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Monday
Writing Prompt – How do you know when someone is lying to you?
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage. (Handout)
Slip or Trip Activity
You are investigators who must determine what really happened at this crime scene. Look at the photo and read the background information.
Do you think Queenie is telling the truth? Find all the evidence you can that indicates whether or not Queenie is telling the truth. Make a list of all the evidence.
Evidence includes:
· concrete, observable information;
· personal testimony;
· written documents; and
· material objects and their condition or appearance.
Review the following terms:
Claim: the position being argued for; the conclusion of the argument.
People should spay or neuter their pets.
Evidence: details that support a claim; knowledge on which to base a belief; facts or information helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment
· Millions of pet deaths each year are a needless tragedy.
· By spaying and neutering your pet, you can be an important part of the solution.
Warrant: the reasoning that connects the grounds/reason to the claim. It’s a general “rule” that most of us would agree with.
Now complete the Slip or Trip graphic organizer to prepare your argument.
Presentations of Facts
Reflection - How do you know whether something said or viewed is true? How does your understanding of claim, evidence, warrant/rule help with this?
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Tuesday
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage. Transfer your MAZE entries into your MAZE Google Doc.
Writing prompt - Review yesterday's activity.
Complete the Slip/Trip Activity and submit. Follow the instructions in the email.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Wednesday
Reply to my email with your Slip or Trip answers. CC everyone in your group.
Include the following:
Claim
Evidence
Warrants
Brief explanation....Suggestions:
This is the scene (describe the crime scene) …
This is the situation …
What I/we found …
What Queenie said …
The conclusions & recommendations (what I/we think of Queenie’s claim)…
I/We believe Queenie is not telling the truth because of these reasons (present evidence/warrants)…
I/We recommend continuing with the investigation.
Writing prompt – Why do you think people would want to ban books? Please cut and paste your writing prompts from December into a reply to my email.
Today’s Activity!!
Diffuse the text from the following article:
“Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read”
Did you diffuse the text? If no, go back and diffuse the text. If yes, pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text. Identify the central idea (main idea) of the text.
Did you pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text? If no, go back and pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text. If yes, identify the persuasive appeals in the article.
Did you diffuse the text? If no, go back and diffuse the text. If yes, pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text. Identify the central idea (main idea) of the text.
Did you pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text? If no, go back and pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text. If yes, identify the persuasive appeals in the article.
Did you identify the persuasive appeals in the article? If no, go back and identify the persuasive appeals in the article. If yes, complete the quickwrite activity below.
Create a quickwrite explaining why books are an important part of our society.
Which values do they symbolize? You may use the informational text to guide your response.
Extension...
Next….
Let’s revisit the First Amendment of the Constitution from the beginning of the year. What connections can you make between the Constitution and “Banned Books Week”?
(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.)
Why are books an important part of our society? Which values do they symbolize?
What is implied by the author’s comment “danger that exists when restraints are imposed”? How does this connect to American values?
Create your own persuasive appeal for this topic. What type of appeal will you use? How will it be effective?
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
How to CC!
Thursday
HAVE YOU:
Submitted your December writing prompts via email reply? (Label them.)
Submitted your Slip or Trip answers via email reply with group members' names in the CC?
Put all of your MAZE answers into a single Google Doc?
Completed yesterday's "Banned Books" diffusion, summary activity, and identified the main idea?
Writing Prompt - Explain your persuasive appeal for yesterday's topic. What type of appeal did you choose? How will it be effective?
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage.
Let's continue with our banned books activity. Research some of the books that have been banned from middle school and why.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Friday
Monday
Writing Prompt – How do you know when someone is lying to you?
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage. (Handout)
Slip or Trip Activity
You are investigators who must determine what really happened at this crime scene. Look at the photo and read the background information.
Do you think Queenie is telling the truth? Find all the evidence you can that indicates whether or not Queenie is telling the truth. Make a list of all the evidence.
