Today we began by going over simple and complex clauses, and the use of subordinate clauses. Next, Zach demonstrated his knowledge of gerunds, infinitives, and participles as review. We then transitioned to continuing work on his personal narrative. Zach added transitions between scenes. Next, we continued to read Plato's "Apology of Socrates." We discussed the arguments Socrates made in his defense speech, and I introduced the concept of testing a premise of an argument to determine if it is valid before debating the actual arguments. Zach then wrote a response to the reading and we moved on to watching a famous debate at Oxford University on whether Islam was a peaceful religion. We outlined both sides of the argument and discussed both orators use of persuasion and rhetoric. Lastly, Zach brainstormed a topic he would like to argue for. He wrote a resolution, explored the premise behind the resolution, and listed multiple arguments he could explore in his speech. For homework, Zach should revise the Malcolm X paper for final submission.