Week 10: ELA 10, 10/29–11/2/2018

Monday

Discuss pages 3-11
- Sections as “blocks with a meaning”
- Goal of fiction is immersion
- Purposes of the author in the beginning of the book

Tuesday

Finish notes from yesterday
Read pages 11-24 (at least; you’re always welcome to go further)
Journal: What hints can you find that this is a dystopia? Refer to specific passages in the text.

Week 9: TECH 9, 10/22-10/26/2018

MONDAY

1. Finish presentations
2. Practice in front of a group to get feedback
3. Give feedback

TUESDAY

Present
Grade/feedback rubric: Google Docs - create and edit documents online, for free.

WEDNESDAY

Finish presentations
Debrief: What makes a good presentation?
Review qualities of technology
Revisit Entry Doc., make a plan

• Research (may want to start with a problem)
  • List of emerging technologies - Wikipedia
  • 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018 - MIT Technology Review
  • Emerging Technology Impacts | Pew Research Center (lots of public opinion information)
  • http://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/EPRS_IDAN_527417_ten_trends_to_change_your_life.pdf Report from the governing body of the European Union
  • Davos 2016: How Technology is Shaping Our World | Time
  • Five ways technology will shape the future of politics, society and human rights | Amnesty International Impact of technology from a human rights perspective
  • 10 Ways Nanotechnology Impacts Our Lives
  • Top ten emerging technologies which will change your life - Telegraph
• Define in terms of technology definition, 4 qualities
• Compile argument
  • Make reference to the past
  • Define in terms of problem to be solved relative to human life: the bigger the problem, the bigger the impact
• Due next Thursday

THURSDAY & FRIDAY

Project Work time

Week 9: ELA 10, 9/22–9/26, 2018

Monday

Welcome to Dystopia!

In your group, answer the following:

• What is dystopia? (research and then describe it in your own words)
• What are some dystopias you have read or watched?
• What do dystopias seem to have in common?
• Why are they popular?

Summarize your answers in a Google Doc and be prepared to share and discuss with the class.

Tuesday

Finish "defining dystopia" discussion
Entry Document
Develop list of knows and need-to-knows

Wednesday

Talk about grades and study habits
Discuss "knows" for the project

Thursday

Discuss need-to-knows
Pass out book
Discuss epigraph
Begin reading

Friday

Test retake
Reading time

Week 8: TECH 9, 10/15–10/19/2018

MONDAY

• Submit Slideshow project requirements and rubric.
• Create an argument for the most impactful Technology ever!
  • Argument Structure: Claim-Reason-Evidence
  • Presentation Structure: introduce your claim-body-conclusion
  • Submit an outline (see graphic organizer

TUESDAY

• Presentation Worksheet
• Oral presentation skills
• Practice w/ feedback

WEDNESDAY

• Present your argument; use your slideshow project as back-up

THURSDAY

• Individual Journal: Pick a technology. Write an argument explaining why it is a technology
• Test next Tuesday
• Begin work on final project
  • Research!
  • Resources
  • Develop an argument

FRIDAY

• Project work time

Week 8: ELA 10, 10/15-10/19/2018

MONDAY

• Grade checks/late work due on Friday
• OnFIRE begins tomorrow
• How Social Media Endangers Knowledge
  • Respond in Google Classroom
  • Discuss
  • Journal:

1. For you, what were the three most important ideas you noticed in the article? [bullet points]
2. What are two connections you can make? This could be a relationship between points within the article a pattern you noticed, or a connection to something you have experienced [bullet points]
3. Summarize the author’s point (in your own words). [1-3 sentences]

• How do we find the point?
  • What makes a good paragraph?
  • Focus
  • Topic, often an abstraction
  • Concrete supporting details
  • Conclusion if it stands alone.

TUESDAY

• OnFire
• 4th hour: C lunch

WEDNESDAY

• OnFire
• 4th hour: C lunch

THURSDAY

• OnFire
• 4th hour: C lunch

FRIDAY

• Late work due today
• Project and books

Week 7: TECH 9, 10/8–10/12/18

MONDAY

• Turn in Family tree, check grades
• Impact of technology
• Tech Timeline Presentation
• Research
• Research Log

TUESDAY

• Complete Research Log
• Example

WEDNESDAY

• Slideshow project requirements and rubric.
• Work time.
• Project due on Monday.

THURSDAY

• Slideshow project requirements and rubric.
• Work time.
• Project due on Monday.

 FRIDAY

• Slideshow project requirements and rubric.
• Work time.
• Project due on Monday.

Week 7: ELA 10, 10/8–10/12/2018

MONDAY

• Review the entry document and begin work on project.

One possible approach: explain complex concepts using list of subordinating conjunctions. Explain what you did.

• comic book or poster or illustration of the process
• stories of entwined events
• science discoveries
• analysis of a sports “event”
• military event

List of Resources for this project

Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude

Example

• Something similar made by 12th graders: 
• A Grammar Adventure
• Grammar Slideshow

TUESDAY

• work on project

WEDNESDAY

• Talk about OnFire (next week)
• Work on project

THURSDAY

• Project due

FRIDAY

• Read this article
• underline and mark with an exclamation point anything that stands out to you.
• underline and mark with an question mark anything that stands out to you.
• Respond in Google Classroom
• Discuss

Week 6: Tech 9, 1/1–1/5

Monday

• Notes: 4 Qualities of Technology
• Assignment: Technology Family Tree

Tuesday

• Assignment: Technology Family Tree

Wednesday

• Assignment: Technology Family Tree

Thursday

• Turn in Technology Family Tree
• Debrief and journal
• EDP catch up
• New assignment: Impact of technology
  • Tech Timeline Presentation
    • Research
      • Research Log

Friday

• Work time

ELA 10: Week 6, 10/1–10/4

MONDAY

• Debrief Submit Write and Rewrite
• Conjunction response
  • Read and respond: The Value of Conjunctions - Google Docs
  • Resource: A list of conjunctions
  • Journal in Classroom
• Test on Friday

TUESDAY

Test Review
List of Resources for this project

WEDNESDAY

• SRI Makeup
  If you are new to the district, your login information is as follows:
  username: first 3 letters of your last name + first 3 letters of your first name + year of graduation (all lowercase)
  example: ozichr21
  password: student number
• Examples of grammar issues: Grammar samples - Google Docs
  • What issues do you notice? 
  • Pick one of the samples. Highlight any places that feel rough to you.
  • What sentences are poorly built? Why?
  • Are there places that are unclear?
  • With your partner, rewrite the paragraph(s) to make it clearer. Feel free to split up a paragraph into more than one paragraphs and to add or rearrange information if it makes sense to do so.

THURSDAY

1. In a group of 4, have one person make a copy of this document and then share it with the others: Grammar samples–Revised
2. Then, use the comment feature in Google Docs to highlight and identify each change you see in the revised version of each of the 4 samples.
3. As a group, look at your comments and come up with a list of "rules" for writing and editing a good paragraph. Add this to the bottom of your document.

FRIDAY

• Test