Evidence includes:
· concrete, observable information;
· personal testimony;
· written documents; and
· material objects and their condition or appearance.
Review the following terms:
Claim: the position being argued for; the conclusion of the argument.
People should spay or neuter their pets.
Evidence: details that support a claim; knowledge on which to base a belief; facts or information helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment
· Millions of pet deaths each year are a needless tragedy.
· By spaying and neutering your pet, you can be an important part of the solution.
Warrant: the reasoning that connects the grounds/reason to the claim. It’s a general “rule” that most of us would agree with.
Now complete the Slip or Trip graphic organizer to prepare your argument.
Presentations of Facts
Reflection - How do you know whether something said or viewed is true? How does your understanding of claim, evidence, warrant/rule help with this?
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Tuesday
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage. Transfer your MAZE entries into your MAZE Google Doc.
Writing prompt - Review yesterday's activity.
Complete the Slip/Trip Activity and submit. Follow the instructions in the email.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Wednesday
Reply to my email with your Slip or Trip answers. CC everyone in your group.
Include the following:
Claim
Evidence
Warrants
Brief explanation....Suggestions:
This is the scene (describe the crime scene) …
This is the situation …
What I/we found …
What Queenie said …
The conclusions & recommendations (what I/we think of Queenie’s claim)…
I/We believe Queenie is not telling the truth because of these reasons (present evidence/warrants)…
I/We recommend continuing with the investigation.
Writing prompt – Why do you think people would want to ban books? Please cut and paste your writing prompts from December into a reply to my email.
Today’s Activity!!
Diffuse the text from the following article:
“Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read”
Did you diffuse the text? If no, go back and diffuse the text. If yes, pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text. Identify the central idea (main idea) of the text.
Did you pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text? If no, go back and pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text. If yes, identify the persuasive appeals in the article.
Did you diffuse the text? If no, go back and diffuse the text. If yes, pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text. Identify the central idea (main idea) of the text.
Did you pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text? If no, go back and pick a summary strategy to use as you read the text, and identify the central idea (main idea) of the text. If yes, identify the persuasive appeals in the article.
Did you identify the persuasive appeals in the article? If no, go back and identify the persuasive appeals in the article. If yes, complete the quickwrite activity below.
Create a quickwrite explaining why books are an important part of our society.
Which values do they symbolize? You may use the informational text to guide your response.
Extension...
Next….
Let’s revisit the First Amendment of the Constitution from the beginning of the year. What connections can you make between the Constitution and “Banned Books Week”?
(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.)
Why are books an important part of our society? Which values do they symbolize?
What is implied by the author’s comment “danger that exists when restraints are imposed”? How does this connect to American values?
Create your own persuasive appeal for this topic. What type of appeal will you use? How will it be effective?
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
How to CC!
Thursday
HAVE YOU:
Submitted your December writing prompts via email reply? (Label them.)
Submitted your Slip or Trip answers via email reply with group members' names in the CC?
Put all of your MAZE answers into a single Google Doc?
Completed yesterday's "Banned Books" diffusion, summary activity, and identified the main idea?
Writing Prompt - Explain your persuasive appeal for yesterday's topic. What type of appeal did you choose? How will it be effective?
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage.
Let's continue with our banned books activity. Research some of the books that have been banned from middle school and why.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Friday
Library Visit
Banned Books Sheets Due
Book Report - Check In
Title of the Book I am Reading:
Date:
5 vocabulary words from this week’s reading:
Complete word detective activities for each word.
Write a summary of what has happened in your novel/reading selections this week.
Predict what will happen next.
Compare this book to one you have previously read.
Membean Makeup List
voracious
rebuke
phenomenon
assimilate
swelter
tedious
banter
infinite
balmy
tirade
Read 30 minutes each day.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Writing Prompt - Let's continue with our banned books activity. Research some of the books that have been banned from middle school and why.
Make a list of at least three books, and explain the plot. Write several sentences as to whether you believe the book should have been banned.
