If They All Do It, It Must Be Right

We ended the fall semester with a paper that analyzed ethos and pathos within a piece of propaganda. Thus, we begin spring with an examination of logos. In pairs, students explored, explained, and applied a logical fallacy. With so many to choose from, we will continue exploring fallacies throughout the semester. The conversation of what is right and what is true has led us to our first reading of the semester: “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato, which we will discuss next week.

Students will be working independently on two book reports this semester.

To engage with your student, you could ask them:

which fallacy their presentation featured;
which real-world example they chose to exemplify their fallacy;
what book they are reading for their first book report; and
if they intend to enter any of their work from last semester – or different work – into LAD Fair.

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Outdoor Cooking Field Experience

The High School Outdoor Cooking elective had a field experience at Chesapeake Fish Hatchery this week. Students learned how to fish for channel catfish and

High School Math Update

Algebra 1 We are back on track with rationalizing radicals and have introduced the Difference of Squares theorem. We’ll likely continue with this concept and

Social Studies Update

Students in political science combined classes on Wednesday to share their campaigns with their peers. We had one crew who chose to run for city