https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:22:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1823847 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:51:28 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1823847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: ahh...college freshman...then he's definitely perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1823840 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:49:14 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1823840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: I watched the John Oliver piece and it would be perfect for my students! They love obscenities lol! So that's no issue.</p> <p>@keepcalmcarrie: I also found this and may teach it with the article you suggested:</p> <p><a href="http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323848804578608040780519904?mobile=y" rel="nofollow">http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323848804578608040780519904?mobile=y</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822991 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:16:24 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1822991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: I know! My students are college freshmen and they still have a hard time with Orwell. But honestly, my students are not all that different from HS students....actually they are probably behind them since they've had the summer (or more time) off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822519 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:58:20 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1822519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: for media studies you have to do something on Native Advertising. John Oliver just did a great segment on it but he's not quite appropriate enough for the classroom.</p> <p>I'll try to think of more essays in particular. On Shooting and elephant is tough even for my seniors... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822513 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:53:42 +0000 honeybear 1822513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: I'd choose her essay 'Total Effect and the Eighth Grade,' if you're looking for an English-related essay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822509 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:50:41 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1822509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: that looks perfect for our media studies unit. I was doing a doc called "Consuming Kids," but this one looks better, actually!</p> <p>Do you ever use medialiteracyproject.org? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822507 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:49:16 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1822507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@keepcalmcarrie: thank you, this is perfect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822505 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:47:57 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1822505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: Excellent picks! I did Shooting an Elephant a few years back and my student then didn't get into it, but maybe this year I can do a little more work to warm it up for them. We will do O'Connor in our fiction unit at the end of the semester! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822504 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:45:56 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1822504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could talk about this for hours but...</p> <p>Not sure if you are interested in video, but check out Affluenza. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822501 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:44:17 +0000 honeybear 1822501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about something from Orwell or O'Connor? They've both got plenty of (short, readable, and really well-written) essays to choose from. Orwell even has an essay about shooting an elephant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822500 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:44:02 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1822500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought this one was pretty powerful:<br /> <a href="http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913" rel="nofollow">http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/america-is-not-for-black-people-1620169913</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822453 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:53:33 +0000 mamimami 1822453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started our 10th graders with this...<br /> <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/28/pulling-the-plug-on-english-departments.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/28/pulling-the-plug-on-english-departments.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822449 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:50:16 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1822449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: my textbook this year is wretched! </p> <p>We are doing an observational unit to start off and so far the one that got the best response was a portion of Half the Sky plus watching part of the documentary. I mean, the dudes were literally crying in class.</p> <p>I also assigned a Men's Health expose about the elephant trade that got good responses, but I mean...what is there to argue about? It is sad when elephants are slaughtered! So something more controversial is definitely good.</p> <p>I will check NYT Room for Debate out! My students have a zero attention span so short blog post is really ideal for beginning of the semester :) </p> <p>Maybe something about SeaWorld/Blackfish? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822444 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:42:56 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1822444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kind of post! I started with the whole Miley Cyrus VMA debacle last year. I was thinking of doing something with the ice bucket challenge or with Ferguson, but I haven't done any research yet. I really like using NYTImes Room for Debate section. You should check it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-convincing-argumentative-essay-youve-read-recently-not-parenthood-related#post-1822422 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:28:32 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1822422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sprucing up my syllabus for this year. My textbook is....not fantastic. I'd love to start the semester with something current and interesting, etc. </p> <p>My pick would be this: <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/read-amy-schumers-ms-gala-speech.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/read-amy-schumers-ms-gala-speech.html</a></p> <p>But I'm a little worried that it wouldn't be appropriate for the first week of school, first semester freshman english. This is a commuter school so I'm likely to have some older students, or high school students. Still, I'd love something fresh and interesting and short to share with them. </p> <p>But nothing is coming to me at the moment! </p>