From May 9-16, we are solely working on the bullying project, which is due at the end of class MAY 16. 

Here is Tuesday's work. You also need to sign up for your bullying research project, which is also attached below. 

Friday and Monday we are watching "Bully". Please open the attachment below, scroll to where you see "Bully: Story Synopses", choose 2 and answer the questions at the end of each synopses you chose. 

Monday/Tuesday we started the Bullying module. It is attached below along with the reading. We completed Activities1-6.

Wednesday we read "How To Handle a Bully" and "Bullies are Often Also Victims..." and we answered the following questions (Act. 9, we skipped Act. 8):

 

Activity 9:

1. Read “How to Handle a Bully” and “School Bullies Are Often Also Victims”.
2. Answer the following:
3. Copy down a definition of bully from one of the articles.
4. What are some ways the students handle bullies? Identify at least 3.
5. How can we help alleviate bullying “on a broader level”?
6. Summarize the statistics about Bullying behavior.
7. Summarize the Statistics about victimization.

Your Gun Control Essay is due Monday, April 30. Look in your packet of activities; the prompt is Activity 11. The requirements are: 

750-1000 words

MLA format

Works cited page

Period one will have the block period on 4/26 to complete the essay, but period two will have to complete the essay at home due to the senior class meeting. 

Gun Issues infographic due today! 

Monday/Tuesday: 

 

We completed Activity 10 and started the infographic. The infographic is attached, along with the Powerpoint explaining the various rhetorical strategies. 

Tuesday/Thursday (depending on block)

 

“NRA Rallies Membership…” & “Senate Blocks Drive…”

 

1. Number the paragraphs on both articles.
2. Read each article.
3. Highlight and label (left side) the following aspects on EACH article:

Intro

Conclusion

Thesis

Evidence supporting the thesis

Ethos, Pathos and Logos

4. On the right side, annotate your reactions to the text.
5. When you are done, work on Activity 9. We are skipping Activity 8.

Below you will find the gun control unit (activities) along with the readings. In class on Monday we completed Activities 1-3.

Infographic assignment is below. 

Please read the article and answer the questions. 

Monday we finished "Blue Gold: World Water Wars". 

Tuesday we completed an in class essay on water privatization. Use your article and responses to "Blue Gold" as evidence. Prompt: 

 

In an essay of 3-5 paragraphs, explain the issue of water privatization and discuss your opinion on this practice. You must use your article and/or your Blue Gold worksheet as evidence.

Paragraph 1 – introduce the topic and make an emotional connection with the reader.  Give your opinion.

Paragraph 2- provide evidence of water privatization. Where is it happening? What is the outcome?

Paragraph 3- restate your opinion and evidence in different words than you used before, and drop the mic!

SKIP LINES

DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK

HIGHLIGHT YOUR EVIDENCE

DUE AT THE END OF CLASS.

Tuesday and Wednesday we watched "Plastic Pardise" (streaming on Netflix). The worksheet is attached. 

 

Thursday I gave out an article on Privatization of water, along with some analysis. Please see below. 

 

Friday we started "Blue Gold: World Water Wars". The worksheet is attached.

 

Tuesday we started the "Water Issues" module. 

 

Activity 1:

•     Answer ALL of the following questions in a paragraph or 2 per question:
•     In general, which do you believe to be healthier, Bottled water or Tap water? Please explain WHY you believe this.
•     What happens to most of the plastic we throw away? Where does it go?
•     Is clean water a right or a privilege?
•     Does everyone in the world have access to clean water? Explain your knowledge on this subject.
•      Why would corporation such as Nestle and Coca-Cola be interested in buying and securing sources of fresh water? What are some possible issues that could arise from companies owning water (think about the LORAX!).
•     Tell me everything you know about Flint, Michigan.

Wednesday we read the article and completed Activity 3: Annotations and Questions

 

•     Identify the thesis statement
•     Identify ethos
•     Identify logos
•     Identify pathos
•     Questions:
•     What is the “tricky thing” about regulation of bottled water?
•     What is the IBWA? What’s the problem with them conducting their own testing?
•     What should you Not do with your bottled water as you carry it around with you?
•     Summarize what you learned from the sections “Impact on planet” to “Environmental toll”
•     What steps can you take to reduce your bottled water use?

