Catch up, Get ahead, Get Informed

"I find your culture of surveillance disturbing."
(How does this relate to Coben's article?)

Goals: Whatever you need them to be.

Agenda: 
Read
Self Evaluate
Choose wisely

1. Self Evaluate: 

• Research shows that students who self evaluate their own work learn more and do better in school. 
• Complete THIS FORM to self evaluate your problem/solution essay. 
• Do this even if you are not done yet. 

2. Catch Up: 

• What do you need to finish? For many of you this would be your problem/solution essay. 
• And is there anything you meant to work on for a regrade? (Use the regrade request tab above.)

3. Get Ahead: 

• After break we will be writing a review of book #5. 
• You can get ahead by starting yours now. (This is helpful if you are worried you will forget things about the book.)
• If you are not done reading book #5 you can still start the review then finish reading the book over break. 

4. Get Informed: 

• Many of you have asked me about the impeachment process this week. This is a part of history your children and grandchildren will ask you about. 
• You can read more about it on Newsela HERE. Also, the New York Times has a helpful article/infographic about the process HERE. 

Have a wonderful, restful break. Reminder that reading is very relaxing. 

Your Problem/Solution Essays are Wrapping Up

Get it? Wrapping up? 

Goal: Getting citations right. proofreading, hyperlinking and adding images.

Agenda: 
Read
Reading Progress Update
Citations
Proofreading
Maybe hyperlinking and images

1. Reading Progress Update: 
Tell me about what you read today. READING PROGRESS FORM

2. Citations: 

• You need AT LEAST two cited sources about the problem you are writing about. 
• And you need to CITE them correctly. 
• In an MLA citation you need to include all the information you can about the source. Don't panic if there is some information that you don't have for a source. 
• You can use Citation Machine or other citation makers to help you format your citation. Remember I made you a video tutorial about how to do that. 
• List the full citation in a "Works Cited" or "Bibliography" section at the end of your essay. 
• Include a parenthetical in text citation in your essay right after you quote or paraphrase your source. Watch THIS VIDEO for tips on that. 
• Did you use an UPfront magazine article in your research? Citations for those HERE. 

3. Proofreading: 

Check your paper carefully for obvious spelling, punctuation, and capitalization mistakes. Fix them. 

Don't loose points on the rubric because of things you could have easily fixed. 

STOP! CHECK YOURSELF! DO YOU HAVE TWO SOURCES CORRECTLY CITED? DID YOU PROOFREAD? 

Okay, if you really already did 1-3 above then you can keep going. 

4. Hyperlink your essay and add images: 

• You know a lot about your topic and you have found lots of cool resources. 
• Now is the time to hyperlink to those other interesting sources in your essay. 
• You can also add 2-3 images that relate to your topic, but BE SURE you are allowed to use those images. They must be free of copyright and you must cite them in your "Works Cited" section of your paper. 

Reminders: 
Finish reading book #5. We will be writing about it after winter break.

Writing Groups for Problem/Solution Essay

Goal: Writing groups for feedback on our problem/solution argument essays.

Agenda:
Read
Review Writing Group Procedures
Writing Groups
Debrief

Writing Groups: 

• Sharing your writing with a group will help you improve your writing and learn what a reader might think while reading your work. 
• Follow the procedures in the chart or on THIS PAGE with your group. 
• Remember, share your work as "CAN COMMENT" not edit. 

Absent?

Read your draft out loud to someone. 

Homework/Reminders: 

• Read! (Really not kidding about that.)
• Problem/Solution Essays final drafts due Thursday 12/19. (If you think you will need more time talk to me about it before Thursday.)

Essay Rubric (5 column, aim for this level of excellence.)

Drafting your problem/solution

Goal: Make a lot of progress on your draft.

Agenda: 
Read
Work on your draft

Suggested outline: 

INTRO- Hook your audience. Coben uses the story about dinner with his friends. What will you use? (You can write this part last if you want to.)

PROBLEM- Describe the problem. Make sure people understand why it is a serious problem. See my example in THIS VIDEO.

SOLUTION- Suggest your solution. Remember your solution doesn't need to completely solve the problem. (Parents watching what their teens do online doesn't make the internet less dangerous.) You just need to suggest something people can do to help the problem and/or protect themselves.

OPPOSING VIEW POINTS- You may need several paragraphs for this part. Consider what people will say if they don't like your solution. Respond to each opposing viewpoint with a reasonable rebuttal. (See paragraphs 6-10 of Coben's article.)

• Some people probably think that.....but they haven't considered. 
• You may be wondering....so try considering this...
• I know some of you are worried that... It might help to understand that...
• Yes, we may have to deal with..... but isn't.... worth it if...

CALL TO ACTION: Remind your readers what they need to do and why it is so important. 

If this seems like a lot to write today, remember that you've been thinking about this since Thursday. You have lots of this in your organizer already on your doc. Now lets get it into a draft. 

Additional Resources: 

Step by step guide to writing this argument essay. 

Example introduction paragraph from Ms. Baker. 

Still need more research? (Write what you can of your draft FIRST and then dig into these) 
Did you use an UPfront magazine article in your research? Citations for those HERE. 

Reminders: 

We start writing groups tomorrow. If you have a complete draft you'll get much better feedback about how to make it better. 

Research and Drafting

Goal: Make tremendous progress on our argument essays including more research and even begin drafting.

Agenda: 
Read
Adding Citations
Working/writing time

Citing your research: 

• You need to do more research about your topic, even if you already know a lot about it because the research will make you more knowledgeable AND when you can cite the research in your writing it will make you more credible too. 
• I made you a short video about how to create an MLA citation for your research sources. WATCH VIDEO. 

