Tuesday, November 13, 2018

92 minutes

Learning Targets:

I can understand grading criteria for the Secret Education Essay

I can identify thesis statements and refine my own

I can provide helpful feedback to classmates about their essays

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Review criteria for Secret Education Essay Assignment 

     3.   Mini lesson on when/how to use commas 

     4.   Focus on conclusion: Read sample conclusion paragraphs from Student #1 and Student #2 and identify and discuss the conclusions.

     5.   Peer feedback: exchange essays and use the grading rubric to give feedback 

     6.   Make sure to submit your essay to Google classroom before you leave class

  

HOMEWORK: continue working on your essay.  The final draft is due on Thursday, November 15

Thursday, November 8, 2018

69 minutes

Learning Targets:

I can understand grading criteria for the Secret Education Essay

I can identify thesis statements and refine my own

I can provide helpful feedback to classmates about their essays

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Review criteria for Secret Education Essay Assignment 

     3.   Focus on thesis: Read sample opening paragraphs from Student #1 and Student #2 and identify and discuss the thesis statements. 

     4.   Look at your own thesis and revise it / refine it. Highlight it on your essay, so that your peer-editor can give you feedback and advice on making sure it is effective and clear. 

     5.   Focus on body paragraphs: 

Body: Develop your idea with details and examples—What does the problem look like?

o   Paragraphs have a clear point

o   Each paragraph develops one main idea

o   Paragraphs contain examples from cartoons or other media and your life

o   Paragraphs contain commentary that shows how the evidence supports your thesis

Peer feedback: exchange essays and focus on the body paragraphs, helping each other to make sure the body paragraphs:

·       include a clear TOPIC sentence (clear main point)

·       develop one main idea,

·       contain examples from cartoons or other media and/or your life

·       contain commentary that shows how the evidence supports your thesis 

HOMEWORK: continue working on your essay.  The final draft is due on Thursday, November 15

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

92 minutes

Learning Targets:

I can read and understand an academic argument

I can analyze cartoons for their underlying messages

I can discuss my ideas and listen to my classmates’ ideas

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Review Secret Education Essay Assignment 

     3.   Begin drafting your essay (Google drive or hand-written) 

HOMEWORK due in class on Thursday, November 8: Rough draft of your essay on a secret education in media.

Friday, November 2, 2018

92 minutes

     1.   SSR

     2.   Complete the post-Socratic Seminar questions and self-evaluation at the end of the Socratic Seminar Instructions packet 

     3.   Whip- Around: Share out something new that you learned or have thought about because of the Socratic Seminar 

     4.   Hand in your partner observation sheet 

     5.   Post-it notes: write a specific piece of evidence that supports a theme / topic strip and post it on the appropriate strip. Discuss: what have you noticed? 

     6.   Next steps: Secret Education Essay Assignment handed out and reviewed. 

     7.   In your notebook, brainstorm a topic for your essay.

HOMEWORK due in class on Thursday, November 8: Write a draft of your essay on a secret education in media.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

92 minutes

Learning Targets:

I can read and understand an academic argument

I can analyze cartoons for their underlying messages

I can discuss my ideas and listen to my classmates’ ideas

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Review for Socratic Seminar: share your questions with a partner and then create one more question. REMINDER: your questions/belief statement should be about the “secret education” in cartoons. Make sure you have created a belief statement using this packet: Socratic Seminar Instructions  

 3.   Review guidelines for Socratic Seminar 

 4.   Conduct Socratic Seminar (2 rounds) 

 5.   HOMEWORK:Complete the post-Socratic Seminar questions and self-evaluation at the end of the Socratic Seminar Instructions packet. 

Friday, October 26, 2018

92 minutes

Learning Targets:

I can read and understand an academic argument

I can analyze cartoons for their underlying messages

I can discuss my ideas and listen to my classmates’ ideas

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Get into groups and jigsaw articles about  Pocahontas:

“The Myths of Pocahontas, Dispelled”

“Disney Exec: ‘She has to be sexy’ Historical Inaccuracies of Disney’s Pocahontas”

“Reservations about Films: Disney’s Pocahontas” *

“Revisiting Pocahontas at 20” *

“The True Story of Pocahontas: Historical Myths versus Sad Reality”

Various excerpts about the life of Pocahontas  

     3.   Share out from your table groups with the whole class

     4.   In your groups, create at least one sentence strip that captures any of the themes we have seen in our viewing of cartoon clips focused on masculinity and Pocahontas. Share out with the class and then post your sentence strip on the wall 

     5.   Prepare for a Socratic Seminar by preparing questions and creating a belief statement using this packet: Socratic Seminar Instructions  

HOMEWORK: Create 3 questions and a belief statement for the  Socratic Seminar on Wednesday, October 31. (See page 2 of the Socratic Seminar Instructions . Read for at least 30 minutes from your SSR book

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

76 minutes

Learning Targets:

I can read and understand an academic argument

I can analyze cartoons for their underlying messages

I can discuss my ideas and listen to my classmates’ ideas

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Share your comments on your note-taking chart in table groups 

     3.   Read and jigsaw articles about  Pocahontas:

Trigger Warning: these articles discuss violence, sexual assault/rape, and other forms of abuse, including racial slurs. The articles with asterisks are the least harsh/detailed accounts of Pocahontas.

“The Myths of Pocahontas, Dispelled”

“Disney Exec: ‘She has to be sexy’ Historical Inaccuracies of Disney’s Pocahontas”

“Reservations about Films: Disney’s Pocahontas” *

“Revisiting Pocahontas at 20” *

“The True Story of Pocahontas: Historical Myths versus Sad Reality”

Various excerpts about the life of Pocahontas

HOMEWORK: Finish your Pocahontas article

 ON FRIDAY, I will collect your Pocahontas chart and your Pocahontas article