Thank You All

Hi everyone,

Thanks for spending the past few months with me. I have learned so much from you.

Here is a letter that I wrote for you. I opted not to use trees to print it for you all.

Have a beautiful summer.

Take care,
Ms. Black

A School Survey

Please fill out this survey and choose "English" for the first question. 

ALL Point Loma Students are being asked to complete this form. It is completely anonymous and I won't see the answers.

Socratic Seminar Research and Preparation

You will be beginning your preparation for the Socratic Seminar on the day of the final. For this one, you will be responsible for doing a little bit of the research on your own. I have provided many links below that may help you in this process, or you may go looking on your own (but make sure you're using credible sources and citing them by writing down the title, website, and year of the article).

Both articles that you have already looked at are in this list, as well as some others that may be helpful. Take time do some thorough digging. You might find something really interesting!

Research Questions:

1. Should parents monitor their teenage son or daughter's online activity?
2. To what extent should people have a right to privacy?
3. Is it appropriate for parents to use spyware to monitor their children?

SOURCE A: IS IT EVER OK FOR PARENTS TO CYBER-SPY ON THEIR KIDS?

SOURCE B: 6 WAYS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE

SOURCE C: BIG MOTHER IS WATCHING YOU

SOURCE D: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY

SOURCE E: SEXTING TEENS CAN FACE LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES

SOURCE F: INFOGRAPHIC

SOURCE G: GENERATION LIKE (PBS VIDEO) 

SOURCE H: EYE ON THE CITY: DO CAMERAS REDUCE CRIME?

SOURCE I: WHEN IS IT LEGAL TO FILM PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION?

SOURCE J: SWEEPING AWAY A SEARCH HISTORY

SOURCE K: I'M BEING FOLLOWED: HOW GOOGLE-AND 104 OTHER COMPANIES-ARE TRACKING ME ON THE WEB

SOURCE L: IS YOUR SMARTPHONE TRACKING WHERE YOU GO?

SOURCE M: AMERICANS SHARPLY SPLIT ON PRIVACY ISSUES

SOURCE N: GOVERNMENT PHONE SURVEILLANCE CHANGES  (this is an EXTREMELY recent measure that affects how the government can monitor us)

SOURCE O: THE UNDERCOVER PARENT by Harlan Coben

SOURCE P: BIG BROTHER MEETS BIG MOTHER by Ellen Goodman

Final Essay Test

Hello!

Today you take your final exam. It is an essay.

If you are absent, you have to see Ms. Black about that to plan a time to make it up next week. You are responsible for making that happen.

Final Mini Final - Rhetorical Precis

The Goal: Write a rhetorical precis

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Write!
3. Complete the End-of-Course Survey if you haven't already
4. Suggestions/requests for our Socratic Seminar

If you are absent, you will need to make up the rhetorical precis at lunch or after school.

NOTES:

• You must bring ALL your textbooks to English on Monday to turn them in. 
• Check your grades. Talk to me about them if you need to. Don't fail because you didn't speak up. Your voice is important. I can't read your mind.
• Your final book review is due on Wednesday, June 10.

Mini Finals Day 2

Instead of charting the text, I have created a form for you to complete instead.

It will ask you to evaluate and analyze specific passages from the text. Practice using rhetorically active verbs where you can.

In order:

1. Mini-Final Assessment Form
2. End-Of-Course Survey (all 9th-graders are asked to fill this out. Please be detailed and honest.)

Tomorrow you will write a rhetorical precis. Prepare in whichever way you feel is most appropriate. Go over previous ones, review the slides, and/or finish writing the one that goes in your English Journal from last week. (You have to do that last one anyway.)

If you are absent, you need to come in at lunch or after school to make the work up.


IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Your final writing assessment is on Thursday. 
• On Monday, June 8, you must bring ALL of your textbooks to turn in to the library. Be prepared for this. You will not have time to go get them from your lockers.

A New Article

Last week I told you that you'd be getting a new article today in which you would NOT be working with people to analyze and write about it.

Today's Goal: Read a new article, annotate it, and complete a SOAPSTone form.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Get a new article
3. Annotate
4. SOAPSTone
5. Recommend a Book

If you were absent, you'll need to come in and spend some time with me during lunch or after school this week to catch up.

NOTE:
Textbook check-in is next Monday, June 8. You will need to bring ALL of your textbooks to English that day.