Week Sixteen - April 22 to April 26
April 22:
April 23:
April 24:
April 24:
- Review
- Finish 4.5 literary analysis paragraph
- 4.5 Quiz
April 23:
- 4.6 (slides 1-5)
April 24:
- 4.6 (slides 6-7)
- 4.5 Quiz retakes
April 24:
- Review
- 4.6 quiz
- Missing Work
Week Fifteen - April 15 to April 19
April 15:
April 16:
April 17:
April 18:
April 19:
- 4.3 Quiz
- Catch up time
- Speeches Wednesday
April 16:
- 4.4
April 17:
- Review and quiz retake
- Finish 4.4
April 18:
- 4.5
April 19:
- 4.5
Week Fourteen - April 9 to April 12
April 9:
April 10:
April 11:
April 12:
April 13:
- 4.2 (Day 3--slides 18 to 21)
April 10:
- 186-190 (small book)
April 11:
- 4.3 (Day 1)
April 12:
- 4.3 (Day 2)
April 13:
- 4.3 (Day 3)
Week Thirteen - April 1 to April 5
April 1:
April 2 - No School
April 3:
April 4:
April 5:
- 180-181 in small book
- Introductory YouTube video
April 2 - No School
April 3:
- Kobe poem and video
April 4:
- 4.1 and start 4.2 (first day)
April 5:
- 4.2 (second day)
Week Twelve - March 18 to March 22
March 18:
March 19:
March 20:
March 21:
March 22:
- Talk through presentation skills again
- Eye contact
- Voice
- Rubric (page 361)
- Audience Skills
- Volunteers for tomorrow? (bonus)
- ESL students
- Wednesday/Thursday randomized groups/order (late after Thursday)
- Preparation Day
- Peer edit Slides
- Practice with each other
- Recording
March 19:
- Presentation & Audience Skills reminder
- Presentations - Day 1
March 20:
- Presentation Skills reminder
- Presentations - Day 2
March 21:
- Presentation Skills reminder
- Presentations - Day 3
March 22:
- Make-up/Catch-up Day
Week Eleven - March 11 to March 15
March 11:
March 12: SAT
March 13:
March 14:
March 15:
- 3.19 (second day)
- NWEA goal setting
March 12: SAT
March 13:
- Create Slides presentation
- Intro slides
- Causes/background
March 14:
- Create Slides presentation
- Effects of the problem
- Counterclaim
- Solutions
March 15:
- Talk through presentation skills
- Eye contact
- Voice
- Amount of text on page
- Visuals/ease of reading
- Slides presentation
- Editing for clarity
- Refining visuals
- Works Cited
Week Ten - March 4 to March 8
March 4:
March 5:
March 6:
March 7:
March 8:
- 3.17 (second day--adding a concession to presentation)
March 5:
- 3.18 (first day--article & questions)
March 6:
- 3.18 (second day--practice with citations)
- Apply to your presentation
March 7:
- 3.19 (first day)
March 8:
- Missing Work
Week Nine - February 26 to March 1
February 26:
February 27:
February 28:
February 29:
March 1:
- 3.15 (first day--"single-use plastics" article)
February 27:
- 3.15 (second day--report [outline])
February 28:
- 3.15 (third day--report [outline])
February 29:
- 3.16 (using visuals in your presentation)
- Find at least three effective visuals for your Slides presentation
March 1:
- 3.17 (first day--second half of "single-use plastics" article)
Week Eight - February 19 to February 23
February 19:
February 20:
February 21:
February 22:
February 23:
- No School
February 20:
- Discuss two parts of the Annotated Bibliography
- How to write a summary
- Model summary about the Herd Immunity graphic
- Create Citations (3.13)
- Click Tools, Citations
- Copy URL (link)
- Select source type (website)
- Check for missing info
- Create citation
- Repeat for remaining sources
- Add Works Cited
February 21:
- Review Annotated Bibliography
- Write summaries for Annotated Bibliography entries
- Use review checklist on page 317 to check over your entries
- Submit Annotated Bibliography
February 22:
- 3.14 (slides 3-8)
February 23:
- 3.14 (slides 9-10)
- Annotated Bibliography time
Week Seven - February 12 to February 16
February 12:
February 13:
February 14:
February 15:
February 16:
- 3.11 (second day--finding and taking notes over sources)
February 13:
- 3.12 (first day--source evaluation sheet [needs editing])
February 14:
- Essay revision
February 15:
- Logical Fallacies mini-lesson
- Finish finding and evaluating sources
February 16:
- Work Time:
- Finding Sources
- Source Credibiltiy
- Essay revisions
- Missing Work from Powerschool
Week Six - February 5 to February 9
February 5:
February 6:
February 7:
February 8:
February 9:
- 3.8 (fourth day)
February 6:
- 3.8 (fifth day)
February 7:
- 3.9
February 8:
- 3.10 (first day)
February 9:
- 3.11 (first day--finding and taking notes over sources)
Week Five - January 29 to February 2
January 29:
January 30:
January 31:
February 1:
February 2:
- 3.7 (second day)
January 30:
- Quiz
- Finish 3.7 Learning Check
January 31:
- 3.8 (first day)
- Source identification
- Source choices
- Thesis statement
February 1:
- Quiz retakes
- 3.8 (second day)
- Intro
February 2:
- 3.8 (third day)
Week Four - January 22 to January 26
January 22:
January 23:
January 24:
January 25:
January 26:
- 3.5 (second day)
January 23:
- Quiz retakes
- Make-up work
January 24:
- 3.6 (through First Read)
- Finish letters to the editor
January 25:
- 3.6 (second day)
January 26:
- 3.7 (first day)
Week Three - January 16 to January 19
January 16:
January 17:
January 18:
January 19:
- 3.4 (second day)
January 17:
- Flex (quiz day)
- Make-up Work
January 18:
- 3.5 (first day)
January 19:
- Snow Day
Week Two - January 8 to January 12
January 8:
January 9:
January 10:
January 11:
January 12:
- 3.2 (second day)
January 9:
- 3.3 (first day)
January 10:
- 3.3 (second day)
January 11:
- 3.4 (first day)
January 12:
- Flex Day - Zeitgeist over court cases
Week One - January 1 to January 5
January 3:
January 4:
January 5:
- Reintroduce classroom expectations and syllabus
- Cell phone reminder
- School expectations: hallway
January 4:
- Expectation reminder
- 3.1 - previewing the unit
- Freedom of Expression background information
- Jot down the following:
- What's one aspect of the dress code you would change for purposes of free expression?
- What are the reasons the dress code currently prohibits this?
- Do you believe freedom of expression outweighs whatever arguments you just listed? Why or why not?
January 5:
- 3.2 (first day)