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 you 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...
Can you elaborate on the part about...

Have a wonderful break! Relax, reflect, and read! 

On The Thursday Before Winter Break...

Goal: Write a rhetorical precis for your 3rd article.

Agenda:
Read
Reading Progress Update
Precis assessment
Socratic prep

1. Complete your READING PROGRESS UPDATE.

2. Precis assessment:

• You have unscrambled a precis about "Undercover Parent." 
• You wrote one about "Big Brother Meets Big Mother."
• Now it is time to write a precis based on the third article you chose to prepare for our socratic seminar. 

The rules:

1. You will write your precis today. (You can not copy one you wrote last night for practice.)
2. You can have the article on your screen to refer to. (Remember, paraphrase, don't quote the article.)
3. You can have this picture of the precis chart on your screen. 
4. All other tabs should be closed, please. 
5. I'm giving you paper (gasp). Write as neatly as you can. 
6. RHETORICAL PRECIS SCORING GUIDE. 

3. Socratic preparation: 

• Tomorrow we have a socratic seminar. 
• Be prepared to talk about the two questions on your preparation document. 
• Be sure your document is completed. 
• If you chose to do your preparation digitally make sure you bring a PRINT out. 
• You earn TWO grades tomorrow. One for your contributions to the discussion, and one for your completed preparation document. 
• If you are absent you will have a 0 in power school until you attend (and participate in) the make up at 2:25 on 1/9/19. Don't be late. (The 0 is temporary. Don't panic.)

Socratic Prep Day 2

Goal: Make progress on your socratic seminar preparation.


Agenda: 
Read
Prepare for Socratic Seminar

Have You:

• Picked your third article? 
• Read it carefully? 
• Do you know what you need to about it to write a precis tomorrow?
• Yes, precis test on your third article tomorrow. Be ready. (Precis format will be provided.) 

Socratic Seminar Friday: 

• Bring your preparation doc (completed) on paper. 
• If you worked on it on the computer, YOU are responsible for printing it out on your own. 
• We offered you a paper copy on Tuesday. You can also get a digital copy HERE.
• We will print it for you if you ask on THURSDAY, but not Friday. On Friday, we will be busy getting started with our discussion. 

Reminders: 
Check out a good book to read over break. 
Finish your Socratic preparation doc.

Preparing for a Socratic Seminar

Goal: Beginning to prepare for a socratic seminar on Friday.

Agenda:
Read
Socratic Seminar Preparation
Pick a third article
Reminders

Socratic Seminar Preparation: 

• On Friday 12/21 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," and a third article 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 12/21. (If you choose to use the Google Doc, YOU are responsible for printing it.)
• On Thursday you will be writing a rhetorical precis about your third article in class. Be sure you have read it before then. 

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: SEXTING TEENS CAN FACE LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES

SOURCE E: PARENTS MONITORING TEENAGERS ONLINE AND MOSTLY GETTING IT RIGHT. 


These articles might also interest you, but don't use them as your third article. 
I'M BEING FOLLOWED: HOW GOOGLE-AND 104 OTHER COMPANIES-ARE TRACKING ME ON THE WEB
WHEN IS IT LEGAL TO FILM PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION?

SWEEPING AWAY A SEARCH HISTORY

Reminders: 
Friday we will be having a socratic seminar.
What are you reading over break? Make a book plan.
Thursday, rhetorical precis in class about your third article. Be ready.

Article of the Week

Goal: Complete your reading progress update and write a response to an Article of the Week.

Agenda: 
Read
Article of the Week
Reminders

Article of the Week 
Our article of the week comes in a video format this week.
I will show you segments of it in class.
If you are absent you can watch it on your own.

English Journal - 2 Paragraphs
1. Summarize what you saw/heard in the segments I showed you in class.
2. Your thoughts/opinions/reactions to what you saw/heard.

Reminders
Be sure you have a good book to read over break.
Check your English Journal. You should have entries for 12/4, 12/5, 12/10, 12/15 and 12/17.

Making Connections and Improvements

"I find your culture of surveillance disturbing."

Goal: Reflecting on the issues in our reading and/or improving your rhetorical précis.

Agenda: 
Read
Making Connections
Rhetorical Précis

Making Connections: 

• The "elf on a shelf" has become a popular holiday tradition, but what does it say about a culture of surveillance? 
• Open your English Journal and respond to the prompt below. 
• 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? 

