1. Agenda 12/3/12 ** Warning…LATE WORK IS NOT ACCEPTED AT THIS POINT IN THE SEMESTER…** ** Excused Absence Make-up Work: 1 day +1 for each day absent** Evaluate Group Participation on Website Socratic Seminar Prep  Sit in circular formation  Required Materials: Sem. Questions/Responses (location); IRB #1; Daily Journal  Review Seminar Policies Review Calendar  3 rd Block EOCT in Room 202 (D lunch…No Eating, Drinking, or Cell Phone Use in Lab)  4 th Block EOCT in Room 200 (No Eating, Drinking, or Cell Phone Use in Lab) If Time Allows: - Review expectations for Research Note/Source Cards and Final Works Cited Learning Center Task #1 Work (collect progress reports)  Leaders: ensure all members are up to speed/meeting deadlines

2. 3 rd Per. Socratic Seminar: Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees You will be evaluated on:  Preparedness  Questions that spark/move the dialogue/discussion  Textual Support  Real-world Connection  Terms (correctly used)from Rhetorical Handbook Openers: Elyjah Marrow Aaleah McConnell Closer: Amber Hughes Seminar Begin Time: 1:00 State of the Seminar Address: 1:20 Seminar End Time: 1:45 Learning Center Task #1 Work (collect progress reports)  Leaders: ensure all members are up to speed/meeting deadlines

3. 4 th Per. Socratic Seminar: Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings You will be evaluated on:  Preparedness  Questions that spark/move the dialogue/discussion  Textual Support  Real-world Connection  Terms (correctly used)from Rhetorical Handbook Openers: Niles: TEWWG Berry: IKWCBS Closer: Alex Seminar Begin Time: State of the Seminar Address: Seminar End Time: Learning Center Task #1 Work (collect progress reports)  Leaders: ensure all members are up to speed/meeting deadlines

4. Socratic Seminar Evaluation Daily Journal # 22 (3 rd ) #21 (4 th ) Strengths Weaknesses

5. Homework ** Warning…LATE WORK IS NOT ACCEPTED AT THIS POINT IN THE SEMESTER…** ** Excused Absence Make-up Work: 1 day +1 for each day absent**  Dec. 6: Research Paper: Note Cards and Source Cards and Final Draft of Works Cited  Dec. 10: Research Paper: Sentence Outline  Meet in room 146 for EOCT Dec. 10-11  Dec. 12: Research Paper: Error-free Intro. & Error-free Body paragraph  Dec. 14: Research Paper: Rough Draft (Sentence Outline, 3-5 page paper, Works Cited)/Peer-Edit

6. Claim-Analysis Test A claim states your position on the issue you have chosen to write about. (w/o using I, me, my). →A good claim is not obvious. →A good claim is engaging. →A good claim is not overly vague. →A good claim is logical. DOES YOUR CLAIM PASS THE CLAIM-ANALYSIS TEST?

7. Claim/Evidence Requirements Intro. ¶:  attention-grabber (INTERESTING FACT/STAT., anecdote, INTERESTING quote)  Basic 2-3 sent. background summary of the topic  Central assertion/thesis/claim that you are PROVING in your essay Body ¶:  Transitional word or phrase  Topic sentence  Lead in for Evidence (in the form of a Quote or Passage or another form of Concrete Detail  Commentary about the provided evidence Concluding ¶:  A general statement that explains how your central Claim/Argument/Thesis is resolved *Cited Sources (…….) *Included Vocabulary Words from Units 4-6