Essential Question: How can you use issue assessment questions to determine how an issue affects individuals and groups of people?

Agenda: 

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1. If you haven't yet, finish your COVID & Schools issue assessment from last period and come up with possible solutions/a position for this issue. 

2. Browse current news for ten minutes and make a list of the following:

• 3 issues that are currently in the news (make sure these issues are credible and relevant).
• 2 issues you feel people should know more about.
• 1 question regarding current events and news you have always wondered about.

3. Choose an issue that interests you and personally affect you or people around you. You will be working with this issue for the rest of the quarter and it's the basis for your Letter to Representative project, so make sure you are choosing something you personally care about. 
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Use one of the issues you have listed above (or another issue of your own choosing) and complete the Issue Assessment Worksheet for this issue.

4. After completing the worksheet, highlight the areas you feel show how individuals and groups of people are the most affected by this issue. Highlight at least one bullet point per section to identify areas you should focus on in your research.

5. Start researching more information about this issue. Copy the links for your research into your GoogleDoc. Include how you made sure that your sources are credible (use the CRAAP Test)

6. Exit Ticket: What is the most important piece of information you have found about your chosen issue?

Assignments:​

• Current Events 3-2-1 List
• Issue Assessment and highlights
• Research
• Exit Ticket

Essential Question: How can a detailed issue assessment help you analyze the individual and collective impact of social issues?
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1. Participate in the CRAAP Test Review Kahoot. Distance Learners, take the Kahoot quiz here and use this Pin: 07450047

2. For 10 minutes, read about any social issue that currently interests you. You can do your own research or use one of these news outlets to find information on this issue:

• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• The Wall Street Journal
• NPR
• Huffington Post
• The Salt Lake Tribune
• The Deseret News

3. After reading, answer these questions about the issue you chose:

• List 3 ways this issue impacts people or you personally
• List 2 things you feel people should be more informed about/know more about when it comes to this issue
• List 1 question you have about this issue that needs to be answered

4. Make a copy of the Issue Assessment worksheet and answer all the questions on the sheet for the issue of making sure schools limit the spread of COVID-19. You may work individually, in partners, or as a group.

5. Propose a solution: Based on the issue assessment you just completed, what would be possible solutions to make schools as safe as possible for students, teachers, and staff? Be sure to consider both collective and individual implications and responsibilities. In your group, draft a five-sentence solution for this issue:

• Sentence 1: What should be done?
• Sentence 2-3: What evidence do you have that this would work?
• Sentence 4-5: What would be the consequences if someone doesn't follow the rule?

6. Exit Ticket (include this on the bottom of your Issue Assessment):
Write a 5-sentence response, addressing the following points:

• What did you take away from what you learned this period?
• What connections did you make?
• What were your points of confusion?

Assignments:

• CRAAP Test Review Kahoot Game Pin: 07450047
• Current Events 3-2-1
• Issue Assessment and proposed solution for cellphone use in the classroom
• Exit Ticket

Essential Question: What are the main differences between credible and non-credible sources? 

Agenda: 
1. For 10 minutes, read any current events articles from one or more of the following sources:

• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• The Wall Street Journal
• NPR
• Huffington Post
• The Salt Lake Tribune
• The Deseret News

From your reading, find an example for each:

• Currency
• Relevance
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose

2. CRAAP Test Review: In your document for today, write examples for the each element of the CRAAP test (currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, purpose).

3. Snopes and Politifact: Use them whenever you doubt what you are reading.

4. Participate in the Canvas Discussion titled CRAAP Test News Article Discussion here. Choose two articles (one credible, one not) of a topic you are interested in. Comment on the post to two classmates.

5. Exit Ticket: What can you do to avoid the spread of fake news? Write a five-sentence response about the most effective things you can do. 

Assignments:

• Current Events CRAAP Test Review
• Canvas Discussion
• Exit Ticket

Essential Question: How do you use the CRAAP Test to evaluate the credibility of a news source?

Agenda:
Please read and follow the instructions for each step carefully.
Make a copy of the Cornell Notes Template. Title it "CRAAP Test" and today's date.

1.Quck Review:
List 3 Propaganda strategies from last period and an example for each.

2. Copy/paste "Hack Heaven" by Stephen Glass into the "Notes" section of your Cornell Notes, so you can annotate it.

After reading, find and add a comment to any sources he cited or interviewed for this particle. In your comment, add a note about whether you think this is a credible source and how you determined the credibility of the source.

Below, write a five-minute response to this article: What is your reaction? What did it make you think of? Anything that stood out to you? Anything that gave you pause?