Share and select:

Who had an excellent explanation of the image? 

Select a great explanation from your table and submit it here. 

Improve your précis: 

1. Open your English Journal 
2. Review the précis you started yesterday. 
3. How can you improve it? 
4. Is it four sentences that follow the structure on the chart? 
5. Does the fourth sentence mention her tone? (Lots of you forgot that part.)

Reminders: 

Read your book.

Finish your précis if you did not get to finish it today.

Writing a Rhetorical Précis

Goal: Reflecting on the issues in our reading and making a first attempt at a rhetorical précis.

Agenda: 
Read
Rhetorical précis

Write your own précis: 

1. Open your English Journal.
2. Open your copy of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother." 
3. Write a rhetorical précis of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother" by Ellen Goodman in your English Journal. 
4. Just FOUR sentences. Use the one you have about Undercover Parent as a model. 

IF these frames help you feel free to use them: 

1. In the article “Big Brother Meets Big Mother” (2007) by Ellen Goodman she argues/explains/questions….
2. Her claims/evidence/reasons include…
3. Goodman presents …… in order to….
4. She adopts a …… tone to …..

Peer review: 

Go to https://b.socrative.com/login/student/

I will post the room code in class. 

Paste in your rhetorical précis for "Big Brother Meets Big Mother."

Reminders: 

Read your book.

Finish and/or revise your précis if you needed more time. 

Article Analysis for "Big Brother Meets Big Mother"

Goals: Analysis by charting the text and starting on SOAPSTone

Agenda: 
Read
Charting "Big Brother Meets Big Mother"
SOAPSTone

1. Charting "Big Brother Meets Big Mother"

• Open your copy of the article. 
• You should have 14 numbered paragraphs. 
• Work with your group to complete the SAYING and DOING columns on your chart. (Put your name on it.)
• Remember to use our list of rhetorically active verbs on the wall. 
• When you are done turn it over and remind yourself what SOAPSTone is about, but don't fill it out. 
• Then...

2. SOAPSTone:

• Work with your partner to complete the SOAPSTone activity for "Big Brother Meets Big Mother." (The entry code is the last word of our class motto. You know this, don't you?)
• Remember, I am expecting high quality, accurate answers. 
• Choose your words carefully and proofread closely. 
• Your answers are only 2-3 sentences, so you have time to make sure they are excellent. 
• Focus on Occassion, Audience and Purpose. 
• If you don't finish you can submit what you have. 

Reminders: 

• Keep reading. 
• Do something tonight that will help you do better tomorrow. 

Précis Check and a First Read

Goals: Checking in on your précis from yesterday and a first read of a new text.

Agenda: 
Read
Check your précis
First reading of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother"

Precis Check:

• Open your English Journal.
• Do you have a précis at the top dated 12/10/18?
• If not, how can you fix that?
• Is your précis correct? Let's check.

First read of a new text:

• We think you're going to like Big Brother Meets Big Mother.
• There is a copy shared with you in Google Classroom. 
• Use File/make a copy to make your own version. 
• Use the "Say Something" protocol with your partner.

Reminders: 

Keep reading.
Do something tonight that will help you do better tomorrow.

Unscrambling a Précis

Goal: Learn how to create a rhetorical précis.

Agenda:
Read
Reading Progress Update
Learn what a rhetorical précis is.
Play unscramble the précis

1. Complete your READING PROGRESS UPDATE.

2. Rhetorical Précis:
"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 précis. (Do not share it.)
2. The sentences on this doc are out of order. 
3. Rearrange them until you have a correct précis. 
4. Note: Our example chart has FOUR sentences, but the précis you will unscramble has FIVE. Decide which two sentences should be combined and re-write them into one sentence. 
5. Copy and paste your CORRECTED précis into your English Journal. (You will need it as an example for writing one on your own soon.)

Reminders: 

• Be sure your corrected précis is pasted into your English Journal, dated 12/10/18.
• Keep reading. You should be on Book #5 by now.

Charting the Text of 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.
• Well educated readers can separate what the author is saying from what the author is doing.
• This will not be easy at first. The struggle is worth it. 

Instructions: 

1. Open your copy of Undercover Parent in Google Drive. 
2. I'll give your group your charting organizers on paper. (Yes, I said the P word.)
3. Work together on each section. You need to talk it out. 
4. 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.)
5. Since you are new at this I filled in some of the boxes for you to help you figure it out. Read them. 
6. We are doing this one on paper, so if you are absent you will need to see Mrs. Roberts or Ms. Daniel for instructions and materials. 
7. Yes, you are turning this in today before you leave. Write your name and period on it. 

