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.

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.

Undercover Parent and Finals Info

Goals: Practice with rhetorical precis then share out the results.

Agenda: 
Read
Contents of your final
Writing a rhetorical precis
Share out

Contents of your final:
For your final you will be tested on multiple reading and writing skills. With a new article you must be able to do the following on your own:
Annotate to find claims, counterclaims, rebuttals, and evidence.
SOAPSTone
Charting the text
Write a rhetorical precis
Write an on-demand (in class) essay.

(Many of these will be done next week)

Today in class: 
Practice writing a rhetorical precis about Undercover Parent. You know the article very well by now so this should not be hard. Write in your English Journal.

Finals Schedule:
Thursday, June 11, periods 6 and 7
Friday June 12, periods 1 and 2
Monday June 15, periods 3 and 4

Charting the Text

Today's Goal: Work with the people around you to chart the text, "The Undercover Parent," to identify what the author is doing in each section.

The Plan:

1. Read!!
2. Quickwrite in your English Journal
3. Annotation of the article
4. Chart the text

Reminders:

• Next week you will be doing these activities on your own. Work with people now so it gets easier!
• Your final book review is due on June 10
• Call in your extreme sports essay if you haven't yet.
• See me if you have a grade for the Socratic Seminar that worries you.

The Quickwrite that goes in your English Journal:

1. What is Harlen Coben suggesting in "The Undercover Parent?"
2. What evidence does he use to support his opinion?

Beginning our last unit

Goals: Begin thinking about the issues that impact our next unit.

Agenda:

• Read
• Quick survey
• Four Corners Discussion
• First read of a new article

Quick Survey:

Period 1 Click Here
Period 2 Click Here
Period 4 Click Here
Period 7 Click Here


A New Article!

Make a copy for yourself

Time to Write

Hey Everyone!

Yesterday you did not get a lot of writing time in class, so I want to give you that opportunity today.

You have resources to use IF you need them.

Things to watch out for in your essay:

1. CITE your evidence!!
2. No huge quotes. Quote only a few words or a sentence at most. Longer than that and you should be paraphrasing or summarizing. (See post below from Monday/Tuesday.)
3. Make sure your name, date and period are filled out at the top of your essay. 
4. Do not number or label your paragraphs. 

Try http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
Also try http://www.paperrater.com/free_paper_grader 


Reminders:
If you missed the Socratic seminar, it is your responsibility to talk to me after class, at lunch, or after school about how you can make up those points.

Your final book review is due on June 10.

If there's no score in Powerschool, I haven't graded it, and I do not know exactly when that will be done. I apologize, but please be patient. I will put those in as soon as possible.

Writing Counterclaims

Today's Goal: Examine possible counterclaims to your thesis, gather evidence and express your rebuttal.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Discuss writing your counterclaim paragraph
3. Continue working on your essay!

Counterclaim:
An opposing viewpoint related to your thesis. If someone disagreed with your point of view, what would they say?

Evidence from text:
What evidence would support the opposing viewpoint?

Rebuttal: 
The reasons why you believe that the opposing viewpoint and its evidence are not valid.




Reminders:
If you missed the Socratic seminar, it is your responsibility to talk to me after class, at lunch, or after school about how you can make up those points.

Your final book review is due on June 10.

If there's no score in Powerschool, I haven't graded it, and I do not know exactly when that will be done. I apologize, but please be patient. I will put those in as soon as possible.

Writing Task!

Today's Goal: Begin working on the extreme sports writing task. Write your introduction and begin making your claims using evidence as support. Learn the difference between direct quotation, paraphrasing, and summarizing in writing essays, and practice using and formatting them correctly in your own writing.

The Plan: 

1. Read!
2. Talk about your writing task
3. Begin writing!
4. Practice "using the words of others."
5. Keep Calm and Write On.

Using the words of others:

• Direct quotation: In “Extreme Sports Not About Risk-taking: Study,” Dr. Brymer found that people who participate in extreme sports have an image of “risk takers and adrenaline junkies.” He found this really isn’t true (Queensland University of Technology 3).
• Paraphrase: In “Extreme Sports Not About Risk-taking: Study,” Dr. Brymer notes that people who participate in extreme sports try to be prepared so they can decrease their risk of injury (QUT 8).
• Summary: In “Extreme Sports Not About Risk-taking: Study,” Dr. Brymer cites study after study to show that many people who participate in extreme sports do so for reasons other than an adrenaline rush. He points out that they don’t like to be out of control and that by preparing for their sport, they feel they are really in control (QUT 11).

Socratic Seminar!

Hello!

Today's Plan:

1. Read!
2. Talk about the Socratic Seminar.
3. Participate in the Socratic Seminar!
4. Reflect
5. Get acquainted with the final writing project of the unit.

Finishing your Socratic Seminar Prep

A list, in order of priority:

1. Socratic Seminar Preparation Guide
   This is your ticket out the door. You must put it into my hands before you leave!
2. Work on your book review
   This is due tomorrow!
3. Go make sure your English Journal is up to date and complete
   I've noticed a lot of people haven't finished their Everest chart, or finished answering the questions assigned!
4. Read!

Period 2: You will need this link

Socratic Seminar Prep

Happy Monday!

Today we continue our Socratic seminar preparation. 

You didn't lose that paper right? Right!?

Find it. We'll continue working on it together.

REMINDERS:

• Book Reviews due this Wednesday, May 13.