Thursday and Friday are dedicated to watching "Tapped" the documentary. The worksheet is attached. 

LGC Final task is attached below. Here is some help to get you started: 

 

Remember, you should select the TYPE of writing you are most comfortable with: speech or letter?

Most of us have written dozens of letters in our lives, and maybe a few of you have delivered many speeches. Pick the one that you have experience with. 

 

Step 1: Decide on an audience: 

 

•    Younger children
•    Your future children
•    Teachers
•    Coaches
•    The community
•    Your peers
•    The school board

Today we went over our Juvenile Justice essays and completed the "Notes on Writing" activity. If you were not here, you have an opportunity to raise the score on your essay by UP TO 10% by annotating the mistakes you made onto your essay. 

 

If you scored 90 or above, you are not eligible for more credit. 

80-89- UP TO 5%

80 and below- UP TO 10%

 

Directions: 

 

Go through each element under "Things to never ever do again" and find those errors in your essay (the lower your score, the more mistakes you have), and HIGHLIGHT the mistake and ANNOTATE how to fix it. 

LGC infographic assignment is below. 

Follow the directions from the "Rape Culture essay" doc. 

PAPA square on Lorde or Young article due today. 

Tuesday we read "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action" by Audre Lorde. We then created a descriptive outline of the text. For each of the following chunks of text, you need a summary (3-5 sentences) and a purpose statement (1-2 sentences). 

 CHUNKS: 

1-6

7-9

10-12

13-17

18-19

 

Due tomorrow: 

4 warm ups

Descriptive Outline for Audre Lorde Speech

Friday's work is attached below. 

Monday we finished "Miss Representation". Questions are due tomorrow. 

Today we read and analyzed "Honor Code" by David Brooks. 

1. Number the paragraphs

2. Annotate synonyms of vocabulary words provided in Activity 7. 

3. Complete the following tasks: 

 

•     What do you think the purpose of the anecdote in paragraphs 1-5 is? Why would the author put this as the intro? What’s the point?
•     Identify the thesis statement.
•     Identify evidence that supports the thesis statement.
•     Identify the consequences of the thesis.
•     Identify possible reasons why males are falling behind
•     Identify the rhetorical strategy in paragraph 13.
•     Identify where the author gives advice on this problem.
•     How do you think schools should change in order to address this problem with boys?

Tuesday we continued watching "The Mask You Live In". Please complete the questions below. These questions are due Thursday. 

Today we begin our viewing of the documentary "The Mask You Live In". Attached are the questions. The questions are due the day after we finish the film. 

Today we started the "Language, Gender, and Culture" module. Attached is the module. If you were absent today, you missed some important discussion, but there were no module activities assigned today. Below you will find the module work and the readings. 

Today we finished The Power of Language packet and then worked on Activites 1-5. 

 

Due tomorrow:

2 warm ups

Act. 1-5

Power of Language Packet

Below is the prompt, requirements, and essay guidelines. The essay is due this Friday at the end of class. 

Attached is the infographic assignment for the Juvenile Justice Module. It is due Friday with the binder check. 

 

Binder Check 2/2:

4 warm ups

Act. 17, 20, and the infographic.

EASY WEEK SO GET IT ALL DONE! 

Wednesday we started the infographic assignment. Thursday you will be working on it in class, as I will be on a field trip. The assignment is attached to yesterday's post. 

Monday we completed Activities 15 and 16. 

Tuesday we finished watching "Inside the Teenage Brain". Then we completed Activity 17 and Activity 20. For Act. 17, choose only one group of questions (group 1 or group 2). You should have 8 answers for Act. 17.

Attached below you will find the ACTIVITIES we completed in class along with the readings. On ---  -Wednesday 1/17 we completed Activities 1-3. 

-Thursday we completed Activities 4, 5, 6, and 7. Please annotate the words from Activity 7 onto your articles. Get the short definitions I provided from a classmate. 