Reminders: 

• Your homework is to read daily, even if you are "ahead." 

SOAPSTone for Undercover Parent

Goal: Our first SOAPSTone, learning a piece of rhetorical analysis

Agenda: 
Read
SOAPSTONE Preview
SOAPSTONE with a partner

SOAPSTone: 
S - Subject / topic / issue of the text
O - Occasion - what is the context of the text? Consider time period, relevant events, and issues current to 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?
T- Tone - sarcastic, humble, bitter, convinced, unsure, reasonable, angry, immature, educated?

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

Reminders:

• Be sure any books you have from our classroom library are checked out to you. Don't forget, you can use the QR code scanner on your phone to scan the QR codes posted around the classroom. 

First Read of Undercover Parent

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

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

1. First Read of Undercover Parent: 

• This text is shared with you in Google Classroom. Go there to get your copy. 
• You will read this text with a partner and use the "Say Something" protocol to check your thinking and understanding with each other as you go.

2. English Journal: 

Write a response about "Undercover Parent" using the same TWO paragraph structure we use in our Articles of the Week. (First paragraph summarize what you read. Second paragraph share what you think about what you read.) 

Reminders: 

• Be sure your two paragraph response to "Undercover Parent" is complete in your English Journal. Start off this new 6-week English Journal strong! 
• Keep reading. You should be on Book #5 (or more).

Four Corners Discussion

Goal: Explore our initial thoughts and opinions relating to teens and the internet

Agenda: 
Read
Review Survey Responses
Four Corners Discussion
English Journal Response

Four Corners Discussion: 
Move to the corner of the room that best represents your thoughts about the statement.

English Journal Response:
Open your English Journal and write a response about what you're thinking when it comes to teens and internet privacy. What slides did you have the strongest reaction to?

Reminders: 

• Do you have a list of books you want to read? Book #5 and Book #6 must be finished before the end of January. 
• Remember to check out your books and return books you have finished. 
• Period 4 - do you have your film release forms?

Book #4 - Book Review

Goal: Write your review of Book #4.

Agenda: 

Read

Survey

Book Review

Catch Up Time

1. Survey:

• Click HERE to take this survey related to our next unit. Your opinion matters when it comes to the topics we will cover.

2. Book Review Time: 

• You already have experience writing a book review in the document we shared with you before break. 

• You are now writing a book review for Book #4, the novel you chose to read after your group novel.

• Your review of Book #4 is due by the end of the day TODAY.
• BE SURE YOU ARE WRITING ABOVE YOUR REVIEW OF BOOK #3 ON THE BEIGE DOC WE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE BREAK. 

Reminders:

• Finish your review of Book #4.
• Are you missing anything in Power School? 
• Did you finish (and turn in) your "I Am" Poem on Google Classroom? 
• 4th Period: Have you turned in your film release form?

Poetry and Pre-Unit Assessment

Goals:
1. Start/finish "I Am" poem
2. Take a formative assessment for our next unit

Agenda: 
Read
Formative Assessment
"I Am" Poems
Catch Up Time!

1. Formative Assessment: 
Before we begin our next unit, we'd like to know more about your non-fiction reading skills. You did a great job with a very challenging text this week!
Click HERE to take the assessment.

2. "I Am" Poems
Remember the poem template you saw yesterday in Google Classroom?
Open that template and begin your poem.
We are wrapping up our discussion about identity, and this is your chance to think about who you are and what you want from the world.
(If you want to get creative, feel free to add an image. This is a chance you have to express yourself!)

Click to view larger image. 

Catch Up Time! 
Let's Check Ourselves: 

• Are you done with Book #4? 
• Are you missing anything in Power School? 
• Did you finish the two questions in the gray boxes from the article we read this week?

Finish Our Text and Write

Goal: Finish reading "The Complexity of Identity" and create our own "I Am..." poems



Agenda: 

• Read
• Finish "The Complexity of Identity" 
• Start our "I Am" Poems

1. Finish reading "The Complexity of Identity"
Open your copy of the text we've been reading over the past two days. It is the document with boxes for note-taking, and you should be able to find it in your Google Drive. 

