Monday: Whole Class Revision of essays. Stations.
Tuesday: Synthesis Essays due. Prompt and preparation for ICE on Thursday. Wednesday: Socratic seminar preparing for Thursday ICE. Thursday: Freedom and Safety ICE. Friday: SMHS essay scoring/critique activity.
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Monday: No School- Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday: 2nd Pd: Socratic Seminar Day 2. 6th Pd: We looked at model synthesis essays from the 2014 test. Please create a thesis statement for tomorrow for the censorship essay (front page of your source packet) Wednesday: 2nd pd- model synthesis essays. 6th Pd: begin working on synthesis essays. Please have 1.25 pg of your essay coming into class tomorrow. I passed out F451 and reading schedule. Thursday: Whole class revision activity. Please make sure you have whatever is done of your essay printed out for class today. Friday: Sub. Students in class will work on writing censorship essay (please BYOD or ask the sub to go to the library) or read F451. Monday: Silent Station Discussion on Censorship followed by whole class discussion. I passed out Censorship Synthesis Packet. We discussed the prompt and how to approach it. Read all Sources by Wednesday.
Tuesday: AP Multiple Choice Practice. Some good Tips and info in this powerpoint Wednesday: Socratic Seminar on Censorship Day 1. You must use your sources in this discussion, so make sure you are comfortable with the information. Thursday: 2 Hr Delay. Shortened Pd 2. I passed out Fahrenheit 451 and reading schedule. 6th Period: Blackout poems Friday: Socratic Seminar Day 2. Welcome Back! Happy 2017! Monday: No School (last day of break) Tuesday: #oneword2017 activity. See powerpoint here. Wednesday: We watched Sir Ken Robinson's "Shifting Paradigms in Education" Animated Ted Talk (This is adapted from a longer TED Talk entitled "Do School's Kill Creativity"). We filled out a claims chart (see Links & Resources Tab if you need a copy) and then discussed the video. Please read "Ignorance Vs. Reason in the War on Education" article by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Thursday: Discussion of Abdul-Jabbar article. Friday: IAB Benchmark |