Today's Writer's Notebook entry is a free entry: students may write or draw whatever they like. When they finished their entry, students completed the Writer's Notebook Check #5 form (also posted on Classroom). They used the remaining time to read.
One of our previous notebook entries asked students to write about an object or device that has outlived its usefulness. I made a list of their responses and read them to the class, and then we listened to a podcast from NPR about the penny. While Americans tend to love the penny and want to keep it, there are many people who believe that the penny is no longer useful. We explored other articles about this topic: one from Forbes, the list near the middle of this page on Money Crashers, and another from NPR. (Here's an article we didn't have time for in class that talks about penny hoarders. Listen to it if you can!)
At the end of class, I asked students to consider the things they said had outlived their usefulness and decide as a group on one object/device. We'll be working with that topic next week.
The Argument and Persuasion test is Wednesday, 12/16. I'll be talking more about the test on Monday.
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