Socratic Seminar Preparation

The Goal: Begin to think about some open-ended questions and think about different perspectives as we prepare for the Socratic seminar.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Review articles, write questions, and begin to prepare for the Socratic seminar.

Next week we will participate in a Socratic seminar, and I want you to feel prepared for that. We will talk about what that looks like, but for now we will begin our preparation. I'm giving you a set of papers that you will work on and complete before our seminar.

• DO NOT LOSE this set of papers. You must complete all of it. (There is no alternative.)
• I am collecting it on Tuesday May 12. 
• DO NOT LOSE IT. 

If you are absent, pick it up from me on Friday. You will be able to catch up.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

1. Your next book review is due on May 13th! That's next Wednesday. Read at home! 
2. Have I mentioned you need to be reading at home?
3. Reading is fun. 
4. Read all the books. 
5. May 13th. Book Review. Do it.

Give me a fist bump if you read this all the way through. (Exploding fist bumps are always preferable.)

Everest: Imax

Hey Everyone!

Last week we had an article of the week about the recent earthquake that occurred, destroying many important structures in Nepal and destroying base camp at Everest. Today we explore Nepal a little more as we begin to learn about Mt. Everest and the people that climb it.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. A quickwrite in your English Journal
3. Read an article on Newsela
4. Watch a short video
5. Watch a documentary about Mt. Everest and take notes in your English Journal.
6. Write and talk a little bit.

To take notes, you will need to make a table in your English Journal with four boxes. This is what goes in the four boxes:

1. Summarize the film.

2. What are some of the risks associated with climbing Mt. Everest?

3. What are some of the rewards associated with climbing Mt. Everest?

4. Do you think the rewards outweigh the risks? Why/why not?

Rhetorical précis

First thing's first: 

Today's Goal: Practice our analytical writing skills by writing a rhetorical precis.

The Plan: 

1. Read
2. Choose an article that you feel confident that you understand and write a rhetorical precis on paper to turn in. (Use the resources below) Click here for the articles if drive is not working.
3. Complete this form when I ask you to.

Rhetorical Precis Resources:

Even more help:

Here is a frame of what each sentence should look like. Click on either image to see it larger. 

Here is an example of a precis for Hip Hop Goes Global: 

   Writer and musician, James McBride, in his article, “Hip-Hop Planet,” (2007) argues that though hip-hop is not his favorite genre of music, it is one that demands to be heard. He supports his claim by first explaining that he avoided hip-hop throughout his life as it was first introduced to society and then made its way to becoming one of the most popular music genres of all time. He then explains how he eventually came to understand hip-hop for its message, and finally warns parents that it is here to stay and that ignoring it would be ignoring the voice of a generation. McBride’s purpose is to persuade people to keep an open mind about both hip-hop and other new experiences that may seem foreign to them at first, but in fact are worth exploring. He adopts a serious and urgent tone for the parents he addresses and warns them not to shut out the music of their children’s generation.

Ask something, say something

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Goal: read of "A Solemn Warning for Wingsuit Flyers" with a partner with a focus on extending partner conversations.

Agenda

1. Read, return books you have finished, please. 
2. Reading and partner discussion of "A Solemn Warning for Wingsuit Flyers"

Answer in your English Journal:

1. On a scale of 1-10 how dangerous is wingsuit flying as described in the article? Explain why you chose that rating. 
2. What does the author do to create ethos in the article. How successful is it? 
3. What does the author do to add pathos to the article. How successful is that? 
4. Are you improving your ability to get your partner to say more in a conversation about the text? How could you take that skill further?

Charting the Text

Goal: Looking closely at what the author is saying and doing in "Extreme Sports Not About Risk Taking: Study."

Agenda: 

1. Read
2. Charting the text
3. Quick write (on the back of your charting the text paper)

Quick Write:

1. Choose ONE quote. Explain what you think the quote is telling us. (Yes, you've done this before, but there's a new quote!)
2. Explain how the quote applies to the article you were just working on about the study.  

“Security is a kind of death.”  -Tennessee Williams 

“The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” -Jack London 

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." -Sir Edmund Hillary

Asking Questions; getting answers

Goal: Reading with a partner and extending conversations about the text.

Agenda:

1. Read
2. Open your Extreme Sports articles doc. 
3. Read the second article, "Extreme Sports Not About Risk Taking: Study" with your partner (yes, you may be rereading it. That's good). 
4. Use the Say Something protocol while you read. 
5. Get your partner to say more about what they just said. 

Answer in your English Journal:

1. What does Dr. Brymer believe about people who do extreme sports? 
2. Why does he think that? 
3. Are his beliefs supported by fact or opinion? (Use some evidence from the text to support your answer.)
4. What would you change about Dr. Brymer's research to make it stronger? 
5. Who is the author of this text? Who is he writing about? 

Reminders:

The grading period ends today. All late/revised work must be done today if you want it to be included on this progress report.

Ethos, Logos, Pathos

Goal: Begin to understand ethos, logos, and pathos, while looking for examples in our reading.

Agenda:

1. Read
2. Open your English Journal
3. Order some pizza (sort of) 
4. Take some notes (copy this chart into your English Journal)
5. Look for examples of ethos, logos, and pathos in our articles.

ETHOS

LOGOS

PATHOS

Reminders: 

Call in your stereotypes essay. 
Grading period ends Friday. 

Return books you are done with. 
Your next book review is due on May 13.