(Don't forget to list your evidence and warrant with your claim.)
Questions to answer:
· Why might someone want to ban a book? How might he/she be trying to protect a child from the content of a challenged book?
· Why might it be important for children to read books with controversial and sensitive topics?
· How might your challenged book break down bias and stereotypes?
· How might your challenged book be considered offensive?
· What messages/themes come from your challenged book? What is the lesson taught?
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage.
What is a Socratic Seminar?
The goal of a socratic seminar is to understand the ideas, issues, and values reflected in a specific text. Participants are responsible for facilitating a discussion around ideas in the text rather than asserting opinions. Participants systematically question and examine issues and principles related to a particular content, and articulate different points-of-view. The group conversation assists participants in constructing meaning through disciplined analysis, interpretation, listening, and participation.
How do I prepare?
Look through your writing prompt for today, the banned books activities we have done, and the questions listed below.
Introduction to Socratic Seminar - PREPARE
Socratic Seminar Questions: Censorship
On a separate sheet of paper/Google Doc, please answer all of the following questions in at least three sentences each.
1. What is free speech?
2. What restrictions, if any, should be in place on free speech?
3. What is censorship?
4. When is it okay to censor things?
5. Why do you think people censor speech?
6. Can things other than verbal speech be censored? How?
7. Can people have power in a society that censors things?
Examples of books challenged during 2013 (Nationwide)
Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
When naughty George and Harold hypnotise their headteacher, they accidentally create the greatest superhero in the history of their school — Captain Underpants! His true identity is so secret that even HE doesn’t know who he is… but he’s fighting for truth, justice, and all things pre-shrunk and cottony!! If you’re a naghty villain like the diabolical Dr Diaper, watch out! Captain Underpants has wedgie-power on his side, and he’s coming your way.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, violence, unsuited to age group
Realizing the stakes are no longer just for survival, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) teams up with her closest friends, including Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Finnick for the ultimate mission. Together, they leave District 13 to liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem and assassinate President Snow, who's obsessed with destroying Katniss. What lies ahead are mortal traps, dangerous enemies and moral choices that will ultimately determine the future of millions.
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl is the first novel by Tanya Lee Stone and written in a poetry-format. It follows the story of three girls who fall for the same bad boy intent on seducing every girl in school.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language; racism
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Bone (series), by Jeff Smith
Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence
After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone, are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert.One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures...Humor, mystery, and adventure are spun together in this action-packed, side-splitting saga. Everyone who has ever left home for the first time only to find that the world outside is strange and overwhelming will love Bone.
RULES
You don’t need to raise your hand to talk. Focus on the main speaker and wait your turn. If you sit with your hand up, I will not select you. You should be actively listening, NOT thinking about what to say next.
Express agreement or disagreement in a courteous, thoughtful manner.
Focus on ideas and values in the text.
Keep an open mind.
Invite everyone to share their ideas.
Use others’ names.
Remember that one person speaks at a time.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Writing Prompt - What are the most reliable forms of evidence? Explain each.
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage.
You will be working collaboratively as a team of crime scene investigators who have been called in to help solve a series of unsolved crimes occurring in the community.
Assign the following roles:
1. Lead Investigator: The Lead Investigator is responsible for reading each case out loud to the team. While the Lead Investigator reads each case, the other members of the team will look at the crime scene photos and other documents associated with the crime and circle evidence they believe will be necessary to help them solve the crime and support their claim.
2. Evidence Recorder: The Evidence Recorder is responsible for recording evidence discovered by the team.
3. Crime Scene Recorder: The Crime Scene Recorder records the claim, evidence, warrant/rule in the Basic Argument Organizer.
4. Crime Scene Reporter: The Crime Scene Reporter will write a brief statement/argument that does the following:
a. States the investigative team’s claim regarding this case.
b. The evidence and warrant(s)/rule(s) to support this claim.
c. Places this into the “Case File” manila envelope for the case.
