Heather+Shively

Content standards:

I'm a little foggy on what we all agreed upon last meeting in terms of what our argument is, exactly. I know that we discussed the emphasis on persuasive writing in the content standards and (all?) agreed that (all?) writing is persuasive to some extent. My personal opinion is that just like "All writing is biographical", all writing is persuasive. Take a genre that is supposed to be unbiased- i.e., not persuasive. The author does have an opinion on the subject, no matter that the writing is objective. But won't the author's style and particularly diction be influenced by his or her own view? I could be totally wrong about this. Perhaps the author adjusts style on purpose to be more objective. Perhaps that somehow argues opposite what the author believes? I am rambling...

We talked about doing a skit but I don't know what kind of script we could develop based on an aspect of persuasive writing and the CCSS. We would really have to think creatively about it, to ensure its value. Another idea (and we may not be looking for ideas anymore) is to consider a very practical and useful "project" that allows teachers to either better understand the standards or provides suggestions about various activities they can do in their classrooms to help them meet some of the expectations.