Friday, September 30, 2022

Friday, October 7th

1.  Hamlet - Four Corner Debate
    ***Poster rotation style

Objective: Students will utilize reliable sources and sound evidence to support their stance in a debate.

Wednesday, October 5th

1. Hamlet Journal #1 - Tragedy

2. Introduction to Hamlet (Act I)
    ***Pre-reading questions and vocabulary

3. Continue Hamlet - Four Corner Debate (30-40 minutes)
    ***Debate will take place on Friday, October 7th.

Objective: Students will utilize reliable sources and sound evidence to support their stance in a debate.

Tuesday, October 4th

1. Library
    ***Check out Hamlet books

2. Introduce and begin Hamlet - Four Corner Debate
    ***Debate will take place on Friday, October 7th.

Objective: Students will utilize reliable sources and sound evidence to support their stance in a debate.

Monday, September 26, 2022

Monday, October 3rd

1. Juvenile Justice - Open Letter 
    ***Finalize and submit your final draft (in Classroom)
    ***Final draft due before midnight

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Friday, September 30th

1. Open Letter
    ***Peer-edit rough drafts 
    ***Final draft due: Monday, October 3rd!

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.



Wednesday, September 28th

1. Journal #6 - Bland Sentences

2. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Rough draft due: Friday, September 30th (ready for peer-edit during class)
    ***Final draft due: Monday, October 3rd!

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.
 

Tuesday, September 27th

1. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Tips and Outline 
    ***Add essay document to Classroom
    ***Work on your rough draft (ready for peer-edit on Friday)
    ***Rough draft due: Friday, September 30th!
    ***Final draft due: Monday, October 3rd!

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.


Monday, September 26th

1. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Rough draft due: Friday, September 30th!
    ***Final draft due: Monday, October 3rd!

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives and organize an outline for their open letter.

Friday, September 16, 2022

Friday, September 23rd

1. Finalize and submit Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives Chart (in Classroom)

2. Introduce and discuss essay topic for juvenile justice module
    ***Complete questions and begin drafting an outline
    ***Final draft due: Friday, September 30th

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives and organize an outline for their open letter.

Wednesday, September 21st

1. Journal #5 - StoryCorp - Mary Johnson and Oshea Isreal

2. Four Corner Debate

3. Finish Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives - Charting Multiple Texts
    ***add "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins..." article
    ***add "Juvenile InJustice..." article
    ***Submit in Classroom by Friday!

Objective: Students will present sound arguments during the Four Corner Debate in class today.

Tuesday, September 20th

1. Counselor Visits
    ***College applications, scholarships, FAFSA, etc.!

Objective: Students will learn more about the FAFSA and college application process.

Monday, September 19th

1. Check updated grades in Aeries

2. "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful"
    ***Finish preparing for the Four Corner Debate on Wednesday

Objective: Students will prepare sound arguments for a Four Corner Debate in class on Tuesday.

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Friday, September 16th

1. "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful"
    ***Read article and begin preparing for the Four Corner Debate on Wednesday

Objective: Students will prepare sound arguments for a Four Corner Debate in class on Tuesday.


 

Wednesday, September 14th

1.  "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins on Punishment and Teen Killers"
    ***Finish précis paragraph and submit 

2. "Furious" by C.R.
    ***Listen, illustrate, discuss, respond

3. Fast Bridge - Fall Assessment

Objective: Students will prepare sound arguments for a Four Corner Debate in class on Monday.


Tuesday, September 13th

1. Journal #4 - Letter

2.  "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins on Punishment and Teen Killers"
    ***Article and précis paragraph (due: Wednesday)

Objective: Students will write a strong précis paragraph.

Monday, September 12th

1. "Young Kids, Hard Time" - Where are they now?

2. Add information to Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives - Charting Multiple Texts
    ***add "Beautiful Brains" article
    ***add "Young Kids, Hard Time"

Objective: Students will reflect on the repercussions and impact of teens committing serious crimes and serving sentences within the justice system.


Monday, September 5, 2022

Friday, September 9th

1. Watch and discuss "Young Kids, Hard Time"
    ***notes
    ***"Young Kids, Hard Time" - Where are they now?

Objective: Students will reflect on the repercussions and impact of teens committing serious crimes and serving sentences within the justice system.

Wednesday, September 7th

1. Journal #3 - Rehabilitation

2. Finish "Beautiful Brains" by: David Dobbs
    ***Read, highlight, margin, discuss
    ***Complete the assignment and submit in Classroom

Objective: Students will begin to understand how the development of the prefrontal cortex of the brain impacts decision-making and risk-taking behaviors in teens.

Tuesday, September 6th

1. Discuss the teenage brain
    ***prefrontal cortex
    ***executive function
    ***Why the teenage brain has an evolutionary advantage

2. Begin "Beautiful Brains" by: David Dobbs
    ***Read, highlight, margin, discuss
    ***Complete pages 1-3 (we will finish the article together on Wednesday)

Objective: Students will begin to understand how the development of the prefrontal cortex of the brain impacts decision-making and risk-taking behaviors in teens.