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We discussed the TPOL letter overview. Over the next two days, you will prepare a draft of the TPOL letter you will share with your advisory. Here are some questions to consider. Here are some examples to preview.

Monday, April 18

4/18/2016

We started our day with "I Wanna Hear a Poem" by Steve Coleman. Here is the text.
We shared reviews of books that we finished reading last week and set a new page goal for this week.
We discussed last week's Articles of the Week.
We used the rubric to offer one another feedback on our opening statements. Feel free to look back at my opening statement and slide deck.
We spent time journaling about tenth grade. Here are some of the questions we focused on.
Here are this week's Articles of the Week.

FOR TUESDAY:

4/15/2016

We started our day with "For Levi" by Joshua Bennett. Here is the text.
After reading, we continued to work on our drafts of our opening statements. Here is the rubric for our opening statements, my opening statement and my slide deck for reference. Be ready to workshop these on Monday in class.
Flashback Friday took us back to ninth grade as we brainstormed the answers to some of these questions in our notebooks. Here is what we are working toward.
We talked briefly about the Articles of the Week. We will continue this on Monday.

FOR MONDAY:

4/14/2016

We started our day with "Thinking About You" by Mike Taylor.
After reading, we looked at the rubric for our opening statements. You helped me to revise my opening statement and offered feedback on my slide deck.
We worked on the drafts of our opening statements. You will be debating on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of next week.

FOR FRIDAY:

Remember to read and respond to the Article of the Week.
Work on the draft of your opening statement. You will turn it in at the end of tomorrow's class.