Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Weeks 12, 13, and 14 ( Subject to Change)

Assignment Date
Focus and Key Terms
Class Work
Homework
Sunday 1 Reminder
Questions:
What does it mean to be a phony?
How do we know what is genuine and what isn’t?

What is the difference between a child and an adult?

What experiences lead a person to grow up?

Driving Questions: How does the Biochemistry of the Teenage Brain Influence Decision Making? 

How would this information help the characters in the novels and plays solve their problems and/or make better decisions?

Proj:  800 Word Research Essay on The Teenage Brain due Nov.



Print out Blog for 100 points in study skills

Dialectical Journals for Catcher in the Rye due Monday.























Monday
2

Catcher in the Rye 
Complete 1 entry in your reading log and
2  in your dialectical journal
Ch 8-9 
Catcher in the Rye
1 Reading Log and 2 Dialectical Journal Journal

Ch. 10-11
Tuesday 3

Catcher in the Rye
1 Reading Log and 2 Journal Entries
Ch 13-15
1 Reading Log and 2 Journal
16-17
Wednesday 4

Catcher in the Rye 
Complete 1 entry in your reading log and
2 in your dialectical journal
18-20
Catcher in the Rye 
Complete 1 entry in your reading log and
2 in your dialectical journal
20-23
Thursday 5

Finish your Dialectical Journals
Carefully Label Table of Contents
Study for Exam on Chapters 8-23
Friday 6

Exam on 8-23

Monday
9




Socratic Seminar
Bring your Dialectical Journals






Download these articles to read.

2. Do we Need to redefine Adulthood? Debaters

Tuesday  10


Video Introductions:

How and Why We Read: Crash Course in English Literature

Language, Voice, and Holden Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye Part 1                                                                                              10:51


Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #7                   8:21


The Mysterious Workings of the Teenage Brain  14:23



Take Cornell Notes on Blakemore Video
Review
Catcher in the Rye Study Guide Questions #2


For Quiz
Wednesday 11

Quiz on Catcher in the Rye

Watch these Videos:

3. The Teenage Brain


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4. The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet


5.  7 Videos on Catcher
Review Your Cornell Notes on Blakemore Video

Thursday 12

Paper Prompt:  Based upon the Blakemore video and your reading of Chapter’s 1-10 write a 5-paragraph paper arguing that Holden’s behaviors indicate that he is not thinking about the consequences of his decisions

Write “I will Statement”

IAB TEST IN LIBRARY  IAB TEST IN LIBRARY
 

Begin Graphic Organizer
Friday 13

Complete Graphic Organizer and  begin Draft #1
Finish 1st Draft Bring Typed multiple-spaced print out for
 Peer Review Exam on Monday
Monday 16

Finish 1st Draft Bring Typed multiple-spaced print out for
 Peer Review Exam on Monday
Revise and Submit Paper to turnitin.com

Tuesday 17 

Complete the following Anticipation Questions:   Looking for Alaska:

How do you feel the media portrays teenagers?

Students are encouraged to speak about how teenagers are portrayed in media (television, movies, commercials), stereotypes about teenagers, teenager celebrities, etc… to what extent are media representations of teenagers are true and how do these images impact how teenagers view themselves? 

·       How do adults see me?
·       Why do adults see me in this way?
·       How do I see myself?
·       Why do I see myself in this way?
·       Why do adults’ perceptions of me, and my perceptions of myself, differ from one another?

Complete the following Survey Questions: 
Agree or Disagree and Back up your answer with reasons and your prior knowledge.

·       Teenagers think that they are invincible.

·       Friends are more important than family.


·       Teenagers’ friends are always a bad influence.

·       Things that happen to people as children can influence their lives forever.

·       Trust is the most important part of friendship.


·       Life is one endless struggle.

It is impossible for boys and girls to “just be friends.”
Read Looking For Alaska

Read pp. 1-29

Wednesday 18

Distribute Questions

Read Looking For Alaska pp 1-29

Complete Reading Log



Reading pp. 29-74

Reading Log
Thursday 19

Reading Pp.  75-92

Complete Reading Log
Reading pp. 75-92
Complete Reading Log
Friday 20

Reading pp. 93-133
Complete Reading Log
Read 134- 169





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