2. I Am Poem:

• You have a new assignment in Google Classroom called "I Am Poem." 
• Go to Google Classroom and find the new assignment in the classwork section.
• We will show you an example "I Am" poem so you will have an idea, but you can be creative with yours. 
• You get to begin working on this today in class, but we will also have some time to finish tomorrow. This project is due by the end of the period tomorrow (Friday, 11/30). 

Reminders:

• You should be done with Book #4 and starting Book #5. We will write about Book #4 next week.
• If you have outstanding assignments, be sure to request a regrade. The end of the grading period is this Friday.

Continuing Our New Text

Goal: Finish reading "The Complexity of Identity" and begin to ask questions

Agenda: 
Read
Reading Progress Update
Continue reading our text

1. Complete your READING PROGRESS UPDATE.

2. Open your copy of Beverly Daniel Tatum's "The Complexity of Identity." 
This should be in your Google Drive. It is the document we began reading yesterday, with the boxes available for note-taking and asking questions. 

Reminders:

• You should be finishing Book #4 and beginning Book #5. 
• The grading period is almost over. Be sure you have requested a regrade on any assignments you might have improved.

Revisiting our Gallery + Introduce a New Text

Goal: Introduce a new text based on the work we did with identity

Agenda: 

• Read
• Self scoring your English Journal
• Revisiting our Gallery
• Continuing the conversation on identity
• Introducing a new text

English Journal Self Score

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. 

November 27, 2018 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.) 

Revisiting Our Gallery
We are going to tour the photo gallery from yesterday, this time looking through the images together. Before we get started, remember some of the images might be sensitive. It's important to consider this before you speak:

1. Is what I'm going to say kind?
2. Is what I'm going to say helpful? 
3. Is what I'm going to say respectful?

Introducing a New Text 

• Click HERE to get your own copy of the text we're about to read.
• Share your copy with Ms. Daniel (copy and paste: cdaniel@sandi.net).
• Annotate! Highlight! Ask questions! Take notes! 

Reminders: 

• We self-scored English Journals today. Make sure your score is visible as the most recent entry on top. 
• Do you need to request a regrade on anything? The end of the grading period is near. 
• Finish Book #4 and pick out your Book #5. 

Welcome Back: Introduction to Identity

Goal: Begin to construct an understanding of identity

Agenda: 
Read
Gallery Walk
Identity Map

Map Yourself: 

• There is one sheet of paper at each of your desks. 
• In the center of the paper, write your name. 
• In the outer circles, you will write or illustrate different pieces of yourself. You can use this template to help, but feel free to be creative.

Gallery Walk
You may have noticed some photos hanging on the walls around the room. It's up to YOU to make meaning out of these photos. There are no right or wrong answers, but you might find the sentence starters below helpful.


Expectations: 

• Reflect on each image and write your response on a post-it note. Use the sentence starters (right) to help. 
• This is a quiet activity. Act as though you would in a museum - silence, with the exception of low whispers if you must ask questions.
• Please put your initials on each sticky note you write. 

Let's Check Ourselves: 

• Is your English Journal complete? 
• Are you missing anything in Power School? 
• Are you done or almost done with Book #4? 
• Did you finish your review of Book #3 (group novel) from before break? 

Happy Thanksgiving Break

By popular request, I'm posting a list of things you can catch up on or check on during break. This six week grading period ends 11/30, so now is a good time to get caught up.

1. READ - Reading is the best thing you can do for yourself. You should be aiming to finish book #4 by 11/28 and break is a great time to read.

2. BOOK REVIEW - Finish your review of book #3 (your group novel) if you didn't already finish it in class. Hint, this should be on the "book review" doc that I shared with you on Thursday.

3. Check your ENGLISH JOURNAL - Your English journal has most of the small classwork we did for this grading period. Make sure you have all the assignments complete. Sometimes you start things in class and forget to finish. Sometimes you are absent. We will grade English Journals after break.

NOTE: If you need more explanation for something listed on the chart, you should find the blog post for that date on this blog. It will probably tell you what you need to do. (Click the image to see it larger.)

Request a Regrade: 
If you never revised your memoir or your visual memoir you can still work on either or both of those and then request a regrade on the tab above.

Most of you just need to read, relax and enjoy your break time with family and friends. If you really must worry about your English grade, try not to do that for more than a few hours. You need the time off. I need the time off too, so if you email me a question I probably won't get back to you until school starts again. Don't panic.

Book Review Time!

