Wednesday, January 20, 2016

10H
Rhetoric Word Bank
Vocabulary List: autonomy, nihilistic, mandate, ostracize, raucous, recourse, utopia, tantamount, tenacious, reiterate.
Question Generating for a myth/legend: Choose one of the myths/legends from pages 1026-1070 in your textbook.  Write 3 Little (Skinny) Questions and 3 Big (Fat) Questions for the story you read.  If the following definitions aren't clear enough, you can look up Skinny vs. Fat Questions online for more teacher-fied explanation.
-Little Q: usually lower on necessary details and explanation is minimal at most; basic; observe and report; remember/memorize; closed answers
-Big Q: requires depth of thought, not just memory; open ended answer; requires creativity and creation in answer; thinking and interpretation; synthesis of answer using multiple sources; reflection on multiple levels; evidence and explanation

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