1. Do Now May 12
Sit in your new groups for the week and get out your binder and a textbook book:
Brenden/ Angelica
Kyara/Kaitlyn
Abijah/Emani
Sabryna/Elizabeth
Jason/Nazjae/Alex
Jenn/Kevin
Malik/Cheyenne
Crystal/ Chris
Jonathan/Jorge

2. Do Now May 12
Sit in your new groups for the week, grab your binder, and a textbook.
Lauren/Rodrick/Ariana
Aaron/Christian
Alahna/ Paola
Jordan/Piaja
Deshon/Alex/ Destiny
Jazmeen/Tifany
Juan/Dereck
Julio/Ashley
Shanta/Dennis

3. Epic-ly Standing Ground
Odyssey and Argument Week 3

4. Evidence of an Epic Hero
Create the following Chart in your Monday Section
Open to pp Read with your partner, finding evidence of Odysseus being a hero, and Cyclops being a bad person/monster.
Odysseus as Hero
Cyclops as Monster

5. Evidence of an Epic Hero
Watch Video (Minutes ) —again find the best evidence
Odysseus as Hero
Cyclops as Monster

6. Epic Simile: Lines What is being compared What it is compared to

7. Let’s Write Our Own:
Think of one experience in your freshman year. Think of what you can compare it to, and ways in which you can extend it:
Experience
What it compares to
Extending
Leaving school for open campus lunch
Like being pound dogs that have found a hole in the fence.
Everyone rushes toward the opening, struggling to get out first.
Pushing/fighting to get to the food places first.
Running off in several directions trying to leave premises first.

8. Homework:
Write a stanza about your experience, using your epic simile:
Be sure to provide us with a description of what happened with this experience.

9. Do Now May 13 Answer the following question in your Tuesday section:
Odysseus trespassed on the Cyclops land, ate his food, and got comfortable in his house without invitation. Did the Cyclops have the right to kill Odysseus or his men?

10. Proposed Thesis: The stand your ground law is a good idea.
Aff: Yes
Neg: No
Q: The law is good if certain measure are taken to fix it.
Judges:

11. Debate Order Today 3 mins extra prep time as you need it 5 minute prep
Aff Opening statement—2 min
Neg and Q Cross X Aff—2 min each
Neg Opening statement—2 min
Aff and Q Cross X Neg—2 min each
Q Opening Statement—2 min
Neg and Aff Cross X Q—2 min each
Q Rebuttle
Neg Rebuttle
Aff Rebuttle
3 mins extra prep time as you need it

12. Reading some arguments
We will read the Definition of Stand your ground as a class.
In groups, you will read your side’s answer
As a group come up with some claims
Then, come up with at least three pieces of backing:
One from the reading
One from the Odyssey
One from current events

13. Scoring 1 pt for every claim 1 pt for every warrant
1 pt for every piece of backing
1 pt each for answering any rebuttals/ questions against your claims
Minus 1 pt for a member of your group NOT talking
Minus 1 pt for talking while another group is speaking
Minus 1 pt for profanity or rudeness

14. Opening All other groups should take notes. State your thesis
Aff: Yes, Stand your ground is a good Idea
Neg: No, Stand your ground is bad idea
Q: The law will be a good idea if it is changed.
State your claims with their backing and warrants
Everyone should speak
All other groups should take notes.

15. Questions Prep for Rebuttal Look at your notes
Ask the group that spoke questions that challenge their claims
Prep for Rebuttal
Look at your notes
Jot down ways your opponents arguments might be weak.
Jot down how your argument is stronger

16. How did you score?

17. Three Things: 1 thing you learned. 1 thing you enjoyed
Three Things: thing you learned thing you enjoyed question you have

18. Quick Assessment Thursday, May 14
Prompt: Is the Stand your ground law a good idea?
Brainstorm it:
Thesis
Claim 1
Backing
Claim 2
Claim 3
Thesis
Claim 1
Claim 2
Claim 3
Backing
Backing
Backing

19. Benefits of an outline
You basically have thought of everything you are going to write.
You just have to follow it step by step
You will make sure you have all of the necessary content
You can move things around just by re-numbering

20. Outline it: Thesis Claim 1 Claim 2 Claim 3 Conclusion
No Full Sentences, But more detail!
Include the significance or importance
Include your warrants
Include your call to action
Thesis
_______________________________
Claim 1
Claim 2
Claim 3
Conclusion

21. Now write your own
Take your brainstorm and write a full outline of an essay.
For homework, actually write or type the essay neatly on another sheet of paper. Hand it in
with your full outline.

22. 1. Be sure I see your outline 2. Class Dojo