Today’s agenda:
- SSR
- Peer Review and Speech Check
- Library Info/Mini Lesson: Counter Argument
- Model Assembly Prep Time!
Hello East House! This is Yareli, and I’m going to be your scribe for the week.
Today was a pretty straight-forward day in English class. We started off with
SSR, as we usually do. Then, Mrs. Ortega went around seeing if we had brought
our peer reviews and a copy of our Pro Bill Speech. She also gave us
information about our visit to the library on Thursday. After, she gave us a
lesson on how to write counter arguments to include in our speeches. This week,
we received three separate grades that count towards the speech writing
component: First, we received credit for turning in a speech to turnitin.com.
We also received credit if we peer reviewed someone's paper. Note: If you
didn't get a peer review, tell Mrs. Ortega ASAP! Or else she won't you give you
credit. Today, we received credit for bringing both the peer review and
a copy of your speech. If you happened to forget to do any of these, your grade
lowered.
We, East
House, will be going to the library from 10:22 am to 12:30 pm on Thursday. Mrs.
Ortega advised that we arrive at the library no later than 10:35 am. We will
meet in the Second Floor, in room 2907. The purpose of this visit to the
library is to find senior project research to check out that way, we catch up
with research over winter break. You are being graded on bring your I-Poly I.D,
being there on time, and having proof of some sort of research by the end of
our visit to the library. During this time, Mrs. Ortega will meet with the
eight cities, and each group member will have to present their 3-minute
pro-speech for Ortega. She will be grading us on 1) Content; whether you do your
bill justice and effective use of logos, pathos, ethos and intros. 2) Delivery; make sure you use
dramatic appropriateness and expressiveness in your voice to persuade people to
vote for your bill. Honestly, just put emotion, but not too much. 3) Time; whether you meet the 2:45
to 3:00 time requirement. Guys, make sure you read and proofread your speeches.
Time yourselves; make sure you meet that 3-minute requirement. Read it to your
group members, they could offer valuable advice that could make your speech
better. Ask someone that is not in your group for help, they might give you a
more honest and genuine opinion since they don’t know your bill, they might
have some
Here are
the schedules for the speech presentation to Mrs. Ortega, I think those were
the schedules since I didn't hear Mrs. Ortega mention Walnut...I'll
double-check:
- 10:45 am – Diamond Bar; Alexa, Amber,
Jamilex, JD
- 11:00 am – Chino Hills; Alexis, Brittany,
Jocelyn, Teo
- 11:15 am – Rancho Cucamonga; Arista, Evan,
Gabriel, Reann
- 11:30 am – Azusa; Cristopher, Danielle,
Valerie
- 11:45 am – Covina; Gen, Joe, Omar, Yareli
- 12:00 am – West Covina; Alfonso, Cynthia,
Edwin, Kayla
- 12:15 am – El Monte; Alissa, Damaris,
Jose, Kendall
- 12:30 am – Walnut; Alyssa, Dean, Gina
A#50 -
Mini Lesson: Counter Argument:
- A paragraph within an
argumentative/persuasive essay
- Most often used politically
- Formula: (opponent’s argument)
+ However (doesn't necessarily have to be this word, it just serves as a
guideline)…(the reason the argument made by the opponent doesn't work.)
- For example, here’s an argument a person pro-life would make: Parents
are responsible for the health and well-being of their minor children in many
aspects. Shouldn't they be allowed to advise their daughters on a decision of
this magnitude?
- My counter
argument could be: My
opponent will tell you that “Parents are responsible for the health and
well-being of their minor children in many aspects. Shouldn't they be allowed
to advise their daughters on a decision of this magnitude?” (You might noticed
that I simply restated the argument previously said by my opponent)
Unfortunately (my transitional word), my fellow legislator refuses to take into
account that parents are unable or unwilling to offer the guidance a troubled
young woman would need at this time in her life (this is my reason why my
opponent’s argument doesn't work. You could also add facts/figures/stats to
make your argument sound legitimate. Albeit make sure you have your sources, in
case you get asked for it.) I really hope that made sense.
Well,
goodnight East House. I hope this helped :)
Hello East House. This is Yareli, again. Today was a relatively simple day, except for the long walk up to the library! As soon as we got to the library, we were asked to check-in with JD and show him our library card, yep, our first grade for the day. Afterwards, we were given simple instructions by Mrs. Ortega and started research. The CalPoly library system had all sorts of technical difficulties. For one, the librarians had to check out our books manually, like in the old days, sounds like a hustle! Second of all, we could not look for books in the databases; therefore some of people had to use some dictionary-looking books to find the books we needed. It took forever to get the call numbers! Personally, I just went floor to floor, looking at all of the shelves until finally, on the 5th floor; I found the books that I needed, yay!