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Monday, February 1 and Tuesday, February 2, 2016

1/31/2016

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Content Objective: I can report to write my own informational news article. 
Language Objective: I will brainstorm questions and conduct interviews to obtain quotes and information for a news article. 

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Current events: 
For 10 minutes, read current news on any of the following media outlets: 
  • The Salt Lake Tribune
  • The Deseret News
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal 
  • The Washington Post
  • The Huffington Post
  • BBC
After reading, open up a new GoogleDoc, title it with your name and today's date and answer the following questions: 
  1. What about the article(s) you read was new and/or interesting? 
  2. List all the sources that are used (people interviewed and sources cited) in the article you have read. How do you know they are credible? 

2.) Draw a note card with a name on it. For this activity, pretend you are the person whose name you drew on your card. 
  • For three minutes, interview your partner (as the person on their card) asking any questions you want to know about any topic you would like them to talk about. It is important that your partner answers your question "in person", as the person or character on their card. 
  • Once your three minutes are up, switch. Now, it is your partner's turn to ask you questions while you pretend to be the person or character whose name you drew. 
  • After the first round of interviews, take a minute to Google the person you just drew if you didn't know who they are. 
  • Do a second round of interviews, taking turns of two minutes each, asking and answering questions about your/your partner's character's/person's "life work" or "most important accomplishment". 
  • Write down the questions that gave you the most effective, detailed responses. 

3.) With a partner, look up and write your own definition of an open-ended vs. a close-ended question. Add this definition to your GoogleDoc.

4.) Based on the topic that you chose and focused last period, determine three sources of authority who you can interview to get more information on the topic you have chosen. Make sure that you can conduct these interviews in person. Also, make sure these sources of authority are people who know the most about this topic. Include administrators, teachers, coaches, students, etc. For each source, briefly jot down what kinds of information they should be able to give you. 

5.) Once you have determined your three sources, write down at least 5 questions for each of your sources. Keep your questions open-ended to ensure you are getting the most effective, helpful answers. 

6.) Get a note to leave the room to go and start interviewing your sources. Make sure you are gone for no more than 15 minutes total as you will be able to finish your interviews next period. Record your interview on your phone (use whatever voice recording app you have on your phone). Always ask for permission before you start recording. Make sure you do not interrupt any ongoing classes. You may have to make appointments with your sources if they are busy to come back at a later time. 

Assignments: 
In today's GoogleDoc include the following and upload it to CANVAS (use the GoogleDoc tab to upload your file): 
  • Current Events Questions
  • Most effective "Character" interview questions
  • Your definition of closed vs. open-ended questions 
  • Your 3 sources and the information you expect to get from them
  • Your interview questions 
  • Any interview notes you have taken today
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Thursday, January 28 and Friday, January 29, 2016

1/27/2016

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Content Objective: I can identify and analyze bias in news writing. 
Language Objective: I will identify and discuss propaganda techniques in advertisements. 

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Current events: 
For 10 minutes, read current news on any of the following media outlets: 
  • The Salt Lake Tribune
  • The Deseret News
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal 
  • The Washington Post
  • The Huffington Post
  • BBC
After reading, open up a new GoogleDoc, title it with your name and today's date and answer the following questions: 

1. What about what you read was new and interesting? 
2. Where were the reporters biased in any way, meaning, where did they show their own opinion on the issue in the way they covered them? 

2. Propaganda Techniques Handout

3. Propaganda Techniques Assignment: With your group and using the Propaganda Techniques Handout, look at each advertisement given to you (we will be using paper for this!) and determine which type of propaganda technique is used in each assignments. In your GoogleDoc for this period, write the number for the advertisement and the propaganda technique used. 

4. Choose two of the propaganda strategies from your handout and find one article that contains an example of a propaganda strategy in its writing or reporting. Identify where/how it is used and propose a way this strategy could have been avoided. 

