Debates

The next lobbyist to speak was Holden Parker from the American Civil Liberties Union. Parker’s lobbying efforts were left of center and for the Republican Party that was an immediate turnoff. Parker started off the lobbying effort with a prayer for the victims outside that were involved in the terrorist attack. Parker then went into a discussion about border security and its significance. However, at the end of his speech, Parker then went into a discussion over conditional amnesty and how it…

The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation by James Young, is a detailed exposé of cultural appropriation through research and real life accounts all ranging from things like religion, to archaeological studies and everything in between. This book seemed fitting to my topic as it takes cultural appropriation one step farther, and discusses the ethics behind it from a number of different viewpoints. Each chapter in the book is a separate idea than the last, being discussed in detail, edited numerous…

My initial thoughts on my discussions when I read them is that I had quite a few misspelled words. Some of the art pieces we analyzed and discussed were a little more difficult to understand and it is blatantly obvious in my discussions. A lot of them are shorter than others. For example, Module 2: Introduction to Flanders seemed to be shorter in length than any other of my other discussions up until that point. I struggled to find the words to analyze Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride. My…

Berne, & Clark, (2008) article Focusing Literature Discussion Groups on Comprehension Strategies, Maloch, (2002) article Scaffolding Student Talk: One Teacher 's Role in Literature Discussion Groups, and Coffey, (2012) article Literacy and Technology: Integrating Technology with Small Group, Peer-led Discussions of Literature are three empirical descriptive research studies. The three articles focus on how literature discussion groups affect student learning. This paper will evaluate using…

My pedagogy classes thus have provided several different learning experiences. My most recent learning experience was a close reading assignment that was to be completed in field. However, before I completed this assignment in my field placement, I engaged in one myself in my pedagogy classroom. It was at this point that I was able to see first-hand what a close reading actually is. The purpose of a close reading is to allow the student to “develop a deep understanding of what the author is…

I believe my participation grade should be an A, or somewhere in the 90’s range. When I filled out the rubric for myself I circled the exemplary box for five out of six of the categories. I circled the exemplary box for these categories because I strongly feel that I am a respectful and engaged student much more often than not. Obviously I am not perfect and I do not always display perfect behavior but I believe I display good behavior almost always. The only category I circled proficient for…

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. The first order of business was the approval of the Agenda. Mr. Kirkland made a motion to accept the Agenda as written. Ms. Demers seconded, motion carried. The next item was the approval of the Minutes from the September 13th Annual Membership Meeting. Mr. Mack made a motion to approve the Minutes as written. Ms. Demers seconded, motion carried. Next on the Agenda was the Audited Financial Report. Ms. Olejnik and Ms. Stefanski…

When I was reading over the instructions for this simulation, I thought the plastic wrap over my eyes would be the most difficult part. It definitely was. After I covered my eyes, I sat in my chair which is approximately twenty feet away from the television. I then attempted to select what I wanted to watch, which was impossible from that far away. To be able to see the guide I had to be standing within two to three feet of the t.v. The cotton balls weren't as bad as I thought they were going…

As the video started recording first we wanted to make the outline for our persuasive speech. then , we decided that we wanted to make our outline in google docs because, so all three of us can work on it together. Also, we make sure that everyone was able to access into google docs. after , that Maddy created a brainstorm page where all of us can write down our ideas about the speech. Before, we started working on our outline we all knew what we were researching on such as our main topic was…

Introduction Forming written arguments isn’t always a simple task for elementary students. Developing students’ writing isn’t easy either but having enough scaffolding and making sure the expectations are clear help students along the way. There are many ways in which we can help students develop their informational writing. Through argument and discussion students can learn how to question other people’s ideas and thoughts, develop and formulate their own ideas, and refine them. Teachers…