Website Evaluation

Agenda:

• Review evaluation tips
• Practice
• Supporting Detail workshop time

Homework:

• Supporting Detail analyses are due tomorrow
• 6/1--vocab due
• **You already should have submitted your topic on an index card**

Final Supporting Detail Workshop

Agenda:

• Final workshop to complete supporting detail analyses

Homework:

• Wed--all 4 analyses due
• 6/1--Vocab list due

Finding a Specific Purpose and Thesis

Agenda:

• PPT and writing a specific purpose
• Testing your specific purpose
• Writing a draft thesis
• Sample speech--this might be what your speech ends up looking like

Homework:

• Supporting Info Analyses are due 5/10
• 6/1 Vocab is due

Supporting Information Workshop

Continue Supporting Info Workshop--all due 5/10

Vocab list due 6/1

**Please come tomorrow with an idea of what your topic is going to be.  You may need to revisit your brainstorming activities as well as your topic analyses.**

Topic Analysis

Agenda:

• Vocab warm up
• Choose two topic areas
• Complete mind mapping with one
• Complete journalist questions with another
• Workshop time for supporting information analyses

Homework:

• Vocab due 6/1
• Topic analyses due 5/10
• You should have completed the topic analysis before the end of class today

Brainstorming: News and Media Prompts

Agenda:

• What are news and media prompts?
• Finding three possible topics
• Workshop: Supporting Information

Homework:

• Brainstorming should be completed for tomorrow
• 5/10--Supporting Information Analyses are due

Workshop for Supporting Information

Agenda:

• Workshop for supporting information

Homework:

• Prepare to finish brainstorming activities tomorrow