Assignments: 
  • Current Events response
  • Propaganda Techniques Assignment
  • Two examples in media
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Tuesday, January 26 and Wednesday, January 27, 2016

1/25/2016

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Content Objective: I can generate focused topics for an informational news article. 
Language Objective: I will generate and focus an idea for an issue to explore in my informational writing and consider both individual as well as collective perspectives of this issue. 

Essential Question: How do you focus a topic and write a story proposal? How do you consider multiple perspectives in informative writing?

Agenda:
​1. Wrap-up Discussion: Cellphone Usage in the Classroom. Review your group's findings from last time and propose a new rule via our room in Today's Meet. Be sure to justify your proposition. 

2. Story Proposal: 
  • Come up with a focused, newsworthy story idea that you can write about informatively and without your own opinion (you can use your source's opinions)
  • Summarize this story idea in six words.
  • Defend why your idea is newsworthy and people should care about it (3-5 sentences)
  • List three primary sources (people you could interview for information)
  • List two secondary sources (online sources, books, other print or broadcast media)

3. Fill out an Issue Assessment on your issue. Make sure to consider ALL questions for you issue. 

4. Highlight the most important pieces you want to cover of your issue to ensure that you are considering multiple perspectives and remain objective in your writing. 

5. Begin researching possible sources/generate possible questions. 

Assignments:
  • Today's Meet Discussion
  • Story Proposal (upload to CANVAS)
  • Issue Assessment (+Highlights)
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Friday, January 22 and Monday, January 25, 2016

1/21/2016

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Content Objective: I can analyze complex issues and determine their overall individual and collective significance.
Language Objective: I will analyze the overall individual and collective significance of the issue of cell phone use in the classroom and an issue of my choosing.

Essential Question: How do you assess the overall importance and individual as well as collective significance of an issue?

Agenda: 
1. Use one of the following news outlets to read up on current events: 
  • The Salt Lake Tribune
  • The Deseret News
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal 
  • The Washington Post
  • The Huffington Post
  • BBC
  • NPR

Write a one-paragraph response including the following questions:
  • What are three issues that are mentioned in current news? 
  • What makes these issues newsworthy?
  • Why do/should we care? 
  • Was there any bias in the article(s) you read? 

2. Issue Assessment Questions: 
The above questions help you assess the overall importance, individual and collective significance of an issue. 

Copy/paste this document into the same document as your current events notes and with your group, answer the questions in it on the issue of cell phone usage in the classroom. 

3. Now, pick a current events issue and answer each question in the document for your issue of your choosing.

Assignments: 
  • Current Events Questions
  • Issue Assessment (for the use of cell phones in the classroom and start on your own issue)
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Wednesday, January 20 and Thursday, January 21, 2016

1/19/2016

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Content Objective: I can analyze the credibility and news value of a news article. 
Language Objective: I will analyze the credibility and news value of Stephen Glass' Hack Heaven. 

Essential Question: What makes a source credible? What makes a story newsworthy?

Agenda:
1. Read the latest Warrior Ledger for 10 minutes. 
After reading, write a letter to the Editor:
Dear Editor,
  • What did you read?
  • What resonated with you or stood out to you?
  • What worked well?
  • What could be improved?
  • Future story ideas?

2. Read "Hack Heaven" by Stephen Glass

3. After reading...
  • What aspects of this article made it interesting to the reader?
  • What information given was new or surprising?
  • How does the author incorporate quotes?
  • How does he transition between quotes?

4.  After discussing...
  • Make a copy of the document and share it with all members in your group. You will only need one copy per group.
  • Highlight any pieces of information the article gives you.
Bold and underline the names of any sources used in this article.

5. Checking your sources

6. What makes a source credible? 

7. What is News? 

8. Exit Ticket: What two news values does "Hack Heaven" fulfill? Why? 

Assignments: 
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Notes on Hack Heaven
  • Group Annotation of "Hack Heaven" 
  • Exit Ticket



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Thursday, January 14 and Tuesday, January 19, 2016

1/13/2016

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Content Objective: I can evaluate and make arguments for or against literary texts.
Language Objective: I will write a review evaluating my independent reading book for this quarter.