PLEASE READ "Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes" if you were not in class when we read it. 

-Friday we watched "When Kids Get Life". As you watch, please keep track of the cases. Write down each name, crime, and punishment. Here is the link:

 

Monday we completed Activities, 8, 9, and 10.

 

Tuesday we read "On Punishment and Teen Killers" and "Juveniles Don't Deserve Life Sentences" and we annotated everything from Activity 13 onto the article. 

Wednesday we did our SSR (sustained silent reading), then we started watching a short clip about the teenage brain. We will continue it tomorrow. No module work assigned today. 

Thursday we began work on two PAPA squares. You will have to be in class to get the instructions. The PAPA squares are due at the END of class tomorrow. 

 

WORK DUE TOMORROW: 

 

7 Warm ups (1/17-1/26)

Activities 1-13 (skip 11 and 12)

 

 

Here is the work for Week 2 of Into the Wild. 

Here is the infographic assignment for Into the Wild.

Today we began our unit on John Krakauer's Into the Wild. Attached below is MOST of the work for chapters 1-7. Please be in class to do the rest. Today we chose 5 questions to answer from the questionnaire below:

1. What’s more important to you: family values or materialistic objects? Explain.
2. Would you ever be able to destroy your identity and start a new life? Why or why

not?

3. Do you prefer to do things by yourself or with others? Explain.
4. How would you survive for a week without any money?
5. Could you live your life without money in today’s world? Be specific.
6. What are positive effects public school has on someone who is a loner? Negative

effects?

7. What personality trait do you have that may have an impact on strangers when you meet them? Explain.
8. Do you think college education is necessary to survive/succeed in today’s world?
9. Do you think it’s selfish for someone to completely alienate themselves from family and friends? Why or why not?
10. Explain the following quote: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” – Galileo Gaililei

 

Here is the FULL TEXT:

Tuesday we read Chapters 1 and 2. READ CHAPTER 3 FOR HOMEWORK! YOU HAVE A QUIZ TOMORROW! 

 

No module work was assigned today other than finishing up Activity 5. Please make sure you are completing the work from the handout. All work is due Friday. 

Wednesday we continued reading the novel. Please read chapters 4 and 5 if you weren't in class and keep up on the annotations, vocabulary and chapter questions from the handout given to you on Monday. 

The Value of Life infographic assignment is below. It is due at the END of class on 11/28 (Tuesday). 

 

Wednesday we silent read. 

We completed Act. 29, 31, and 32. 

Binder Check 11/17:

-5 warm ups 

-Act. 25, 26 (1&2 only), 27 (vocab annotations), 28 (read), 29 (focused annotations), 31, and 32 (chart).

-Organize your binder

Tuesday we began our next text "What is a Life Worth" by Amanda Ripley. 

 

Please annotate all UNFAMILIAR words from Act. 27

Complete Act. 25

Complete Act. 26 (1-2 ONLY)

Read the article and annotate your reactions.

Thursday in class we took a small quiz on the Kenneth Feinberg text, "What is the Value of a Human Life?" Read the article-it's in the packet with the Hamlet soliloquy, and take the quiz below. BE SURE YOU EXPLAIN EACH ANSWER. 

 

After that we read and watched the Steve Jobs commencemnet speech (the final text in the packet), and discussed Steve's message.  

Monday we finished "I Am" by Tom Shadyac. Your response is due tomorrow after warm up. 

 

•      There were many radical ideas presented in this documentary, but there is a core message that Tom is trying to get through to the audience. What do you think the central theme of this documentary is? What did you think about the ideas presented in the film? Do you feel the film used a balance of Aristotle's 3 appeals, or was it relying too heavily on one, and if so, which one?  
•     200-300 words required.

Monday we began previewing our next text, "Roger Ebert-The Essential Man" by Chris Jones. 

 

Watch this video and write 5-10 facts you learn about Roger Ebert (this is Act. 14):

 

 

Then please answer the 2 questions from Activity 15. 

 

Then please annotate ALL vocabulary from Act. 16 onto your article. 