There will be several crime scenes you will visit.
At each crime scene (station) do the following:
1. Read the case and review the crime scene photo and other documents related to the crime.
2. Collaboratively brainstorm a list of evidence from close observations of the crime scene photo as well as any additional documents related to the crime.
3. Complete a basic argument graphic organizer for each case.
4. Write up a brief report that states the team’s claim with supporting evidence and warrant(s)/rule(s).
5. Place the report (their claim—with evidence & warrant(s)) into the crime scene folder.
Crime Scenes
What Happened to Harold? (Image)
What Happened to Harold? (Mystery)
The Case of the Speedy Thieves
Presentations of Facts
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
For next week...
The text below is the first two paragraphs of an 8th-grader’s argumentative
essay. As you read, underline the main claim and then mark the text to indicate
evidence (color 1), reasoning (color 2), and counterclaim(s) (color 3) used to
support the claim.
“Private Eyes” by Brooke Chorlton (Notes/Handouts Section) - Understanding Elements of Argumentation Activity 2.11
by Brooke Chorlton (an 8th-grader from Washington State)
“Private eyes, they’re watching you, they see your every move,” sang the band Hall
and Oates in their 80s hit “Private Eyes.” A popular song three decades ago is quite
relevant to life today. We do not live very private lives, mainly due to the Internet,
whose sole purpose is to help people share everything. But there are still boundaries
to what we have to share. Employers should not require access to the Facebook pages
of potential or current employees because Facebook is intended to be private, is not
intended to be work-related, and employers do not need this medium to make a good
hiring decision.
It is true that the Internet is not private, and it is also true that Facebook was not
created to keep secrets; it is meant for people to share their life with the selected people
they choose as their “friends.” However, Facebook still has boundaries or some limits,
so that members can choose what to share. As a fourteen-year-old girl I know for a
fact, because I have seen it, that when you are setting up your Facebook account, you
are able to choose the level of security on your page. Some choose to have no security;
if someone on Facebook were to search them, they would be able to see all of their
friends, photos, and posts. And, according to Seattle Times journalists Manuel Valdes
and Shannon McFarland, “It has become common for managers to review publicly
available Facebook Profiles.” . The key words are “publicly available.” . e owners of
these pro.files have chosen to have no boundaries, so it is not as big a deal if an employer
were to look at a page like this. But others choose to not let the rest of the world in;
if you search them, all that would come up would be their name and pro.file picture.
. at is all: just a name and a picture. Only the few selected to be that person’s friends
are allowed into their online world, while the strangers and stalkers are left. out in
the cold. It is not likely that you would walk up to a stranger and share what you did
that weekend. Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor and former
federal prosecutor, states that requiring someone’s password to their pro.file is, “akin to
requiring [their] house keys.” If we expect privacy in our real world life, shouldn’t we be
able to have privacy in our online life as well?
Based on the thesis, what is the next point the writer will make about the right
of employers to ask for access to Facebook?
Notice that the writer ends the paragraph with an interrogative sentence. Why is
this an effective mood to use as a transition to the next major idea of the essay?
Think of a technology-related topic that has two sides that can be argued.
Decide which side of the issue you want to argue. Brainstorm possible topics
and claims.
Topics:
Claims:
Fill out the chart below for your chosen topic.
15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
Writing Prompt – Pick one of the following claims:
“Lose 20 pounds in 2 days simply by wearing this ‘Shake Away the Fat’ belt!” or
“Instantly regrow lost hair by spraying on this hair regeneration gel.”
What evidence do you need to help you believe the claim?
MAZE Activity – Write the word within the parentheses that makes sense with the rest of the passage.
“Representative Urges Action on the Media”
Don’t Hate Debate Activity 2.12
Review the main three persuasive appeals:
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15 minutes of Membean due each day! (75)
· 3-5 days
· 10-15 minutes per day
· 75 minutes per week
Read 30 minutes each day.
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