Thursday, December 13, 2012

Literary essays and debating

The upper graders have been embroiled of late in a literary essays unit. They are learning to argue persuasively about literature. In addition to the clips of recent lit circles below, we have some footage of  The Great Hunger Games Debates, an assignment suggested by the upper graders themselves. They worked in teams to research two different theses:

1. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of The Hunger Games, is a suicidal character. (Becca, Julia, and Katrin)
2. Katniss Everdeen jeopardizes her own well-being out concern for others. (Garnet, Luke)

The essays, by the way, were amazing. So was the debate:




Recent lit circles:


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