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Week 4 - Jan 25 to 28, 2016 WHITE

Mon. 1/25 Work on thesis/main idea and the subtopics (at least 3 subtopics)

Tues. 1/26 Outline

Wed. 1/27

Thurs. 1/28

THESIS & subtopic worksheet.doc
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Frame Case Quote Connection Template_new.docx
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Week 3 - Jan 18 to 21, 2016 WHITE

Mon. 1/18 Using a quote to frame an article; write 3 Qs for Loewen

Tues. 1/19 Discuss Loewen

Wed. 1/20 Choose quotes - how to choose a framing quote, suggestions

Thurs. 1/21 Write thesis, choose main quotes for paragraphs; Work on frame case quote connection if you have time.

Essay Prompt for Portfolio1_education.docx
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Quote Worthy Quotes_Framing.docx
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Week 17 - Dec. 7 - Dec. 10, 2015 -PURPLE

Mon. 12/7 Review body paragraphs - how to use frame quotes to look at case article, and how to formulate body paragraphs. Write intro and conclusion.

Tues. 12/8 Review intro and conclusion with classmates. Peer review: does evidence match thesis statement, does thesis statement make sense, are we using one essay to affect how we look at the other essay?

Wed. 12/9 Look at body paragraph topic sentences and transition sentences. Assess fluency of essay.

Thurs. 12/10 Peer review entire essay. Bring three printed copies to class.

Week 16 - Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2015 - WHITE

Mon. 11/30 Review questions from Kozol; Discuss: Small Group questions and discussion over Kozol; Craft “3 Types of Questions” for the reading

Tues. 12/1 Big Ideas Take Away from Kozol; Write a paragraph discussing something important from Whole Class Discussion

Wed. 12/2 Craft 2 Analytical Questions that connect the two readings and a paragraph each to answer them; Whole Class Discussion to synthesize the two readings using your Analytical Questions

Thurs. 12/3 Frame-Case using the readings—discuss; Making Connections Exercise in small groups

Week 15 - Nov 23 - 24, 2015

Mon. 11/23

Tues. 11/24

Week 14 - Nov. 16 to 19, 2015 PURPLE

Mon. 11/16 Revised Policy Paper with Annotated Bibliography due; Pre-writing: Edmundson "On the Uses of a Liberal Education"; 3 Types of Questions -discuss; Read Edmundson p 389 - 403 by tomorrow.

Tues. 11/17 Discuss and re-annotate Edmundson; define terms; Reading and a Writer Reflection due Wed. in "Frame-Case Journal" print and bring to class; Work on Types of questions

Wed. 11/18 Reading as a Writer Reflection on Edmundson printed in class today; share types of questions;

Thurs. 11/19 "Take-away" from Edmundson; Paragraph on class discussion (Wed. & Thurs.) due Friday in Frame-Case Journal; FOR TUESDAY Read and Annotate Kozol, 347-359

Week 13 - Nov 9 to 12, 2015 PURPLE

Policy Paper - due Monday 11/16

Mon. 11/9 Body Paragraphs: a) differing perspectives (at least 3); b) existing policies; c) Policy Alternatives

Tues. 11/10 Workshop body; complete writing; Begin conclusion

Wed. 11/11 Workshop and complete paper

Thurs. 11/12 Outline draft due; Bring three paper copies of your paper

Week 12 - Nov 2 to Nov 5, 2015 WHITE SCHEDULE

Mon. 11/2 Finish annotated bibliography; organize sources; review source's positions

Tues. 11/3 Write introductions: executive summary and background information; use textbook p 257-263; revise intro or label it according to text; make sure you have claim in "executive summary"

Wed. 11/4 Workshop: executive summary and background information

Thurs. 11/5 Justice Journal - Socratic Seminar #7 part 2 "A Deal is a Deal" - Kant and Rawls "Veil of Ignorance"; Reflection questions page

Week 11 - Oct 26 - Oct 29, 2015 -- WHITE

Mon. 10/26 review paraphrase and summary; Go back to your issues, refocus your claim; Intro policy proposal paper; take one of your sources, write a one page analysis of the ethos, pathos, logos. Due Friday

Tues. 10/27 Justice: LINK to "A Lesson in Lying" and "A Deal is a Deal". Questions at right

Wed. 10/28 Go over assignment; Review your sources, you have 8. With your revised claim, which sources will you use? Credibility? What perspectives are represented?

Thurs. 10/29 Create works cited page.

A Lesson in Lying and A Deal is a Deal

Write about any, or all of the following ideas. Make sure that you include references to the lecture or the philosophies/philosophers that we’ve heard about. What would they say about the following?

Agree or disagree: Racial profiling by the police is justifiable if it makes us safer.

Agree or disagree: Telling a misleading truth is the moral equivalent to telling a lie.

When is it wrong to tell the truth?

Policy Position Paper 2015.docx
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Week 10 - Oct 19 – Oct 22/2015 -- PURPLE

Mon. 10/19 Source #8 for CP Journal due Fri.; Ethos (217-220), Pathos (220-223); - use the book to figure out how to appeal to Ethos and Pathos. Exercise page 223

Tues. 10/20 How to appeal to Logos and inductive vs. deductive reasoning (steps p 225-230), Read Minkler in class- analyze together; TED talk - how are ethos, pathos, and logos relevant to Joshua Bell?

Wed. 10/21 No SS today; Logical Fallacies (230-234); Logos Practice Sequence; Discuss Minkler; Letter to Minkler (p248)- write as a group

Thurs. 10/22 Finish Letter to Minkler;

TED talk: the basics of ethos, pathos, logos

Assignment: find examples of ethos, pathos, logos

Next step: Who uses ethos, pathos, logos - using ethical persuasive methods.

