Wednesday

Well, students shared their superbly written INEFFECTIVE persuasive pieces today. Some were humorous; many were ironic; all were gloriously ineffective, which means students are recognizing those strategies that they'll want to avoid in their formal works of persuasion. We learned today how to write an annotation explaining how these works are utilizing ineffective strategies (No, parents, I'm not purposely leading your children astray. It's a strategy I'm banking on to help students connect to tone and voice.)

Tomorrow we will shift gears and begin to analyze formal works of persuasion, noting those strategies that we might use when drafting our own works this quarter. Students will also begin to read a play in class entitled "On the Road to Freedom," a work about the Freedom Riders of 1961.

Have a great evening, everyone. Stay warm.

Fondly,
Mrs. V~