Debates

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

We still have a few more debates to go. When we are done, you will make sure that you have shared your written part of the assignment with me.  Let's finish today!

1. Debate --Follow the format in the debate.

Period 1:
1.  The Death Penalty
2.  Marijuana's classification as schedule 1 drug
3.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
4.  Should the KKK be allowed to march in a city-wide parade?
5.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
6.  Should it be "Black Lives Matter or "All Lives Matter"?
7.  Should transgender individuals use the restroom of their
     gender identity?
8.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?

PERIOD 5 --Today, you will complete the written portion of the debate.  You have already shared this document with me, but if you haven't, do so today!

Period 5:
1.  Should the U.S. build a wall at the Mexican border?
2.  Pro-life vs. Pro-Choice
3.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
4.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
5.  Sea World
6. Doctor Assisted Suicide
7.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?
8.  Should It Be Legal to Burn the American Flag?

Debates

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

We still have a few more debates to go. When we are done, you will make sure that you have shared your written part of the assignment with me.

1. Debate --Follow the format in the debate.

Period 1:
1.  The Death Penalty
2.  Marijuana's classification as schedule 1 drug
3.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
4.  Should the KKK be allowed to march in a city-wide parade?
5.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
6.  Should it be "Black Lives Matter or "All Lives Matter"?
7.  Should transgender individuals use the restroom of their
     gender identity?
8.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?

PERIOD 5 -- There should be absolute quiet when classmates are debating.  Please do not have me remind you of that today.  Debaters, your claims should be supported with EVIDENCE! You will receive a low grade if I see you talking off the top of your head!

Period 5:
1.  Should the U.S. build a wall at the Mexican border?
2.  Pro-life vs. Pro-Choice
3.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
4.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
5.  Sea World
6. Doctor Assisted Suicide
7.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?
8.  Should It Be Legal to Burn the American Flag?

Debates

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Debate --Follow the format in the debate.

Period 1:
1.  The Death Penalty
2.  Marijuana's classification as schedule 1 drug
3.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
4.  Should the KKK be allowed to march in a city-wide parade?
5.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
6.  Should it be "Black Lives Matter or "All Lives Matter"?
7.  Should transgender individuals use the restroom of their
     gender identity?
8.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?

PERIOD 5 -- There should be absolute quiet when classmates are debating.  Please do not have me remind you of that today.  Debaters, your claims should be supported with EVIDENCE! You will receive a low grade if I see you talking off the top of your head!

Period 5:
1.  Should the U.S. build a wall at the Mexican border?
2.  Pro-life vs. Pro-Choice
3.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
4.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
5.  Sea World
6. Doctor Assisted Suicide
7.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?
8.  Should It Be Legal to Burn the American Flag?

Debates

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Debate -- Yesterday, I said that we would go in the order of the groups listed.  The topics are as follows in the order of the debates:

Period 1:
1.  The Death Penalty
2.  Marijuana's classification as schedule 1 drug
3.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
4.  Should the KKK be allowed to march in a city-wide parade?
5.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
6.  Should it be "Black Lives Matter or "All Lives Matter"?
7.  Should transgender individuals use the restroom of their
     gender identity?
8.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?

Period 5:
1.  Should the U.S. build a wall at the Mexican border?
2.  Pro-life vs. Pro-Choice
3.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
4.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
5.  Sea World
6. Doctor Assisted Suicide
7.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?
8.  Should It Be Legal to Burn the American Flag?





 

Debate Research

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. CHROMEBOOKS -- Please get your assigned Chromebook when you arrive.  


2. Debate Topic --You have today to complete your research for evidence for your topic.  We will begin the debates tomorrow.  All groups will be ready.  I suggest that you have your notes on index cards or another means that is helpful to you in the debate. 

Written Part:  Please create a Google Doc and name it Period ___
Debate.  Share it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).  Follow the rubric that I gave you. Please include a heading on the first page.  The second page is "Works Cited."  NOTE: I will give you time after the debates to finish this document that you share with me.

HEADING:       Name
                         Ms. Baltrushes
                         Advanced English 3-4
                         24 February 2017

HOMEWORK:  Research on your debate topic

Debate Research

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. CHROMEBOOKS -- Please get your assigned Chromebook when you arrive.  


2. Debate Topic --You have today and tomorrow to research evidence for your topic.  We will begin the debates on Thursday.  

Written Part:  Please create a Google Doc and name it Period ___
Debate.  Share it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).  Follow the rubric that I gave you. Please include a heading on the first page.  The second page is "Works Cited."

