May the Phrase be With You

Goal: Socratic seminar on issues of privacy and responsibility while practicing paraphrasing and extending the conversation.

Agenda:
Read
Book check outs
Seminar 1
Seminar 2
Debrief

Phrases to help with paraphrasing: 
So you are saying that...
I heard you say... Was that right? 
So basically you think...because...
In other words I mean that...

Phrases to help with extending the conversation:
Say more about that...
How does that relate to...
How do you know...
What makes you think that...
Can you explain more about...
I'm still wondering about...
Will you elaborate on the part about...

Have a wonderful break! Relax, Reflect and Read!

Jigsaw Reading

Goal: Jigsaw reading of "6 Ways Social Media Can Ruin Your Life" for a deeper understanding of what can happen online.

Agenda:
Read
Read with your group and discuss
Re-group and explain your section

Jigsaw reading:

1. We are going to jigsaw read an article.
2. All groups should read the beginning.
3. The rest of the article is divided into six hashtag-titled sections.
4. Each group will read one section and discuss it. 
5. Then I will regroup you and you will need to be able to explain what you read and talked about in the section that your first group read.

6 ways social media can ruin your life

Reminders:
Socratic Seminar TOMORROW, you must bring your organizer sheet on paper. 
Return group novel to the library
Check out a book to read over break

Return of the Socratic Seminar Preparation

Goal: Continue socratic seminar preparations

Agenda: 
Read
Review quick write
Prepare for Socratic Seminar

Review your quick write: 

1. Open your English Journal
2. Re-read what you wrote in your quick write yesterday. 
3. Add some additional thoughts you have now. 
4. Proofread and make any edits you can for capitalization and punctuation. Do all of your sentences make sense? 

Prepare for Socratic Seminar:

• Continue working on the document you started yesterday. 
• Many of you already have this on paper. 
• If you want the electronic version you can find it HERE. 
• Remember you need a paper copy for class on Friday. 

Reminders: 

Return group novel to the library. 

Check out a new book to read over break. 

Socratic seminar on Friday. 

Socratic Seminar Preparation: Day 1

"I find your culture of surveillance disturbing."

Goal: Socratic seminar preparation, organizing the information we have and seeking more.

Agenda: 
Read
Quick write
Socratic seminar prep

Quick write: 
Open your English Journal
How does the picture on the blog today relate to the concepts we have been reading about in Undercover Parent and Big Brother Meets Big Mother? 

Socratic Seminar Preparation: 

• On Friday 12/18 we will be having a Socratic Seminar discussion in class.
• To prepare for the discussion you need to know "Undercover Parent" and "Big Brother Meets Big Mother" very well.
• I am giving you paper to organize your thinking. You can also get a digital copy HERE, but you must bring a hard copy to class on Friday 12/18.

Possible Sources for your Third Article:
SOURCE A: IS IT EVER OK FOR PARENTS TO CYBER-SPY ON THEIR KIDS?

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: GENERATION LIKE (PBS VIDEO) 

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

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

SOURCE I: SWEEPING AWAY A SEARCH HISTORY

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

SOURCE K: IS YOUR SMARTPHONE TRACKING WHERE YOU GO?

SOURCE L: AMERICANS SHARPLY SPLIT ON PRIVACY ISSUES

Reminders: 
Friday we will be having a socratic seminar.
Update your Goodreads status.
Check out your new book if you haven't already.
What are you reading over break?

Learning the ways of the Rhetorical Precis

Goal: Learn how to create a rhetorical precis.

Agenda:
Read
Learn what a rhetorical precis is.
Play unscramble the precis
Write a precis on your own.

Rhetorical Precis:
"A Rhetorical Précis, pronounced (pray-see), is a summary or abstract of a work. The Rhetorical Précis has a rigidly specific format.... It is important that you follow the format carefully. This is not an easy task. But it is a crucial step towards building critical reading ability...." (Oregonstate.edu)

Unscrambling a Precis: 

1. Use THIS LINK to get a copy of a doc with a rhetorical precis. (Do not share it.)
2. The sentences on this doc are out of order. 
3. Rearrange them until you have a correct precis. 

Write your own precis: 

1. Open your English Journal
2. Open your copy of Big Brother Meets Big Mother. 
3. Write a rhetorical precis of Big Brother Meets Big Mother by Ellen Goodman in your English Journal. 
4. Open b.socrative.com. Under STUDENT, enter room number 6867. 
5. Paste in your NEW rhetorical precis for Big Brother Meets Big Mother when you get the question. We will vote on them in a minute. 

Reminders: 

Later this week we will be having a socratic seminar. Tomorrow we begin preparing for that. 

Update your Goodreads status. 

Check out your new book if you haven't already. 

What are you reading over break? 

Soapstone and Soapstone

Goal: Learning from our previous SOAPSTone and working on a new one.

Agenda:
Read
Review previous answers
SOAPSTone for Big Brother Meets Big Mother

Pervious SOAPSTone answers: 

1. Click on the link for your period. 
2. Look closely at the answers people gave on the last SOAPSTone (names have been removed)
3. Color code answers GREEN for great answers, YELLOW for okay answers. PINK for pretty bad answers. 

Period 3 Answers to Review

Period 6 Answers to Review

Do a new SOAPSTone for Big Brother Meets Big Mother:
SOAPSTone FORM
You will need your copy of the article shared with you in Google Drive. The one you read yesterday.

Quick quiz and a new reading

Goals: A quick assessment on rhetorical strategies and a first read of a new text.

Agenda: 
Read
Quick quiz, show what you know.
First reading of Big Brother Meets Big Mother

Quick quiz:
Just five questions to see if you have been thinking about your ethos, logos, and pathos learning.
Take the QUIZ, yes there is a password on it.

