Waiting for Superman, Day 2: April 26, 2019

Focus: What do we need to understand better or differently about public education in the United States?

1. Warming up with a large-class collection of your ethos, logos, and pathos observations

2. Watching the second half of Waiting for Superman with your documentary tracking notes

3. Concluding by investigating what this documentary helped us understand better or differently about American public education: Returning to your Waiting for Superman pre-writing questions and turning them into post-writing questions

Turn in your pathos, ethos, and logos tracking sheets.

HW:
1. For MONDAY: You should be through at least page 45 in your book club book.

2. For THURSDAY: Assigned book club reading and syllabus for MONDAY. Remember that you may earn up to 30 points per syllabus:

• 20 points for a thoughtful, meaningful syllabus that is ready to go before class begins.
• 10 points for clear and thorough discussion notes on the syllabus.
• Click HERE to see a 1st semester sample with student discussion notes and my feedback.