Goal: Finish your book review for your group novel. 

Agenda: 

Read
Interest Survey 

Finish your book reviews

Quick Survey Time! 
We're super interested in what topics you might want to discuss in English, and we'd love to to know your opinions on a few short questions.

Click HERE to access the survey. 

Book Review Time: 

• Yesterday, you started your book review in the Google Doc we shared with you. 

• Finish your book review. (Yes, all four paragraphs.)

• Your review of Book #3 (your group novel) is due by the end of day TODAY.

Reminders: 

• If you still have not finished your book review, finish it for homework ASAP.
• Be sure your English Journal is up to date - we are grading them when we get back to school.
• Have a safe and happy break! We'll see you back at school on Monday, November 26th. 

Book Review Structure

Goal: Learn how to structure a book review.

Agenda: 
Read
Reading Progress Update
Book Review Structure
Starting a book review

1. Complete your READING PROGRESS UPDATE.

2. Learn about the structure of a book review. 

• This is a copy of a book review written by one of my former students. 

• Enrique uses a solid structure for his review.

• Read his review carefully and analyze what he is DOING in each paragraph. 

• Click HERE to get a copy and get started.

3. Start your own book review.

I shared a new document with you in Google Drive called Book Reviews 18-19.

You will use this doc to write your review today and to write another one when we get back from Thanksgiving break about your fourth book. 

Reminders

• Have a great book to read during Thanksgiving break. You should be finishing Book #4 (or more!)
• Bring your group novel to finish your book review tomorrow. Remember, you need text evidence! 

Unit Test

Goal: Taking a unit test about the things we learned while reading novels.

Agenda: 
Test time!
Read while others finish

New font option: 
If you liked the font I showed you you can add it to your chrome browser by clicking HERE.

Unit Test: 

• This TEST is designed to assess your ability to apply the concepts from this unit.
• It has an entry code. You will have to be in class to take the test. 
• Answer every question the best you can. 
• If you would like a paper copy of the story on the test ask me for one. 
• If you are absent you will have a 0 until you make up this test. 

Read: 

• Make sure you have a very good book. Don't like your book? Ask for help finding a better one. 
• Be sure to CHECK OUT every book you take home. Yes, you can borrow more than one at a time. 
• Don't return your group novel yet. We'll need it tomorrow.

Reminders:

• Catch up on your English Journal.
• Be sure you have a good book to read for Book #4 (or #5)

Review and Catch Up

Goal: Review and catch up.

Read:

• You are reading book #4 (or more).
• You have a good book that you want to read ready for Thanksgiving break.
• You have checked out these books if you borrowed them from our classroom.

Before we do anything else:

Remember the group presentations from last Friday? We really enjoyed them.

What we need is feedback from YOU about how you think you and your group mates worked together. Did everyone in the group pull their weight?

Please give us HONEST FEEDBACK here. We will keep your comments about each other confidential and use them when determining individual grades.

Concepts to Review:

During our Reading the Novel unit we covered a lot of concepts. Today we will review those concepts and Wednesday you will show that you can apply them.

The test Wednesday will ask you to read a short story and then answer questions about:

• Characterization
• Internal and external conflict
• Setting and imagery
• Sensory details
• Diction (word choice)
• Connotation and Denotation
• Plot
• Theme

Let's Review:

1. Go to https://join.quizizz.com and I'll give you the code to join our practice session.
2. If you want to play again at home click the link above and use this code: 966117

Catch Up:

1. Check your English Journal. Are all of your assignments complete?
2. Do you have a good book ready for Thanksgiving break?
3. Don't check in your group novel yet. We will need it through the end of this week.

Culminating Presentations: Presentation Day!

Goal: Present your group's culminating project!

Agenda:
Read
Presentation time!

Confirm with your group that everything is ready to go.

We will call each group to present at random by drawing table color names from a basket. Be ready to go please!

If you want to refresh your memory, you can see the rubric HERE.

After presentations, go to THIS FORM to give your table mates a grade. You are scoring them based on their contributions to the group project.

Please be respectful of your classmates and remind yourselves of expectations. We should all be respectful, kind, and helpful.

You're going to do GREAT!

Reminders:

• This coming Monday is Veterans Day, observed by PLHS. We will see you back in class on Tuesday, November 13th. 
• Keep reading. Get a great book for Book #4 (or more) for this grading period! 
• Unit Test is NEXT WEEK!