Essential Question: How do you effectively review and rate literary texts?

Agenda: 
1. Wrap up your book review using the Book Review Prep Sheet.

2. Post your review (or the link to your review, if you are doing a video review) to the Book Review Online Discussion  and read and respond to the review of 4 others: 
  • Do you agree/disagree with their assessment? 
  • What stood out to you in their review?
  • Are there any questions that this review made you wonder about? 
  • Would you read this book or recommend it to someone else? 

Semester Student Survey

Assignments: 

  • Post your review to the online discussion and reply to the reviews of 4 others.


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Tuesday, January 12 and Wednesday, January 13, 2016

1/11/2016

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Content Objective: I can evaluate and make arguments for or against literary texts.
Language Objective: I will write a review evaluating my independent reading book for this quarter.

Essential Question: How do you effectively review and rate literary texts?

Agenda:
1. Quick review, share with a partner: How would you rate the book you read this quarter and why?
  • 5 - It was amazing! 
  • 4 - I really liked it! 
  • 3 - I liked it.
  • 2 - It was okay.
  • 1 - I didn't like it.

2. Use this Book Review Prep Sheet to gather information you will need for your book review

3. Create your review to be shared with the rest of the class in an online class discussion on Thursday. You have the following choices in creating your review: 
  • Written Review (Example)
  • Video Review (Example) - Use Screencastify or any other program of your choosing to record.
  • Slide Show (could be used for a video)
  • Your own idea (Be creative, get it checked off first)

NO SPOILERS!

4. Work on your review and be ready to share it with class next time!
This is your first assignment for third quarter! 

5. Semester Student Survey

Assignments:
  • Submit your Book Review Prep Sheet
  • Submit your Review
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Friday, January 8 and Monday, January 11, 2016

1/7/2016

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Content Objective: I can write and effectively structure an argumentative essay based on the analysis of literary texts and cite relevant textual evidence to back up my claims. 
Language Objective: I will generate a hook, background information, and claim to introduce my argumentative essay and write well-developed body paragraphs including sub-claims, evidence, and warrants.

Essential Question: How do you effectively write and structure body paragraphs, rebuttal, and conclusion of an argument essay?

Agenda: 
1. Address any feedback you received on your rough draft. 

2. Finish up your argument paper. Follow this structure: 

Paragraph 1: Introduction:
  • Hook (get your audience interested)
  • Background (connect your hook and your claim)
  • Claim (your argument - be clear in your stance)
Paragraph 2-4: Body Paragraphs: 
  • Subclaim (reason why you believe your claim to be true)
  • Evidence (quote from the book that supports your subclaim, include page #)
  • Warrant (explain how/why your evidence supports your subclaim)
  • repeat steps for paragraphs 3 and 4
Paragraph 5-6: Rebuttal: 
  • Counterclaim (address what the opposing side thinks) 
  • Counterclaim evidence (add quotes supporting the opposing side)
  • Rebuttal (explain how/why the opposing side is wrong or falls short in their argument)
  • repeat steps for paragraph 6
Paragraph 7: Closing
  • Restate your claim
  • Wrap up your essay with a conclusion or call to action

3. Formatting: 
  • Double-spaced
  • Size 12 Times New Roman
  • Upper left corner of your first page
Your Name
Ms. Floch
English 12
Argument Essay
Date

On the bottom of your paper, add your Sources Cited. Use EasyBib to create your sources.

4. Peer Review. Share your argument paper with two other people. 
Peer Reviewers, proofread your partners' papers twice. Use "Suggesting" mode in your GoogleDoc to make any proofreading changes to spelling and grammar in your partners' papers. 

Use the Argument Paper Rubric and make sure your partners' papers follow it. Leave comments of any improvements that need to be made.