 

REMEMBER! You must click "show all assignments" to access the module that I uploaded last week. 

Tuesday we read the article (Act. 17).

Then we did focused annotations from Act. 19. 

We are skipping Act. 18.

Wednesday we silent read, and then completed Activities 20 and 23 (skip 21, 22). 

 

Binder Check 11/9:

-4 warm ups 

-Act. 14, 15, 16 (vocab annotations), 17 (read article), 19 (focused annotations), 20, 23 (chart).

-Organization

Today we started "The Value of Life" module. Please find the module and the readings attached below. Today we completed Act. 1-5. 

Tuesday we completed Act. 6 and 7. Activity 6 consisted of us reading the soliloquy and annotating the meaning. Then we wrote a summary detailing what Hamlet was saying. Your summary should have 3 parts: The central question Hamlet is asking, the complication, and the way Hamlet values life. 

Wednesday we completed Act 9 and 10. Please skip 8. 

 

Thursday we will complete Act. 11, 12, and 13. 

 

Binder Check 11/3:

5 warm ups- 50 points

Act. 1-13 (skip 8)- 120 points

Organization- 20 points

TOTAL- 190 points

If you were absent for the In-class essay on Thursday, here is your alternate assignment. It is due Monday and all essay guidelines apply. 

The analysis for "42" is below. 

Today (Tuesday) we reviewed the answers to "The Perfect Victim Pitfall". 

Then we went over what we did well in our animal essays, and what we need to improve on. 

Then I assigned a worksheet on embedding quotes. Please read over the following worksheet, then complete the exercises at the end. NOTE---the answers appear at the end, but you need to write YOUR OWN examples. Use the answers to HELP you. Please make sure you change up the signal phrases. 

 

Today's (Tuesday) work must be done in class. Please see me if you were absent. 

Due tomorrow: 

 

5 warm ups

Activities 1 and 2 from the module (many of you turned this in with the Herbert article). 

"The Perfect Victim Pitfall" Questions, which are attached below. The article was attached to yesterday's post, please go there to print it out if you don't have it with you. 

Below is all the work we did for the "Stop and Frisk" data along with the next article "Charles Blow" and the vocab annotations you need to have done BEFORE coming in to class tomorrow. 

Here is the work for Monday which is DUE TOMORROW! 

Today we completed Activities 1 and 2 in the Racial Profiling module. The module and the article is attached below. 

Below is the work for "42". I am posting it today, but it will not be due until the completion of the film which will be next Friday. The response will be due the following Monday. I will remind you next week, but those who have seen the film may take this opportunity to get ahead. 

Here are the prompts for "Stand and Deliver":

 

•     At the center of “Stand and Deliver” are serious issues of race and class. Can you identify any of them? How are they developed throughout the film? (200 words minimum).
•     Claudia is told by her mother that “boys don’t like it when you’re too smart.” What do you think of this statement? Do you think it was the right decision to continue her education? (200 words minimum).
•     CHOOSE ONE PROMPT! DUE THURSDAY!

Below is the essay prompt and the essay guidelines. 

Link to Animal Bill of Rights: 

 

Link to video-MLA format for GOOGLE DOCS:

 

Link to video-MLA format NON google doc:

 

Citation generator:

Thursday we continued drafting. Attached below are a couple of sample intros and further help with writing. 

Monday's assignment is below. It is DUE TOMORROW AND IS GOING INTO THE ESSAY CATEGORY WHICH IS 40% OF YOUR GRADE. 

Below is Friday's assignment. 

Tuesday we completed Activites 15, 16, and 17. After that read the article "Hooked on A Myth" by Victoria Braithwaite and be ready to discuss it tomorrow in class. 

Today we completed a descriptive outline for "Hooked on a Myth". Follow the directions below.

 

Step 1- Draw a line where you think the introduction ends.

Step 2- Draw a line where you think the conclusion begins.

Step 3- Separate the rest of the article by topic, and be be sure to label transitional paragraphs.

Step 4- For each chunk, write a 3-5 sentences SUMMARY and a 1-2 sentence statement of purpose.

