1. Personal Choice Reading Get out your PCR book and read for 15-20 minutes Get out your PCR book and read for 15-20 minutes Remember, your reading program grade depends partially on your ability to be focused during this time without distracting others Remember, your reading program grade depends partially on your ability to be focused during this time without distracting others To meet our goal of 20 books this year, you should be starting your third book by now (or have read over 400 pages) To meet our goal of 20 books this year, you should be starting your third book by now (or have read over 400 pages)

2. Did anyone finish a book since last class?

3. Talk About Books… Talk to a partner about your journal entry from last night. Talk to a partner about your journal entry from last night. What did you journal about? What did you journal about? What symbol did you use? What symbol did you use? Be prepared to share what you talked about Be prepared to share what you talked about

4. This week: “Dress Code” Socratic Seminar Our 2 nd Socratic Seminar—the last major grade before the first grading period (Oct 17 th ) Our 2 nd Socratic Seminar—the last major grade before the first grading period (Oct 17 th ) You will be able to revise this one for a higher grade, but the revisions won’t show up until the next grading period. You will be able to revise this one for a higher grade, but the revisions won’t show up until the next grading period. In other words, do your best work the first time through! In other words, do your best work the first time through! Our Topic: Our Topic: SCHOOL DRESS CODES We will end this Socratic Seminar by writing a persuasive letter to Mr. Zagel about our school’s dress code policy!

5. Socratic Seminar Flowchart MONDAY: Pre-thinking : “Thinking in Questions” TUESDAY: Annotating Articles WED: Constructing Questions/Fin ding Evidence THURSDAY: The Socratic Seminar FRIDAY: Self- Evaluation & Pre-Writing NEXT WEEK: A letter to Principal Zagel

6. Annotating Articles We’ll have three (3) articles to work with this week. We’ll have three (3) articles to work with this week. Substantially mark up Article #1—NHS’s dress code policy and a few additional resources Substantially mark up Article #1—NHS’s dress code policy and a few additional resources Then substantially mark up either article #2 or article #3 (but read and be ready to talk about both) Then substantially mark up either article #2 or article #3 (but read and be ready to talk about both) If you are anti-dress code, mark up Article #2 If you are anti-dress code, mark up Article #2 If you are pro-dress code, mark up Article #3 If you are pro-dress code, mark up Article #3

7. Keep in mind… Remember, the stakes are higher… I’m expecting deeper connections to the texts Remember, the stakes are higher… I’m expecting deeper connections to the texts Just like math, “show your thinking” Just like math, “show your thinking” Questions (?) and Connections © are the most insightful symbols Questions (?) and Connections © are the most insightful symbols Think like a lawyer… highlight portions of the text you want to refer to during our discussion to make your point/express your point-of-view Think like a lawyer… highlight portions of the text you want to refer to during our discussion to make your point/express your point-of-view You may work in partners as long as you are on task—you should each produce your own UNIQUE papers. You may work in partners as long as you are on task—you should each produce your own UNIQUE papers. Be prepared to share some of your mark-ups out loud Be prepared to share some of your mark-ups out loud

8. Sharing Out… If I call your name at random, give us an example of how you marked up your text and why If I call your name at random, give us an example of how you marked up your text and why Use these examples to return to your text and mark it up more completely. Use these examples to return to your text and mark it up more completely. In our final minutes, make a plan for gathering your evidence. Some ideas… In our final minutes, make a plan for gathering your evidence. Some ideas… Interview a parent/grandparent/guardian Interview a parent/grandparent/guardian Find and print a related article online Find and print a related article online Tell (in detail) a personal experience and how it relates Tell (in detail) a personal experience and how it relates Do a survey of your friends/classmates Do a survey of your friends/classmates Write your name and evidence plan on a post-it Write your name and evidence plan on a post-it