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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! 

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

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.

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? SO URCE C: BIG MOTHER IS WATCHING YOU SOURCE D: SEXTING TEENS CAN FACE LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES SOURCE E: PARENTS MONITORING TEENAGERS ONLINE AN...

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.

"I find your culture of surveillance disturbing." Goal:  Reflecting on the issues in our reading and/or improving yo ur rhetorical  précis . Agenda:  Read Making Connections Rhetorical P récis 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 :  Open your English Journal  Review the précis you started yesterday.  How can you improve it?  Is it four sentences that follow the structure on the chart?  Does the fourth sentence mention her tone? (Lots of you forgot that ...

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 :  Open your English Journal. Open your copy of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother."  Write a rhetorical précis of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother" by Ellen Goodman in your English Journal.  Just FOUR sentences. Use the one you have about Undercover Parent as a model.  IF these frames help you feel free to use them:  In the article “Big Brother Meets Big Mother” (2007) by Ellen Goodman she argues/explains/questions…. Her claims/evidence/reasons include… Goodman presents …… in order to…. 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. 

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, Audien...

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.

Goal:  Learn how to create a rhetorical précis. Agenda: Read Reading Progress Update Learn what a rhetorical pr é cis is. Play unscramble the précis 1. Complete your  READING PROGRESS UPDATE . 2. Rhetorical Pr é cis: "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:  Use  THIS LINK  to get a copy of a doc with a rhetorical précis. (Do not share it.) The sentences on this doc are out of order.  Rearrange them until you have a correct précis.  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.  Copy and paste your CORRECTED précis into y...

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:  Open your copy of Undercover Parent in Google Drive.  I'll give your group your charting organizers on paper. (Yes, I said the P word.) Work  together  on each section. You need to talk it out.  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.) Since you are new at this I filled in some of the boxes for you to help you figure it out....

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. 

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).

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?

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?