We talked breifly about what we learned about Dr. James Loewen from yesterday's short interview article. We then began an analytical reading of excerpts from Chapter 2 of Loewen's book, "Lies My Teacher Told Me." (Ch. 2 addresses the era of our current studies.) As this is the first "Claim & Evidence" work page we are completing, I explained it and provided two 1/2 sheets to aid the students. The first is a scoring page that details the criteria for the 3.0 (90%) target goal, and the second is a step-by-step (4-step) guide to completing successfully this type of reading analysis. Please see me as you work for feedback and personal clarification as needed -- to be finished in class tomorrow.
