Over the past few
weeks, we have been immersing ourselves in both visual and written texts
regarding issues in education. We watched waiting for superman, analyzed
political cartoons, read both modern and pre 19th century texts all
surrounding issues of education. Today we will take that a step further; we
will get inside an authors head in order to see how his or her ideas and
rhetorical strategies come to life. Today we will read the texts and meet
briefly with others who will be assuming the same role. Tomorrow you will be
joining an Educational Panel composed of different authors with opposing view points in order for you to
become accustomed to the many view points on the issue.
I. Using
notes from your assigned article, answer five of the following questions from
the perspective of your assigned character (answer in the first person)
1.
What is the biggest problem facing American public education
today?
2.
Should there be a nationwide curriculum for high school?
3.
Do you think classes should be tracked?
4.
Should there be standardized testing? Is this a good way to measure intelligence?
5.
How should teachers be trained?
6.
Does more of the nation’s money need to be spend on education?
7.
What is your proposed solution to the state of education in the
country today?
Hi Ms. E, I was wondering how exactly you wanted the essay/podcast/PowerPoint on Waiting For 'Superman' to be. I wanted to do a PowerPoint but I just wanted to know the rules and restrictions I have for that particular style.
ReplyDeleteHey Ms.Eriggo. I've been trying to find your email to email you the outline but I can't seem to find it. Would you please post it here so I can email you the outline? Thank You.
ReplyDeletecrystal - it follows the classical model- each paragraph should be a slide
ReplyDeleteFabian- the email is lindsayerrigo@gmail.com. it is on first entry of blog