Mon. 5/4/15

Learning Target:

• Understand the context behind an issue for debate

Work Collected:

• Weekly reading check-in (orange form) for week 7

Work Assigned/Handed Out:

• Debate packet: p. 1-2
• Library books due Friday
• Handout: debate packets

Summary of Class:

• Read for ten minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet (last check-in for the year)
  
• Complete a weekly reading check-in (orange form) for week 7 (last reflection for the year)
• Handout: debate packets

• p. 8: Format for debates
• p. 1-2 Introduction to your topic
• Topics assigned by Mrs. Boyden (based on last week's survey)
• Write down your assigned question (p. 1 box #1)
• Write down your opinion about the issue (p. 1 box #2)
• Read background information on the issue
• Find sources in SIRS or EBSCO (mvlibrary.mountvernon.k12.ia.us > Online Resources)
• Get category to click on from Mrs. Boyden
• Read and summarize the overall issue, the "yes" side, and the "no" side
• p. 2 #3-7
• This is homework if you are not done in class