Assignment:
  • Submit your Siddhartha Argument Essay on CANVAS
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Wednesday, January 6 and Thursday, January 7, 2016

1/5/2016

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Content Objective: I can write and effectively structure an argumentative essay based on the analysis of literary texts and cite relevant textual evidence to back up my claims. 
Language Objective: I will generate a hook, background information, and claim to introduce my argumentative essay and write well-developed body paragraphs including sub-claims, evidence, and warrants.

Essential Question: How do you effectively write and structure body paragraphs, rebuttal, and conclusion of an argument essay?

Agenda: 
1. Address any feedback you received for your introduction and body paragraphs. 

2. Write the rest of your argument essay. Follow this structure: 

Paragraph 1: Introduction:
  • Hook (get your audience interested)
  • Background (connect your hook and your claim)
  • Claim (your argument - be clear in your stance)
Paragraph 2-4: Body Paragraphs: 
  • Subclaim (reason why you believe your claim to be true)
  • Evidence (quote from the book that supports your subclaim, include page #)
  • Warrant (explain how/why your evidence supports your subclaim)
  • repeat steps for paragraphs 3 and 4
Paragraph 5-6: Rebuttal: 
  • Counterclaim (address what the opposing side thinks) 
  • Counterclaim evidence (add quotes supporting the opposing side)
  • Rebuttal (explain how/why the opposing side is wrong or falls short in their argument)
  • repeat steps for paragraph 6
Paragraph 7: Closing
  • Restate your claim
  • Wrap up your essay with a conclusion or call to action

3. Submit the link to your GoogleDoc. To ensure I can give you feedback on this, click on "share", then "more" underneath your links (or "change" if your doc is set to private), then select "anyone with this link" and select "can comment" in the drop-down menu. Click "save" and then "copy" the link, paste it into the assignment submission box.

Assignment: 
  • Finish the rest of your paper. Submit the link to your rough draft for feedback
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Monday, January 4 and Tuesday, January 5, 2016

1/3/2016

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Content Objective: I can write and effectively structure an argumentative essay based on the analysis of literary texts and cite relevant textual evidence to back up my claims. 
Language Objective: I will generate a hook, background information, and claim to introduce my argumentative essay and write well-developed body paragraphs including sub-claims, evidence, and warrants.

Essential Question: How do you effectively write and structure the introduction and body paragraphs of an argumentative essay? 

Agenda: 

1. Today you will begin writing your argument essay based on Siddhartha. Be sure to use your outline to help structure your essay and stay on track. 

2. Siddhartha Argument Essay Assignment:
You will write a 800-1,000-word argumentative essay about a topic related to Siddhartha. Your essay needs to contain:
  • a hook
  • a clearly articulated claim that you can argue through textual evidence/research
  • three body paragraphs, containing:
    • a subclaim
    • evidence (textual evidence; you may also tie-in research from other sources)
    • support for this evidence (why the textual evidence you chose backs your subclaim)
  • a rebuttal paragraph, containing
    • a counter-claim you are disproving
    • evidence (textual evidence to support your rebuttal)
    • support for your rebuttal (why your textual evidence disproves the counter-claim)
  • a clear conclusion that restates your claim and sums up your argument

3. Argument Essay Rubric

4. How to write your introductory paragraph: hook, background, and claim

5. Body Paragraphs and In-Text Citations
Learn more about how to properly format your in-text citations here.

6. Write your introduction (hook, background, and claim) and at least your first two body paragraphs and upload the link to your Google Doc (be sure to change it in your setting so that anyone with the link can comment on your Doc) on CANVAS.

Assignments:
  • Introduction and first two body paragraphs (upload link to your GoogleDoc to CANVAS, be sure that anyone with the link can comment on your Doc)
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    Bachelor of Arts in English and German Teaching, Weber State University, 2013
    Masters of Education, Southern Utah University, 2017

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