3. Before using the test to evaluate the credibility of a news article you choose, come up with a definition and an example (from current news and events) for the following:

• Currency
• Relevance
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose

4. Use the CRAAP Test Worksheet to determine an article's credibility. The CRAAP test is a list of questions that can help you determine and evaluate the credibility of a source. 

5. Exit Ticket (write into the Summary section of your Cornell Notes):

• What is the most important thing about analyzing a source's credibility that you learned today?
• What do you still struggle with when it comes to determining a source's credibility?
• How will you apply what you learned today to news and other articles you see and share on social media?

Assignments:
​Submit your Cornell Notes for today with the following:

• Quick Review
• Hack Heaven Annotations and Response
• CRAAP Test Analysis
• Exit Ticket​

​Essential Question: What are propaganda techniques and how are they used in everyday rhetoric and advertising?

Agenda:
Make a copy of the Cornell Notes Template and title it "Rhetoric & Propaganda Techniques" including today's date. 

​Copy/paste our essential question into your notes.

1. 2-Minute Review:
In your notes, write each term on the left (Questions/Topics section) and come up with an example for each on the right (Notes section):

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Kairos

2. Current Events: Read a story from the OPINION or EDITORIAL section on a topic that interests you or a current event from the following publication (Note: Opinion and Editorials are meant to be opinionated. It's okay if you find yourself disagreeing with the author says, that's part of this exercise)

• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• The Wall Street Journal
• NPR
• Huffington Post
• The Salt Lake Tribune
• The Deseret News

After reading the article you chose, answer the following questions:

• What is the topic of the article and what are the major points the author is making?
• Who is the target audience for this article?
• How does the author use ETHOS in this article? What else can we learn about the author based on information listed, links to a bio of the author, etc. How do we know they have authority to comment on this topic?
• How does the author use PATHOS in this article? What types of emotions do they appeal to? How did this make you, as the reader, feel?
• How does the author use LOGOS in this article? What types of sources does the author use? How do these sources serve the point(s) the author is trying to make? How do you know this information is credible? 

3. Propaganda Techniques Activity: 
​Read though this Propaganda Techniques Sheet. 

For each technique, find an example from a commercial, political ad, or a situation in your own life. List it with the technique in your notes and add why this example fits the technique.

4. Exit Ticket: 

• Between ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos, which element do you see used most often? To what effect?
• Which propaganda techniques do you see around you the most? List an example.
• Which rhetorical elements (ethos, pathos, logos) and propaganda techniques have you used in your own writing before? How?

Assignments (make sure all of these are included in your notes for today):

• 2-Minute Review
• Current Events
• Propaganda Techniques Activity
• Exit Ticket

Essential Question: What are Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos, and how are they used in everyday rhetoric and advertising?​
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Make a copy of the Cornell Notes Template. Name it “Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Kairos” and include today’s date.

Follow the instructions in the slides below. In your notes, use the left (Questions/Topics) side to title the section you are taking notes on (Quick Write, KWL, Vocabulary, etc.) and the right (Notes) section to take your notes. This make it so you can easily find specific sections or definitions for vocabulary etc.

Assignments (make sure all of these are in your Cornell Notes) and upload them to Canvas:​

• Quick Write
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Kairos KWL
• Vocabulary and examples
• Notes on commercials
• Your group's ad analysis
• Exit Ticket

Essential Question: How do you write a critical book review?
  
Agenda: 
1. Go to Amazon and look up any reviews for the book you read during Quarter 1. Choose one five-star and one one or two-star review to compare. Once you read a few reviews and have chosen two, list the following:

• 3 things that in your opinion make a review effective or helpful
• 2 things a review should address (plot, character, writing, etc.)
• 1 thing that you specifically want to add to your review because the reviews you read haven't mentioned it or didn't mention it in detail

2. Book Review Assignment:
Write a 250-300-word review of your quarter 1 book. Check out the video below on what to consider when writing a book review:

In your review, include the following: 

• AUTHOR: 
• TITLE: 
• FAVORITE LINE(S): 
• REVIEW: This is the main body of your review and make be coherent and expand on your reading journals. This part should be about 250 words long. Include things you liked and that stood out to you, such as writing style, characterization, plot (avoid spoilers), tropes (ideas that are similar across many stories) and how they were handled, favorite lines or things that didn't work for you, and whether you would ultimately recommend this book and what kinds of readers would like it.
• THEMES: list any issues this book deals with, for example: (love, friendship, drug abuse, apocalypse, etc.) 

3. Once you have finished your review, update the PROJECTS page of your e-Portfolio with your Hero's Journey Essay. Add a brief write-up so that your audience knows what assignment this was and what you were asked to do. 

On your BLOG page, add your book review as a new post. 

