Week 3 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐ Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐ Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text.  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.	Peer Review Essay to turnitin.com   ☐ Use Editing Marks ( Editing Marks guide in  Ninth Grade Box on Main page of Blog) ☐	Submit Essay to Turnitin.com  by 8am Tuesday
Tuesday Process Cognitive Psychological Physical Genetic Critical node Database Consortium The Human Connectome Project Sanguine Accelerating Optogenetics Non invasive Claustrophobia Flummox Inflections-a sound that changes in tone. Innuendos-a hint or suggestion, something that is implied but not stated outright Indecipherable-unsolvable, hidden or unknown Lucid-clear and filled with light Euphony-a nice, pleasing sound Pantomime	Inside the Teenage Brain Videos PBS 50 Minutes Part 1 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/ What advice would you give your peers about doing homework or practicing their art form based on the “Use it or Lose it” principle?	Begin Reading New York Times Inside the Brain Highlight and Annotate Text
Wednesday	Take Cornell Notes on The Brain, in Exquisite Detail ☐ Watch Video and Read Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/science/the-brain-in-exquisite-detail.html Answer these GIST questions: What is Dr. Barch Working on? What motivated Dr. Barch’s work? Why did she decide to go into research? What is the central question the data might answer? What is the Human Connectome Project? Identify two techniques that have transformed brain imaging? How does an MRI machine work? What is characteristic of most new brain research efforts? What does the author consider the greatest challenge in “solving the brain”?	Finish Cornell Notes and Answering Gist Questions
Thursday	Read Thirteen Ways of Looking At A Blackbird by Wallace Stevens	Take Cornell Notes on Thirteen ways of Looking at a Blackbird☐
Friday	Based upon your watching the videos, reading of The Brain in Exquisite Detail and Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Blackbird, explain some of the challenges of understanding something from multiple points of view.  Be sure you discuss how teens, adults, scientists, and poets may look at a choice or a process.	Complete Graphic Organiz-er and Essay Template ☐  PBS Frontline Video Click on LinkThe Brain in Exqusite Detail