1. No More Pep Rallies
By Etta Kralovec

2. What is the importance of extracurricular activities
What is the importance of extracurricular activities? What do music, chess, drama, or basketball teach students?
Quick Write

3. Topic
Position
Organization of text
Rhetorical devices
Commonplace assertion
Reasons(support)
Was this piece successful in persuading the audience?

4. 1. What is Kralovec’s thesis
1. What is Kralovec’s thesis? What solution does she offer to the problem that is at the heart of her thesis?
2. What is Kralovec’s purpose?
3. How does Kralovec organize her essay? (look in folders for notes on organizational patterns)
4. What evidence does Kralovec use to prove her point?

5. Do you agree or disagree with Kralovec that extracurricular activities should be privatized?