Discussion & Research: Education, V, Non-Fiction
Please get into your reading groups. In the next 10 minutes, evaluate the book you read.
Around 8:30-8:35, please go to the lab to do the following assignments:
By the end of class today, you will have:
1. Met with your book groups and discussed your non-fiction book. There will be an open-book test on your chosen book next class. Please bring your books to next class.
2. Posted one response to a "new-to-you" topic on the CCTE forum, changing direction for a discussion by raising a question and/or uses evidence to support your reply.
3. Continued working on your portfolio & non-fiction project.
HOMEWORK: Complete your non-fiction book (Chew on This; The Other Wes Moore; The Undertaking). Consider the research techniques used in the book, the political or cultural significance of the book or its subject matter, and the craft of writing. There will be an open-book test next class. Continue reading V for Vendetta. Read as far as you'd like (some students have completed this reading, unable to put the book down.) As you read V for Vendetta, consider the political and cultural message(s) brought up by author Alan Moore. Why is this book filled with dangerous ideas?
Share your answers with your group.
- What section did you find most interesting?
- What section could you relate to most?
- What section can you relate your educational problems assignment(s) to most?
- What have you learned about writing non-fiction from reading this book?
Around 8:30-8:35, please go to the lab to do the following assignments:
1. Log on to the CCTE Forum. Read the new responses to your group's questions (if any). Take 5 minutes to read and think about what other voices have contributed to your question/discussion.By period 2, please switch gears to continue working on your non-fiction project (see previous post for details). Use period 2 to research, write, and complete creative responses for your portfolio. Use your time in the lab effectively.
2. Meet with your educational problems group. Discuss what you notice about the responses. Decide on 1-2 further or focusing questions that your "leader" can post as a reply or follow-up question to further the discussion.
3. Examine the list of educational problems in Cross Talk Week 2. Are there trends forming about certain topics? Are some issues more popular than others? Consider why.
4. Choose 1 area or question you have not yet posted a reply to. Write a response where you move the discussion in a different direction. If most replies agree, try to raise a question for the opposite view, for example. If you can use your own anecdotes or research to support what you say, you will be more convincing. Try to be more convincing. Even if you don't believe the opposite viewpoint, try to introduce it to balance the discussion.
5. Complete 1 reply post to any topic (barring your own groups) by the end of period 1 today.
By the end of class today, you will have:
1. Met with your book groups and discussed your non-fiction book. There will be an open-book test on your chosen book next class. Please bring your books to next class.
2. Posted one response to a "new-to-you" topic on the CCTE forum, changing direction for a discussion by raising a question and/or uses evidence to support your reply.
3. Continued working on your portfolio & non-fiction project.
HOMEWORK: Complete your non-fiction book (Chew on This; The Other Wes Moore; The Undertaking). Consider the research techniques used in the book, the political or cultural significance of the book or its subject matter, and the craft of writing. There will be an open-book test next class. Continue reading V for Vendetta. Read as far as you'd like (some students have completed this reading, unable to put the book down.) As you read V for Vendetta, consider the political and cultural message(s) brought up by author Alan Moore. Why is this book filled with dangerous ideas?
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