1.  Copy the “Independent Work”  Complete the “Do Now”  Copy the “Mini-Lesson”  Actively Listen to the “Model”  Complete “ Active Word Work”  Quick Assessment  Return to “Independent Work” defend position/stance  Prepare for the mini-Starbucks

2. QUICKWRITE…  Prepare to debate ONE of the following prompt. Agree or Disagree?  Plan out and discuss your position with clear reasons and specific examples (in your notebook).  Use ALL 5 relevant words from the LIST in your QUICKWRITE response.  STARBUCKS A. The death penalty is justified because the threat of being put to death stops people from committing violent crimes. OR B. The death penalty is not justified because it is never right to kill another human being, no matter what he or she did.

3.  The issue about the death penalty is a worldly “hot” topic. This debate extends beyond state and national interest. Analyze the media clip.  Use the 3-columns-chart (Original Thoughts--- Facts---Questions) to jot your thinking.  Prepare for Starbucks.

4. REMEMBER TO BECOME SOPHISTICATED READERS & WRITERS, YOU MUST ACTIVELYUSE THE TERMS TO LEARN THE TERMS. ML : Strong readers investigate ELA ACADEMIC vocabulary words.  advocates  contrary  prohibit  release  reverse

5. Advocates of the death penalty say that the threat of being punished by death stops people from committing violent crimes. They also contend that the death penalty helps murder victims’ families find peace.

6. Now you try...write your "plug-in" word (synonym) on a post-it. Those who take the contrary position argue that the death penalty does not lower rates of violent crime.

7. Read the following statement; using context clues and the plug- in strategy, which term would BEST be synonymous for the underlined vocabulary term. Those who take the contrary position argue that the death penalty does not lower rates of violent crime. These death penalty opponents also point out that in some cases, innocent people have been sentenced to death. After further investigation their sentences were reversed. For example, DNA testing showed that some people had not committed crimes they were accused of committing, so they were released from prison. a. upturned b. upright c. wrong side up d. inverted

8. QUICKWRITE…  Prepare to debate ONE of the following prompt. Agree or Disagree?  Plan out and discuss your position with clear reasons and specific examples (in your notebook).  Use ALL 5 relevant words from the LIST in your QUICKWRITE response.  STARBUCKS A. The death penalty is justified because the threat of being put to death stops people from committing violent crimes. OR B. The death penalty is not justified because it is never right to kill another human being, no matter what he or she did.