Drafting tips: 

• Focus today on explaining the problem. Will your audience agree that it is a problem or do you need to convince them that this is a problem. 
• As much as you can try to use facts, and specific details about the problem. Sometimes statistics help too. 
• If you want to watch Mrs. R write a paragraph to explain why her topic is a serious problem you can find that HERE. 

Reminders: 

• A complete draft of your argument essay is due TUESDAY 12/17 so that you can get feedback from your writing group before the final draft is due. 
• Keep reading book #5. 

New Writing Prompt

Find this part of your document. Fill in all the boxes
you can and then do some research for the rest. 

Goal: Get started on your next writing assignment

Agenda: 
Read
New Writing Assignment
Time to get started

New Writing Assignment: 

• You have a new assignment shared with you in Google Classroom. 
• It is to describe a problem you see in the world and suggest that people follow your solution. 
• Go to Google Classroom and click on the document that came with this assignment to get started. 
• Draft is due before class on TUESDAY 12/17 so that you can make the most of writing group time. 

Reminders: 

• Keep reading book #5. 
• Do you need extra time for research on your essay topic? Can you do some searching from home? 

Article of the Week

Goals: Read one of the articles you can choose from and write about it in your English Journal.

Agenda: 
Silent reading
Article of the week
Write about it in your EJ.

Article of the week: 

• Choose one of the articles below to read this week. 
• Don't spend more than 10-12 minutes to read the article. 
• If it is taking you longer than that consider lowering the lexile on the article so that you can finish. 

Article 1: Free college tuition
Article 2: Cyberbulling is on the rise
Article 3: The planet's dwindling biodiversity

Write about the article you read:

• In your English Journal (the Google Doc one) write two paragraphs about the article you read. 
• In the first paragraph summarize the article. (Use the summary frame if you need it.)
• In the second paragraph write what YOU think about the topic. Your opinion and the reasons why you think that way. 

Reminders: 

• Keep reading book #5
• Finish your Problem/Solution Generator that you started yesterday. 

Problem/Solution Generator

Goal: Find some problems that interest you and begin to look into them.

Agenda: 

• Read
• 4 Corners for consideration
• Problem/Solution Generator

1. 4 Corners for Consideration:
In class we will be walking the issue on a series of global and local problems. If you missed this you can see what we considered in these slides.

2. Problem/Solution Generator:

• This document has space for you to record your thinking about FOUR problems as well as their possible causes and possible solutions. 
• Try to do all four. The more you do now, the more choices you will have later. 
• Click HERE to get your copy of the document. 

Reminders:

Keep reading book #5. Plan to finish by Thursday next week 12/19. 

Finish your Problem/Solution Generator if you have more to do on that. 

Charting the Text of Undercover Parent

Goal: Close analysis of Undercover Parent using the Charting the Text protocol.

Agenda:
Read 
Reading Progress Update
Charting Undercover Parent with your group

1. Reading Progress Update: 
Tell me about your recent reading progress. 

2. 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 Coben 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. 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 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." 
• If you have time you can do this yearbook survey. 

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos for rhetorical analysis

Goals: Learn about Ethos, Pathos, and Logos and annotate Undercover Parent by Coben to mark examples of each.

Agenda: 
Read
Learn about rhetorical appeals
Annotate Undercover parent.

First, we are going to order some pizza....kind of. We'll let our little friend Ari teach us about Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

• Now that you know all about Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, we are going to look more closely at "The Undercover Parent" and identify the ways that Coben uses rhetorical appeals to craft his argument. 
• Open your copy of the text in your Google Drive. (If you don't have a copy already you can get one from the link in the post below from Thursday.) Be prepared to annotate it based on our close-reading discussion.

Now that you have annotated your text, use your notes to answer the following questions in your English Journal:

1. LOGOS: How well does Coben support his claim in "The Undercover Parent?" What evidence does he provide?

2. ETHOS: What do you know about Coben? Is he credible? Why/why not?

3. PATHOS: How does Coben create fear and concern for his audience? Use specific examples.

Reminders: Keep reading book #5.

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. (Move it to your English 19-20 folder.)
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. 
• Return your group novel to the library.
• Keep reading book #5. 

First Read of Undercover Parent

Goals: First reading of Undercover Parent.

Agenda: 
Read
First read of Undercover Parent

1. First Read of Undercover Parent: 

• This text is assigned to you in Formative. Look for "Undercover Parent by Coben"
• Answer the questions as you read. 

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
Four Corners Discussion
English Journal Response

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

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

Reminders: 

• Book #5 should be finished by 12/19. 
• Remember to check out your books and return books you have finished. 

Formative Assessment, Pre-Unit Survey

Goals: Formative assessment for non-fiction reading, and a pre-unit survey.

1. Formative Assessment: 

• Before we begin our next unit, we'd like to know more about your non-fiction reading skills. 
• Click HERE to take the assessment. (We tried to do this a few weeks ago, but the internet went out that day.)

2. Unit Concepts Pre-Survey

• We would like to know what you think about some of the topics we will be talking about in our next unit. 
• Click HERE to take the survey about topics in our next unit. 

3. Do you STILL need to Submit Your Novel Project?

• Go to Flipgrid and upload or record your project. 
• Remember your SPEAKING counts. Be sure to speak clearly and logically about how your project relates to the theme of your novel. 
• You can also record in our classroom at lunch or after school. 

Reminders: 

You should be reading book #5. You should be reading it at home and at school.