Opposing views

Quick Write: Anticipate the arguments of people who oppose your view. Write about the arguments they may have against your position.

View video on death penalty:



Read LA Times Editorial
on recent Supreme Court decision upholding lethal injection.

From the context of the article what does anachronistic mean?

From the context of the article what does capriciously mean?

Is the LA Times for or against the death penalty? Explain your answer with examples from the editorial.

Homework: Research your topic, read, and study vocab.

Anecdotes and Arguments

1. Correct vocabulary matching quiz.

Answer and discuss: What's the difference between an argument and an argument?



Quick write: One of the best ways to introduce a topic in a persuasive essay is with an anecdote. Think of how you are connected to your topic and tell the story.

Interview three students about their topics and stories with this form.


Homework:Read, research, and study

Poe Stations

Station 1 Art (Tetzlaff PE1)
Draw the setting in a nightmare.

Station 2 Biography (Tetzlaff PE1)
Video on Poe and study questions.

Station 3 Vocabulary (Tetzlaff PE1)
Match the definitions below with the words/pictures
Write the letter of the definition in the space provided next to the word.

Station 4 Study Island (Hilbert PE3)

Complete the two current assignments: “Recurring Themes” and “Support Your Thesis.” If you finish, do "Revise, Revise, Revise!" and "Evaluate the Text," which will be due for the ten week report card.

Station 5 “Tell-Tale Heart” (Hilbert PE3)

What is your mood right now? _______

Read “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe starting on page 625 in The Language of Literature.

What mood or moods do you think Poe was trying to create in “Tell-Tale Heart”?

The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader is called the mood.

View part one of Tell-Tale Heart below:



View part two of Tell-Tale Heart below:



Station 6 “The Raven” (Hilbert PE3)

Read “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe silently. As you read highlight words that rhyme in blue and highlight words that alliterate in green.

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. For example the line “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,” nodded, nearly, and napping alliterate because they all start with the same letter.

After reading “The Raven,” view the version presented in The Simpsons.

Was the Simpsons version what you expected after reading the poem?

What do you think the poem means? What happens in the poem?


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