ALSO- here is the link for the survey given in class today. Please let me know if you take it and I'll give you some extra credit. 

https://survey.directionsurvey.com/en/1743cd

Today we completed Activity 21, 22, and 24. For 22, please make sure you annotate JUST the words that are unfamiliar to you, but please make sure you have at least 5-10 vocabulary annotations on "Of Primates and Personhood...". 

 

Binder Check 9/29:

5 Warm ups

Act. 15, 16, 17, 17.5, 18, 21, 22, 24

Organization

Today (Friday) we started watching The Cove. Complete the worksheet given out in class to help you complete the writing assignment which is below.  

Today (9/25) we finished The Cove. The writing assignment is due tomorrow. 

Please do the second half of Activity 8 (descriptive outline), SKIP 9, and complete 10. 

Today (Wednesday) we silent read, and then completed Activities 11 and 12. 

Today (Thursday) we completed Activities 13 and 14. 

 

Binder Check 9/22:

 

5 warm ups

Act. 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Organization of binder

 

PLEASE TURN IN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO.

Friday we started our viewing of "Blackfish". The second attachment below is for you to keep track of what you see as you watch; the first attachment is the writing assignment that is due Tuesday when you walk in. 

Today we started the second module. We completed Act. 1 (SKIP 2) and 3. The module is and the readings are attached below. 

Wednesday we annotated the following information from "Three Ways to Persuade":

•    Your task for silent reading today is to finish reading “Three Ways to Persuade”. As you read, please annotate the following:
•    -Definition of ethos
•     -Example of ethos from real life
•     What is an enthymeme?
•    -What are rhetorical arguments usually based on?
•    -What do we need to know in order to make an audience angry?
•    -How is pathos used to mobilize people for war?
•    -How do advertisements manipulate our emotions?
•     REMEMBER YOU NEED A NOTATION WITH EVERY HIGHLIGHT. IDENTIFY/LABEL EACH HIGHLIGHT. 

Thursday we completed Act. 5 (only do questions 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 1 1)

Activity 7 (do all questions)

The first part of Act. 8

We also read "A Change of Heart about Animals" and annotated our reactions. 

 

BINDER CHECK 9/15:

5 warm ups

Act. 1-8 (skip 2 and 6)

Annotations on both articles

Organization

Personal Statement/Letter of intro information below. 

Today we started writing the personal statement/letter of intro. Please see me for directions and advice. The ROUGH DRAFT is due tomorrow (I'll just be doing a visual check), and the final draft is due Tuesday September 12th.

 Today we got ready to type or FAQ for tomorrow. If you were not in class, please follow Activities 17 and 18. The video I showed for effective internet searches is below. Please make sure you have notes on it (Act. 18), and make sure you have either 4 specific questions or topics to research for Act. 17. 

 

 

 

Below is the FAQ assignment. 

 Today (Thursday) we completed our Gallery Walk and then started the college or work infographic assignment. Please see below for instructions. 

 Today we completed Activities 14 and 15. 14 is due Friday with the binder check, and 15 is due tomorrow after silent reading. Please see me if you were absent and I'll help you. 

 Today we completed Activity 11 (due Friday with binder) and Activity 13 (due TOMORROW). 

 

Go to last week to access the module. You must click on "Show all assignments" to see last week. 

 Below is our first module, What's Next? Thinking about Life after High School. Check the agenda in class or with your peers to find out what activities were covered. 

Monday, PERIOD 1 completed Activities 1-3.

Monday, PERIOD 2 completed Activities 1-4.

 

 Tuesday we completed Activites 6, 7, and 8 for both periods. 

 Today was silent reading and we completed Activity 9. 

 Today we completed Activity 10. If you were not in class today, you need to come see me for directions. If you can't come in, then just follow the directions in the module for Act. 10. 

 

Tomorrow's Binder Check:

 

•     5 warm ups (50 points).
•     Activities 1-10 (No points for 4 and 5-110 points).
•     Organization- (20 points)
•     TOTAL- 180 points