4. Hit "publish" and copy/paste the blue link to your e-Portfolio beneath your book review before uploading it to Canvas. 

Assignments: 

• Quarter 1 Book Review
• E-Portfolio Update

Please re-take the UCAW Survey from last week's college application week before you get to today's assignments! 
Link to the Survey here.

Essential Question: How can you tighten and heighten sensory details in your writing?

Agenda:
1.Read your Quarter 1 book for 10 minutes

2. Work on finalizing your Hero's Journey Essay. Go through all steps outlined in today's post to strengthen your writing as much as possible.

​Tighten your writing by choosing specific details and strong verbs: 
Do this sentence by sentence.

3. Cut any parts where you are repeating yourself or that do not immediately pertain to your story. 

4. Find at least three instances where you are too vague. Pick specific details to add to strengthen your writing. Use all five senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) to fully describe details.

5. Resolve all peer review comments. 

6. Copy/paste your essay into Hemingway to rework some of the sentences it flags as too long/hard to read, and wherever you used too many adverbs or passive voice to strengthen your overall writing. Also! Bookmark this tool so you can use it with any future writing projects.

Note: You don't have to fix every sentence it flags, but see if reworking the sentences it does flag makes them stronger This can be a great diagnostic tool to improve your writing.

7. Read your work out loud at least twice. Shorten sentences where you notice yourself stumbling and fix any awkward wording.

8. Check your work for the following criteria (read it once for each):

• Does your essay have a clear beginning, middle and end?
• Did you mention all 12 elements of the Hero's Journey and tie them into your story?
• Did you specifically mention and explain a childhood myth OR social expectation in your story and how it impacted you?
• Did you finish up with your goals and how you are going to pursue them?
• Is your essay formatted in 12 pt. Times New Roman, double-spaced, with the first line of each paragraph indented, and no extra spaces between paragraphs?
• Does your essay have a creative and engaging title?
• Did you insert page numbers and your last name (add your name before your page numbers) in the top right corner?
• Did you add your name,  class, and date in the upper left corner?

9. Check your work through Grammarly and re-read it one last time.

10. Submit your work on Canvas under "Hero's Journey Final Draft 10/16"

Assignments:

• Go through ALL steps carefully before submitting your Hero's Journey Final Draft

Essential Question: What are the strengths and weaknesses of your rough draft and how can you utilize peer review to address this?

Agenda: 
1. Read your Quarter 1 book for 10 minutes.
Reading Journal: For five minutes, write about the biggest change your main character has gone through. How did this happen? Cite textual evidence that shows this change. What do you think about this change?

2. Go back to your Hero's Journey Rough Draft and do the following with your rough draft:

• Formatting: 12pt Times New Roman, double-spaced, indent first line, no spaces between paragraphs
• Come up with a good title for your essay (make it interesting; don't just put "Hero's Journey")
• Check your paragraphs. Make sure to start a new paragraph whenever you change subject, time, place, or an element in your hero's journey.
• Run your rough draft through Grammarly (sign up with your Google account) and fix all spelling and grammar issues.

3. Highlight and comment on the following parts in your rough draft:

• 3 paragraphs/ideas/elements of the hero's journey that you feel like you need to polish or need help improving
• 2 areas where you could add more detail. Add some ideas for things you could add (or tighten, if your draft is really long already)
• 1 area that is your favorite. Comment with what you are doing well and why you think this is a really strong part of your essay

4. Self Assessment: Use the checklist to make sure your Hero's Journey fits all of the requirements. Copy/paste the checklist into the bottom of your draft and score your draft as it is right now. Determine its strong points and where you can work on improvement.

Grade each element on the check list on a scale from 1 to 4:

1 - I tried.
2 - I am struggling and still need help with this.
3 - I am doing what I'm supposed to and am feeling pretty good about this.
4 - I could teach how to do this to someone else and help them improve their work on this standard.

Below the checklist, write a five sentence summary (at least one sentence per item on the checklist) justifying why you gave yourself the score you did.

5. Peer Review: Share your Hero's Journey with two others via GoogleDocs. 
Distance learners: your partners can be family members or friends you can reach out to and whose feedback you trust.
Have your partners use the checklist to score your draft and give you feedback. Copy/paste the completed checklist with scores and justification of why you awarded this score into the bottom of their draft. I should see both your self assessment and your partners' scoring of your draft on the bottom of your rough draft.

6. Edit your draft based on your partners' feedback and submit it on CANVAS.
Edit grammar and spelling using Grammarly and any other resources.
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Assignments:

• Submit your Hero's Journey edits (including feedback) under the "Hero's Journey Edits" assignment on Canvas.