Debate Rubrics

2 vs 2 Rubric



3 vs 3 Rubric

Active Listening Journal

Actively listen to someone when you normally would not have (parent talking to you, sibling, class, friend, etc.).  Write a 1 page journal explaining the following:

-Explain when you listened and what you did
-Reflect on how it changed things
-Reflect why the listening helped
-Any other thoughts

Due on Wednesday

Self Edit Good vs Evil Paper

Here is the presentation if you are not done in class:

Self Edit Presentation

Please make your changes and bring another clean copy to class on Wed/Thurs depending on when you see me next.

Parent Permission Slip

Parent Permission for Paper


This needs to be in by Friday, April 8!

Homework 4/4

Paragraph on whose fault Bruno's death is due tomorrow.  Write it on a piece of loose leaf neatly or type!

1. Green Claim/Thesis
2. List of Yellow Reasons/Proofs
3. 1st Yellow Reason/Proof
4. 1st Red Evidence/Details
5. 1st Red Evidence/Details
6. 1st Counter Claim
7. 2nd Yellow Reason/Proof
8. 2nd Red Evidence/Details
9. 2nd Red Evidence/Details
10. 2nd Counter Claim
11. Green Conclusion - Restate Thesis/Claim and Reasons/Proofs

Gretel is most at fault for Bruno’s tragic death. Gretel is responsible because she knew about the concentration camps and she made Bruno believe that the camp was good. Gretel knew the true nature of the camp, but didn’t tell Bruno, and so Bruno didn’t know what he was getting in to. Gretel is older and wiser than Bruno. Gretel knew it wasn’t a farm, but a camp. Gretel knew what Lt. Kotler did to Pavel, but she didn’t explain it to Bruno. Although some believe it is the parent's responsibility to tell these things,Gretel should have told him.Gretel made Bruno believe that the Nazis and the camp were good, so Bruno was not afraid of the camp. Gretel assured Bruno that what Father was doing in the camp was good. Gretel was always flirting with Lt. Kotler, and listened to what he said about the camp.Although Gretel didn’t feel she needed to explain, she should have spelled out what was happening in the camp. Gretel knew the evil nature of the camp but didn’t tell Bruno the truth,therefore, confusing him about the true nature of the Jews. Gretel kept Bruno from the knowledge of good and evil, which put him in a dangerous situation, causing his death.

Homework 3/17

Which would you do? (1 page MINIMUM)

1. Obey the law?  
2. Why?  
3. PROVE YOUR SIDE.
4. Does that make you good? Or stupid, as Glaucon says?

1. Not obey the law?
2. Why?
3. PROVE YOUR SIDE.
4. Does that make you evil? Or smart, as Glaucon says?

National Geographic: Lance Armstrong

If you were absent or at the choir trip, please watch this over the weekend and fill in the WS.

National Geographic: Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong Oprah Interviews

Lance Armstrong Oprah Interview: Part 1

Lance Armstrong Oprah Interview: Part 2

Homework 3/8

Write a 1 page journal using your CRE.  Claim, 2-3 reasons, Evidence.

It is 1942, and you are a German Nazi soldier, smack dab in the middle of World War II.  You have been assigned by your superior officers to a Concentration Camp, where your job will be to kill Jewish individuals in the gas chambers. Your superior officer finds out you are having second thoughts about going through with this horrific act, and has threatened to kill your family and have you arrested as a traitor if you don’t perform your duties. He has even assigned someone to take your place if this happens.

Do You...

1. Go through with your job, killing thousands of Jewish prisoners, but saving yourself and your family?

2. Refuse to kill the Jewish prisoners, which would cause the death of your family, even though the person they hired to replace you will kill the prisoners either way?

Homework 3/7

You are a successful celebrity who runs a non-profit organization that raises millions of dollars to help people around the world. When you were young, you committed a crime and got away with it. Now, you find out that an innocent person is being convicted for the crime that you committed years ago.

What should you do?

1. Confess your crime. Your personal reputation and work will be destroyed, and your nonprofit will no longer be able to raise money to help people in need.
2. Do nothing. Allow an innocent person to go to prison for the crime you committed.

• Go under the assumption it is a more serious crime.

• Write a one page journal stating your CRE. Have a claim, 2-3 reasons, and explanation/evidence to back up your reason.

Homework 3/4

1 page journal to our class discussion.


Remember to use CRE.

Homework 3/3

4 questions on the article on Canvas called CRE Practice.

Homework 3/2

Worksheet on Fragments/Comma Splices/Complete Sentences/Fused Sentences.

*Read the directions
*Read them aloud
*Ask me if you have any questions or need help.

Homework 2/26

Fragment/Run On Sentences/Correct Sentences WS is due on Monday.

Homework 2/25

Fix these run-on sentences in DIFFERENT WAYS!

• I went to Arizona this summer I bought some petrified wood.

• My family was in Arizona this summer we went to the Petrified Forest National Park.

• Some were huge logs some were broken into small splinters.

Fragment WS 2/17

Complete the fragment WS by indicating S for sentence and F for fragment.  If you are stuck, read it aloud.  Also, check if there is a subject, predicate, and does it have a complete thought.

If you have questions, see me in team study!

Homework 2/9

Last packet of the movie packet is due tomorrow.

Ethos/Pathos/Logos

Turning in Presentation

Conferences 2016

Welcome parents! Your student will lead you through the conference today.  Please grab an iPad/folder and find a seat in Ms. Martens' or Mrs. Yarbro's room.  Teachers will be available during conferences,  be patient as we try to touch base with parents in both rooms.  Students are more than welcome to flag any teacher down to help answer a question about concepts, grades, or attitude! Enjoy!

1)  Open your blog in Safari

2)  Share your grades with your parents. Report cards are now available on Skyward, please access through the iPad (directions on each desk).

3)  Show them your blog and the work you have been doing this year.  Show them the samples in your folder for each class.
Comm Arts:  Simple Subject/Predicate Quiz, Dialogue W.S.
Math: Review W.S., Chapter 6 Quiz
Soc. St.: Discuss colonization simulation that we just started, Disease Journal Entry
Sci: Bring your parents to your atomic model and explain it to them.

4)  Share with your parents what you are doing in your specials classes (foreign language, wood shop, art, gym, band, choir, business).  What are your favorite parts of these classes, why?

5) Go over field trip permission slip and Bullying Policy.  Please feel free to ask teachers about either document.

6) Touch base with any teachers needed and thank your parents for attending.

Homework 1/20

1/2 page written: what is a theme in "The Declaration?" Use examples to support you reasoning.

Quiz on second half of the book tomorrow!

Homework 1/15 & Helping Verbs

Worksheet is due Monday, come in Monday if you have questions/need to check a few.

Here are the helping verbs:

Homework 1/11

Book Covers


Back Covers


Rough draft of front and back due tomorrow.  You will then get Tuesday and Wednesday to work on the final copy in class.

Good luck!

Note on Story

On Friday, you will get the first 10-15 minutes to wrap up editing.  Feel free to have people peer edit in Go Time or Team Study!

You will get the rest of class to finish making corrections.  Your final paper is due on Monday.  If you finish it on Friday, turn it in!  I don't want people to forget:).


Block D your paper is due on FRIDAY!

Homework 1/6

Please remember you need to have a new printed copy of your story with self-editing revisions made on it.

Don't throw out your self-edit!  Thursday will be peer editing.

Homework 1/5

You need to have gone through and done each of the categories on the self editing by tomorrow.  If you have questions, feel free to see me.  Remember you can come in to do a teacher edit on the first page if you want.  You can do that during team study, Go Time, lunch, or Flex Hour.


Self Edit Presentation