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