Weekly Updates: 11.27-12.1

AP Seminar: This week, scholars will build on background knowledge and use QUESTION FORMULATION TECHNIQUE to analyze art and power dynamics.

MONDAY: Non-Student Day

TUESDAY: 1. Debate Reflection and Introduction to Question Formulation Technique : Form

H.W. Read “5 basic skills of power and how you can learn to use them” by Kate Torgovnik and Why Power Corrupts” by Christopher Shea to Prepare for Socratic Seminar on MONDAY during which we will discuss these articles along with activities from class.  Notebooks due on Friday!!!

WEDNESDAY:1. Question Formulation Technique to  Form 2. Introduction to Perspectives on Power Unit:  “Frontispiece to Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, 1651”. OPTIC ANALYSIS

THURSDAY: 1.) 2. Introduction to Perspectives on Power Unit:  “Frontispiece to Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, 1651”. OPTIC Analysis

FRIDAY: 1.) Introduction to Niccolo Machiavelli: Background Video 2.) Read from The Prince (Support Source: The Prince Summary) 3. Lines of Communication

H.W. Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Perspectives on Power on Monday: ANNOTATED ARTICLES“5 basic skills of power and how you can learn to use them” by Kate Torgovnik and Why Power Corrupts” and DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Required to participate.

English 3P Honors: This week students will explore the historical and social context which inspired AMERICAN ROMANTICISM and define this cultural movement’s philosophical and aesthetic features.

MONDAY: Non-Student Day

TUESDAY: 1.1. Debate Reflection and Assessment 2. Introduction to Romanticism: Concept Attainment

H.W. Watch Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter background videos and write Background Paragraph in Notebook as entry 11.29 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE & THE SCARLET LETTER BACKGROUND PARAGRAPH.  Notebooks due FRIDAY. Read and Ch. 1-5 of The Scarlet Letter by MONDAY 12. 4 and complete Chapter Summary that answers focus question: Who is Hester Prynne? What are her character traits?  How do these chapters reveal the qualities of the ROMANTIC HERO?

WEDNESDAY: 1.) Introduction to American Romanticism: Concept Attainment

THURSDAY:  1.) Introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Transcendentalism 2.) Read “Nature” and analyze using Says Means Matters

FRIDAY: 1.) “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Close Read 2.) Notebooks turned in

Mexican American Literature and Culture

American Progress by John Gast

MONDAY: NON STUDENT DAY

TUESDAY: 1. “American Progress” by John Gast & “Never Forget”  by Lalo Alcaraz

WEDNESDAY: 1.) Lalo Alcaraz Background Video 2.)  Comparative Analysis of “American Progress” and “Never Forget”

THURSDAY: 1.) Mexican American War and Manifest Destiny Four Square Discussion

FRIDAY:  Introduction to Corrido as Counternarrative

Weekly Updates 11.13-11.17

AP Seminar: Period 1 This week, we will TRANSMIT arguments about the relationship between Education and Inequality in a FORMAL DEBATE.  

MONDAY:

  1. What is an Annotated Bibliography: How to video and Annotated Bibliography Guide (PDF) and Sample Annotated Bibliography

2. Review Debate Procedures and Agenda 3. Prep Debate Outline

H.W. Debate Outline (GROUP) Annotated Bibliography w/ 2 hard copies of sources Stapled (Individual) Due on Debate Day 11/ 14-16

TUESDAY:Annotated Bibliography Guide (PDF) and Sample Annotated Bibliography

Wednesday: Debate Day 1 Business Casual Attire Encouraged to Practice Professionalism.

Thursday: Debate Day 2: Business Casual Attire Encourage to Practice Professionalism

Friday: Section I Part B Practice Test

English 3P Honors: Period 2,5, 6

This week we will…TRANSMIT arguments about Building a Democracy in a FORMAL DEBATE.  

MONDAY:

  1. What is an Annotated Bibliography: How to video and Annotated Bibliography Guide (PDF) and Sample Annotated Bibliography

2. Review Debate Procedures and Agenda 3. Prep Debate Outline

H.W. Debate Outline (GROUP) Annotated Bibliography w/ 2 hard copies of sources Stapled (Individual) Due on Debate Day 11/ 14-16

TUESDAY:Annotated Bibliography Guide (PDF) and Sample Annotated Bibliography

Wednesday: Debate Day 1 Business Casual Attire Encouraged to Practice Professionalism: Group Debate Rubric, Individual Rubric

Thursday: Debate Day 1 Business Casual Attire Encouraged to Practice Professionalism: Group Debate Rubric, Individual Rubric

Friday: District Writing Assessment

Mexican American Literature and Culture: Period 2

This week we will be discussing PERSPECTIVES on the Mexican American War and the effect of Manifest Destiny Mexican American identity and culture.  

Monday: 1. Complete Cornell Notes: Foreigners in their Own Land (EQ: How did natives become Foreigners in their Own Land?)

Tuesday: Finish: Foreigners in their Own Land With Groups and Write a Summary

Wednesday: 1.  Foreigners Reflection and Summary Share Out 2.) Introduction to Manifest Destiny

Thursday: Compare John Gast and Lalo Alcaraz’s views on Manifest Destiny

Friday: Write a Comparative Summary of Gast and Alacaraz’s artistic depiction of Manifest Deestiny.

Weekly Updates 11.6-11.10 (Late Start on Wednesday & No School on Friday)

AP Seminar: Period 1

Monday:1.) Wrap up Legal Brief  Close Read: How to read a case 

Tuesday: 1.) Roundtable Discussion: “Resolved Inmates Make Tough Debaters” as Introduction to Debate Process 2.) Evaluate Debate: Bullied to Death 

Wednesday (Late Start): 1.) Team Assignments 3.) Debate Team Process & Prep.)  “Educational Equity: What does it mean? How do we know when we reach it?

Thursday: 1.) Debate Prep: Research Position 2.) Debates will be on Tuesday 3.) Individual Annotated Bibliographies will be turned in on Debate DAY!

English 3P Honors: Period 2,5,6

Monday: 1.) Building A Democracy Learning Stations Day 2: Close Read for Claim & Rhetorical Triangle and Complete SOAPS

Tuesday: 1.) Building A Democracy Learning Stations Day 3: Close Read for Claim & Rhetorical Triangle and Complete SOAPS

Wednesday (Late Start):as Introduction to Debate Process 2.) Evaluate Debate: Bullied to Death 

Thursday: 1.) Debate Prep 2.) Debates will be on Monday 3.) Individual Defenses and Reflection will be turned in on Tuesday 11/14

Mexican American Literature and Culture

MondayIdentity Unit Portfolio Turn In

Tuesday: I. Pre-ReadingCornell Notes Guide and Instructions. II.  Reading: Foreigners in their Own Land

Wednesday: Foreigners in their Own Land: Analytical Summary

Thursday: I.  Pre-Reading: Art Analysis, “American Progress” by John Gast II. Reading:

“Never Forget” by Lalo Alcaraz III.  Post Reading: Comparative Summary