First read of a new text:
I think you're going to like Big Brother Meets Big Mother.
It is shared with you in your Google Drive.
Use the "Say Something" protocol with your partner.
Just try not thinking about ethos, logos and pathos as you read. I bet you can't help it.

Recognizing Rhetorical Strategies: Ethos, Logos and Pathos

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

Agenda:
Read
Order some pizza (sort of) 
Take some notes
Look for examples of ethos, logos, and pathos in Undercover Parent. 

English Journal Work:

Open your English Journal

Quick Write: Describe a time when someone wanted you to do something. How did they talk you into it? What did they say or do to convince you? 

Let's watch a video. Take notes in your English Journal as you watch. (I'll add the video link here later in case you need to see it again.)

Look for more examples: 

Open Undercover Parent.

Re-read looking for examples of ethos, logos and pathos. Highlight the examples you find, but color code them: green for ETHOS, blue for LOGOS, and lavender/purple for PATHOS.

Compare what you find with your partner. 

Reminders: 

Keep reading; update your status in Goodreads. 

Return your group novel to the library. They are now overdue. 

Charting the Text: Undercover Parent

Goal: Close analysis of Undercover Parent using the Charting the Text strategy for the first time.

Agenda: 
Read
Learn about charting a text
Charting Undercover Parent with your group

Charting the Text: 
Charting a text helps us understand the text better and shows us the structure of the argument.

1. Open your copy of Undercover Parent in Google Drive. 
2. Determine the paragraph chunks with your group, but be prepared to change your mind. 
3. For each section determine what the author is saying first then what he is doing. (Do not move on to the next chunk until you have finished saying and doing for the one before it.)
4. We are doing this one on paper, so if you are absent you will need to see Mrs. R for instructions and materials. 

Reminders: 

Return your group novel to the library. 

Update your status on Goodreads. 

SOAPSTone for Undercover Parent

Goal: Our First Soapstone, learning a piece of rhetorical analysis.

Agenda:
Read
Be sure your book is checked out to you.
SOAPSTONE Preview
SOAPSTONE with a partner

SOAPSTone:
S - Subject / topic / issue of the text
O - Occasion - what is the context of the text?
A - Audience who is this written for? How do you know?
P - Purpose - why did the author write this? What is his/her goal?
S - Speaker - who is Coben? How do you know? What else can you find out?
Tone - sarcastic, humble, bitter, convinced, unsure, reasonable, angry, immature, educated?

SOAPSTone:
Open the Undercover Parent article I shared with you on Tuesday.
With your partner complete the SOAPSTone FORM.  (If you are absent you'll have to work on it on your own.)

Reminders: 
Grading period ends today.
Read a lot this weekend :)

Catch Up, Self Evaluate, Reflect, Ponder, Imagine....

Goals: Complete the book review form, self evaluate English Journals,

Agenda: 
Read
Self-evaluate English Journals
Complete Book review form

1. Self Evaluate English Journals

1. Open your English Journal
2. Review the English Journal Scoring Guide. 
3. Determine how you would score your English Journal. 
4. PASTE this sentence below into the TOP of your English Journal and be sure it is complete. 

December 3, 2015 Self Score:          
I believe I have earned a ______ <<(Your score 1-5) on my English Journal because_______________________ _______________ <<(Your reasons you think you earned that score.) 

2. Complete Book Reviews from Yesterday

1. Scroll down to the post from yesterday and complete the form for your book reviews. Remember you must finish your Goodreads review first so that you can include the link to it. 
2. Many of you completed this last night as homework, thumbs up! You made me so proud. 

3. Catch up

1. Is the book you are reading checked out to you? Is it on your "currently reading" shelf on Goodreads.
2. Is your English Journal up to date? Is all of your work there your best work? Maybe you want to proofread a bit?
3. Do you need to revise your memoir or visual memoir from earlier this semester? You can request a regrade on the tab above.
4. The grading period ends tomorrow. If you need to request a regrade use the tab above. 

Book Review Day

Goal: Writing and submitting book reviews.

Agenda: 
Read
Write and submit book reviews
Catch up

Write and submit book reviews:

1. Post a review on Goodreads for either the group novel you read or another book you read on your own during this six weeks. (Note: you can not use a book you also reviewed in October.)
2. Complete THIS FORM with the LINK (URL) to the review you posted on Goodreads. Then answer the questions about the second book you read recently. 

Catch up: 
Is the book you are reading checked out to you? Is it on your "currently reading" shelf on Goodreads.
Is your English Journal up to date? Is all of your work there your best work? Maybe you want to proofread a bit?
Do you need to revise your memoir or visual memoir from earlier this semester? You can request a regrade on the tab above.


Reminders:
English Journals must be complete by tomorrow, Thursday.
Grading period ends Friday.

First read of Undercover Parent

Goals: First reading of Undercover Parent article using the "Say Something" protocol.

Agenda:
Read
Learn about the "Say Something" protocol.
First read of Undercover Parent

First Read of Undercover Parent: 

• This text is shared with you in Google Drive. 
• You will read it with a partner and use the say something protocol to check your thinking and understanding with each other as you go. 

Reminders: 

• Book reviews are happening in class on Wednesday. You can pre-write them if you want to. 
• English Journals must be complete by Thursday. If you are missing anything there, get it done now. 
• This grading period ends on Friday. All regrade requests are due by 2:30 Friday. (Some of you may want to work on your memoir, your visual memoir, or other missing work.)
• Scroll to the very bottom of this blog and click the blue + sign at the bottom right side of the calendar. That will add this calendar to your calendar.