: 2nd Q Final: Weds. 1/25 finals workshop Fri and Monday Today: Mechanics: finish checking Adjectives Finish Cowboy poetry poster “When A Horse Hoof Hits the Ground” collect and grade dodecahedrons make-ups workshop TIME PERMITTING: begin Writing Arguments

Directions (don’t copy this onto your poster) Study the poem, re-read it all Choose three images; your favorite, your 2nd favorite, your 3rd favorite; Make the poster around your favorite Write this: Imagery: (write definitiion beside it, Copy the stanza with your favorite image: from Literary Terms sheet ) _________________________ _________________________ (Highlight the image word(s) in the stanza) Poster Project: due in class Tues. 1/17 Name _______________ Per ________ Date __________ Draw and color the most important detail of your favorite image. If a caption will help the viewer understand your picture, then, write a caption (write this out like this) My choices: My second choice was _________________________________. My third choice was ______________________. My first choice was better because ______________ _______________________________________

DONE? Finish Cowboy Poetry poster, fold in half, hand in DONE? Workshop missing assignments All in? All made up? Look at Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Want to try the Grade Level or the Accelerated?

Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Step 1. My Point of view: Name __________________________ Per ________________ Date __________ Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Grade Level Choose one of these pairs of arguments to write about.. Take either side as your point of view. Responsible teens should be allowed to get a Driver’s License at age 14. No, they should not: they’re not responsible until age 17. Getting a Driver’s License should only be allowed for students with straight A’s or who play a sport. No, but other proof of responsibility should be required. Step 1. My Point of view: “I believe that ___________________ should _______________________ because ______________________. Step 2. My best argument for this is: _My evidence is______________________________ _______________________________ Step 3. Other people disagree with this, they say (now give the other side’s argument): ____________________________________ Step 4. However, they are wrong because (first answer their argument, then restate your argument): _____________________________________________________________________________

Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Accelerated Name __________________________ Per ________________ Date __________ Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Accelerated Make up your own set of arguments. For example: Commercial livestock raising amounts to cruelty to animals and should be outlawed, versus… Public school should be abolished and no one should have to go to school. Only people with property should be allowed to vote. Step 1. My Point of view: _________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________. Step 2. My best argument for this is: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Step 3. Other people disagree with this , they say: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Step 4. However, they are wrong because: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Accelerated Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Name __________________________ Per ________________ Date __________ Accelerated Writing Practice: Making a Good Argument Make up your own set of arguments. For example: Commercial livestock raising amounts to cruelty to animals and should be outlawed, versus… Public school should be abolished and no one should have to go to school. Only people with property should be allowed to vote. Step 1. My Point of view: _________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________. Step 2. My best argument for this is: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Step 3. Other people disagree with this , they say (give the other side’s argument): ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Step 4. However, they are wrong because (first answer their argument, then restate your argument): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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