12 October 2010

C Block--Tuesday, 14 October

Congress--Kurt, Adrian, Brian and Stephan should produce a research packet for assigned bills.  The research packet for each bill should

____  start life as a Word document
____  include a cut and pasted copy of three articles analyzing the isse of the bill, with each cut and pasted copy
         ____ adjusted for margins
         ____ including highlighted by bold/underline KEY quotes (cards)
         ____ having a URL at the END of each article
         ____ have a short summary paragraph at the END of each article, with the summary paragraph in italics
____  uploaded what you've done by the end of the block to GoogleDocs and shared it with me and Kurt; the rest is to be finished for homework and uploaded/shared right at the beginning of C-block tomorrow.

Public Forum--
Caroline, Isolde, Katie, Kirsten--begin work on your October cases for Dighton Rehoboth.  By the end of the block, you should
____  have located three articles relevant to the topic
____  cut and pasted the articles into a Word document
____  included the URL at the END of each article
____  found at least 3 cards from one article which support either side; the cards should be bolded and underlined in the Word Document
____  uploaded the document to GoogleDocs and shared it with me

For homework, please
____  find at least three cards from each of the other two articles
____  write a paragraph summarizing the articles in italics at the end of each article
____  update the Google Doc accordingly, so that it can be checked at the beginning of class tomorrow.

The goal this week is to have cases finished so that next week you can debate each day.
Graham, Darcey and Colin--see me.

Speech--Please make sure that I have cuttings for your current pieces by the end of the Block on Wednesday.  You should have at least two pieces ready (three if we separate OI into Poetry and prose).  The script of your cutting should be typed at at GoogleDocs, shared with me.

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