1. Hi! You need: Pencil/pen Journal Journal 12/1/14: “Hundreds of doorbusters & 1000s of deals!” proclaims a tweet from Target. Is anyone listening to these Black Friday promises of bountiful discounts and a bevy of items to gift for the holidays? Perhaps not. Stores are currently engaged in a heated battle of one-upmanship (Target opens at 6p.m. on Thanksgiving while stores such as Big Lots are staying open all day beginning at 7 a.m.) before the last forkful of turkey has been consumed. Others are being forced to follow suit whether they like it or not. Small retailers at a mall in Buffalo, New York need to open their doors by 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day (a full six hours before the traditional midnight madness) or potentially get fined by the mall’s owners. But a recent survey from RetailMeNot with The Omnibus Company revealed that all that may be for naught. D, C, Q: Retailers should refrain from opening their stores on Thanksgiving Day.

2. Agenda: Journal: Thanksgiving or Black Friday? Understanding Logical Fallacies – The Toulman Model Notes Review – The Top 15 Fallacies Read, annotate Identify Homework: – Read until page 202 in Zeitoun for tomorrow. – Next journal explode = due 12/12 When you leave you will have: -reviewed the Toulman Model and logical fallacies.

3. Group Rhetorical Analysis RHETORICAL DEVICE: Evidence of it in use:How does this device contribute to the tone? Effect it creates:How does this device help accomplish their purpose for writing?

4. Hi! You need: Pencil/pen Journal Raisin book Journal 12/1/14: “Hundreds of doorbusters & 1000s of deals!” proclaims a tweet from Target. Is anyone listening to these Black Friday promises of bountiful discounts and a bevy of items to gift for the holidays? Perhaps not. Stores are currently engaged in a heated battle of one-upmanship (Target opens at 6p.m. on Thanksgiving while stores such as Big Lots are staying open all day beginning at 7 a.m.) before the last forkful of turkey has been consumed. Others are being forced to follow suit whether they like it or not. Small retailers at a mall in Buffalo, New York need to open their doors by 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day (a full six hours before the traditional midnight madness) or potentially get fined by the mall’s owners. But a recent survey from RetailMeNot with The Omnibus Company revealed that all that may be for naught. D, C, Q: Retailers should refrain from opening their stores on Thanksgiving Day.

5. Agenda: Journal: Thanksgiving or Black Friday? A Raisin in the Sun – Review Acts 1 & 2 Women in America Walter’s Existential Crisis – Read Act 2, scene 3 Learning Log (12/1-12/5): What should the family do in response to Mr. Linder’s proposal? Consider what you know about the “types of women” and Walter’s crisis. Use text evidence to support your answer. Homework: – Next journal explode = due 12/16 When you leave you will have: -used examples of characterization to support an argument.