Tuesday, January 29th

5th Period

1) Students had a pop quiz on wood identification.

2) Students were shown examples of various cutting boards. Some of the boards had flaws. 

Students took notes on how to minimize problems from wood movement and maximize the effectiveness of planing their cutting boards. aligning growth rings:

)()()()(  is one strategy

Aligning the boards grain so that they might all be planed in the same direction is another.

(illustration coming)

3) Students were given instructions on designing their cutting boards.

4) Some students were given tutorial on the table saw.

5) All students were assigned three articles about finishing cutting boards. Students were asked to read the three articles and using the strategy SOAPS+Claim analyze the three arguments:

Subject: What is the essay’s topic?

Occasion: What was the impetus for the writer’s writing the essay at this time? Perhaps there is none, but consider current events.

Author/Audience: Who is the writer? What are their credentials? Why should readers take seriously what they have to say? To whom does the writer address their concerns? Who a piece is written for impacts how it is written: e.g. word choice; level of detail; what is assumed to be common knowledge.

Purpose: why did the writer write the essay? What do they want to convince readers of or persuade them to do?

Significance: To what does this piece relate? How might it be important to you, to others; to the world?

Claim: What is the writer intending to prove or establish? Is the argument effective?

The three articles are available in class; the analysis is due next class.