Warm-up: N/A
Classwork:
1. Read “Let Teenagers Try Adulthood” by Leon Botstein on LOC pg 153-155.
2. In your notebook, write answers to questions 1-5 on page 155.
3. In your notebook you are going to compose your first argumentative essay. You may choose between the two prompts below. The goal of an argumentative essay is to clearly take a side and support your opinion with evidence and explanation. If you want to read more about how to compose an argumentative essay, you may borrow a 5 Steps to a 5 book from the back of the room (return it at the end of the period) and read pages 111-122.
Prompt Choices
1. Leon Botstein states, “The American high school is obsolete and should be abolished.” Using your own knowledge, experiences, and readings, write a carefully constructed essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Botstein’s claim.
2. Kyoko Mori states, “School and ‘the real world’ both have their absurd moments, but school is where people go when they are not satisfied with their ‘real world’ lives and want a change.” Using your own knowledge, experiences, and readings, write a carefully constructed essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Mori’s claim.
Homework: Study for rhetorical terms test; read first third of independent book by end of Thanksgiving break
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