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

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.)