All the research is done. This week, we organize!

Homework:
Students should be organizing their debate strategy.

Today we discussed the beginning of the debate focusing on the first round.  As you can see below, the first found starts with an introduction.  This introduction has a handshake, a thesis, and a direction.  I discussed what each of those terms meant.  I will teach the students how to modify this introduction to make it better.

I also discussed the outline below.  Students need three or four well explained reasons to support their position.  (I checked their notes and bibliography today.  I will post those grades in HAC tomorrow afternoon.)

Paragraph 1

The boy in the story has a decision to make: should he squish the ant or not? After researching ants and exploring the topic, I am going to prove to you that the boy in the story should squish the ant. He should squish because reason 1, reason 2, reason 3.

Paragraph 2
1. The first reason he should squish the ant is because ….
- why is it so bad?
- how does this relate to our ant?
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2. The second reason he should squish the ant is because…..
- what do mean?
- how does this relate to our story?
- why should ours be squished?

3. The third reason he should squish the ant is because….
- how?
- Why does this matter?
- How does this relate to our story?