November 16, 2015

We began class with 15 minutes of independent reading time. I passed A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court on to a student who wanted to read Mark Twain and switched to The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

For our Writer's Notebook entry, we read and annotated "How To Get Students To Stop Using Their Cellphones in Class" and wrote a 1/2 page response to the article.

We finished/reviewed our Persuasive Techniques notes (p 634) from Friday and searched for and shared commercials that employ the techniques we discussed. We continued taking notes on persuasion from page 636. Then we went back to the beginning of the unit to take notes over argument, starting on page 632. (Absent students can access the online textbook using the instructions on Classroom under "About." Check your notes with mine or another student's when you return!)

Don't forget your "Messages" essay is due tomorrow!

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