Waiting for Superman, Day 2: April 26, 2018

Focus: What do we need to understand about public education in the United States?

1. Warming up with a large-class collection of your ethos, logos, and pathos observations

2. Watching the second half of Waiting for Superman with your documentary tracking notes

3. Concluding by investigating what this documentary helped us understand better or differently about American public education: Returning to your Waiting for Superman pre-writing questions and turning them into post-writing questions

Turn in your pathos, ethos, and logos tracking sheets.

HW:
1. Assigned book club reading and syllabus for MONDAY. Remember that you may earn up to 30 points per syllabus:

• 20 points for a thoughtful, meaningful syllabus that is ready to go before class begins.
• 10 points for clear and thorough discussion notes on the syllabus.
• Click HERE to see a 1st semester sample with student discussion notes and my feedback.

2. If you have any missing assignments from Gatsby or you have not yet turned in your signed contracts, use the long weekend to take care of this.