HEADING:       Name
                         Ms. Baltrushes
                         Advanced English 3-4
                         24 February 2017

HOMEWORK:  Research on your debate topic

Debate Topic Research

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. CHROMEBOOKS -- Please get your assigned Chromebook when you arrive.  


2. Debate Topic -- Your preparation for the debate requires research for evidence to support your position.  

Be sure to record the information from the site that you used. A good way to do that is to create a document and name it "Works Cited."   Use easybib.com to get the proper MLA formatted citation.  The following is an example:

Koseffakoseff@sacbee.com, Alexei. "California Senate Gives 10 Percent Raises to 71 Employees to Close Gender Pay Gap." Sacbee. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017. 


NOTE:  We should be ready to begin the debates by next THURSDAY.


HOMEWORK:  Research on your debate topic

Debate Research

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1.  Independent  Reading -- Please read for a bit before we get started.   

2. Debate Topic -- Yesterday you chose a debate group and topic.  Today, I am giving you the debate assignment, the debate format, and a sample of a Works Cited page. Your preparation for the debate requires research for evidence to support your position.  

Be sure to record the information from the site that you used. A good way to do that is to create a document and name it "Works Cited."  Then paste the citation information into that document. Your group has made a decision about who will take the PRO and CON positions.  Today we will begin the research.

Koseffakoseff@sacbee.com, Alexei. "California Senate Gives 10 Percent Raises to 71 Employees to Close Gender Pay Gap." Sacbee. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017. 



HOMEWORK:  Research on your debate topic

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1.  Independent  Reading -- Please read for a bit before we get started.  

2.  Article -- "The Importance of College: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy"
     Assignment:  You have written a response and a statement of the argument of this article.  I will collect.

3.  Choosing a debate topic and debate group. I think it might work best if you chose your debate group first and then selected a topic.  NOTE:  As soon as you select the topic, you need to let me know because no other group can select that topic. 

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading  

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1.  Independent  Reading -- Please read for a bit before we get started.  

2. Article -- "Colorado Voices: A different path to prosperity"
You completed a handout for this article, including a written response.  At the end of the article after your reflection, write a statement of the argument in this article.

3.  Article -- "The Importance of College: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy"
     Assignment:  Following the article write a response and a statement of the argument in the article


Current Issues

Homework:  Complete the article we started in class.

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1.  Independent  Reading -- Please read for a bit before we get started.  

2.  Articles -- We have read three articles that have been on very current issues.  These articles have presented an argument and you are free to differ in your position.  However, before doing that it is important that you know what the text is saying -- to be able to identify main ideas.  THEN (and only then) are you appropriately equipped to make a counter-argument.  The assignments that I have asked you to do have been to recognize these main ideas -- to be accurately knowledgeable of the issue from a particular position.

3.  Article:  "Colorado Voices: A different path to prosperity"
    Assignment: Handout

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1.  Independent  Reading -- Please read for a bit before we get started.  

2.   "Mexico's a great neighbor . . ."  -- You completed the assignment on this article, and I will collect after review.
NAFTA
NAFTA

3.  Defining Argument (handout)


HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Articulation

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 Articulation today in the library

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Articulation tomorrow

 1. Independent Reading -- Today we will resume independent reading at the beginning of the period.

2.  Article -- "Why the Women's March may be the start of a serious social movement"
    Review of your questions and I will collect

3.  Article -- "Mexico's a great neighbor, but we could turn it into a bad one"
    Assignment: Questions (handout)-- please complete for homework.  It will be due on Thursday because of articulation tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

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Argument

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 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

"Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." 

 1. Independent Reading -- Today we will resume independent reading at the beginning of the period.

2.  Article -- "Why the Women's March may be the start of a serious social movement"
    Assignment:  Write ten questions in the margins with answers.  
                          Number the questions and answers.
                          At the end, state the argument of this article.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to    
  breathe free,  

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:  

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 

                                                               Emma Lazarus 


NOTE:  Independent Reading Book for Monday.

Please get your assigned Chromebook and wait for instructions.
 Clever Reading Test
(clever.com/in/sdusd) 

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to    
  breathe free,  

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:  

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 

                                                               Emma Lazarus 


1.  Article --  You have written 15 questions and answers on "How to Lose the War on Terror" -- 5 per page.  At the end of the article, state the argument of the article. (How do we lose the war on terror?)

2.  Defining Argument (handout)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book 

Argument

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,  

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:  

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 

                                                               Emma Lazarus 

 Article -- In a second reading of "How to Lose the War on Terror" you will write 15 questions and answers to your questions in the margin -- write 5 questions for the second, third, and fourth page.  At the end of the article, state the argument of the article. (How do we lose the war on terror?)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book