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

YouTube: definitions and examples

TED: Deductive and Inductive reasoning, with problems

Week 9 - 10/12 to 10/15/2015 End of 1st Quarter PURPLE

Mon. 1o/12 For each of the 4 articles you annotated, write: the article title, 1) claim, 2) very short summary and list of evidence, 3) possibly useful quotes. Name the doc: "Synthesis Step 1 first name last name" DUE TUES (see example in "shared with me" documents in gdrive

Tues. 10/13 Discuss: issue similarity/differences - how are all of the articles connected (in your opinion). Work on synthesis using textbook and work from previous night.

Wed. 10/14 SS - Harvard lecture. Justice Journal due 10/16.

Thurs. 10/15 Synthesis essay without quotes due; add quotes in class (discuss different methods of dropping quotes into paper. Synthesis paper with quotes due Monday.

Week 8: 10/5 - 10/8 WHITE

Mon. 10/5 read sloppy vs. neat compare and contrast, practice paraphrasing

Tues. 10/6 work on paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing

Wed. 10/7 LINK: SS #5; Questions at right; Justice Journal due Friday to gdocs

Thurs. 10/8 Quiz/exercise on different types of claims Monday; In class: complete reading and annotations: Keller p 170, Kennedy p 182, Dickerson p 186, Grove p 188; Justice Journal due Friday to gdocs

JusticeHarvard5Qs.docx
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Week 7: 9/28 - 10/1 WHITE

Mon. 9/28 Find source #7 on your topic. Write Commonplace journal, bring printed copy of your article on Monday. Bring Article 7 to class - Using article #7, write on new editorial - same topic as last week, new information and new thesis/claim. Begin Editorial - 400 words - turn in via gdoc.

Tues. 9/29 Use books. Read page 92-the top of 96. “Formulating Issues-based questions”; In a googledocn amed “Refining My Topic firstname last name" Complete the exercise on pages 96-97 (light blue heading). Write each step in the document. Complete by class on Thursday.

Wed. 9/30 LINK: SS #4; Question handout at right.

Thurs. 10/1 Work on assignments for Monday and Friday; for Fri: Justice Journal and CommonPlace Journal for article #7; for Monday: 1) Read: Clive Thompson—“On the New Literacy” & 2) Cynthia Haven—“The New Literacy: Stanford Study Finds Richness and Complexity in Students’ Writing” ; 3) Bring a printed copy of one of your sources on Topic of Interest to class on Monday

Episode 4a Questions.docx
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Week 6: 9/21 to 9/24/2015

Mon. 9/21 Practice Sequence, ; Discuss Source #6 - you brought to class

Revise your claim/issue with a frame

Write a 250 - word editorial

Tues. 9/22 Work on Formulating an Issue-based question; refine your topic and issue; formulate your topic as a question; acknowledge your audience

Wed. 9/23 SS #6 (See "JusticeHarvard3 Qs at right); Due: "The End of Solitude" with questions

Thurs. 9/24 Discuss Quindlen and Deresiewicz; Review "Doing Nothing is Something" p 89, answer #1-5 Reading as a Writer Questions; Deresiewics, p 98, q's #1-2

Frid. 9/25 Justice Journal #6; CP Journal #6 (final journal & final article)

Steps to writing editorial:

STEP 1: What is the topic of your article?

STEP 2: What is the situation that provoked the article?

STEP 3: What are the issues raised in the article?

STEP 4: What are the questions raised by this issue?

STEP 5: What is your reaction to the topic, situation, issues, and question? From your reaction, create a CLAIM.

STEP 6: Using your claim, write an editorial, supporting your claim (with information from any of your articles or your knowledge.)

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Week 5 - Sept 14- Sept 17, 2015

Mon. 9.14 Discuss vocabulary: claim, evidence, counterargument, concession; Argument of fact, policy, value; Read Sadker and Sadker, p 56-59. Label the claims.

Tues. 9.15 Due today: Rojstaczer "Grade Inflation..."., p 74 and Primack "Doesn't Anybody Get a C Anymore," p 76. Annotate ; Grade inflation questions in-class; write comparison of Primack and Rojstaczer's strategies for their arguments.

Wed. 9.16 Socratic Seminar LINK: Part 2 of episode 2 start at 24:15; Questions for reflection at right; Justice Journal due Friday;

Thurs. 9.17 Identifying Issues; p74; Find a source related to your topic of interest that involves an issue. Print and bring into class on Monday

Justice Journal due 9/18

CP Journal due 9/18

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Week 4 - 9/7 to 9/11/2015

Tues. 9/7 Finish reading essay we started Friday (p 33-36), complete literary analysis paragraph of Turkle's "The Flight From Conversation" (in group/s). Assignment due Wed: read p39 "Hirsch's desire for a national curriculum" and complete questions on p 39 (with light blue heading)

Wed. 9/8 Read/Annotate Ehrenreich "Cultural Baggage" p 283, write a written response, print & bring to class Wed.; turn in questions for Hirsch Wed. ; Rhetorically Analyze Ehrenreich, discuss, write rhetorical analysis - due Friday

Thurs. 9/9 SS "How to Measure Pleasure" - Harvard Justice Lecture; Justice Journal due Friday 9/10.

Fri. 9/10 Due: Ehrenreich Rhet Analysis and Justice Journal; Identifying claims of fact, value, policy

For Ehrenreich: 1 Write a brief rhetorical analysis of Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay, referring to your notes and citing passages where she indicates her situation, purpose, main claim, and audience.

Week 3 - 8/31 to 9/3/2015

Mon. 8/31 Introducing and discussing the college application essay. See handouts on "Advisory" page of this site

Tues. 9/1 2 drafts of Literacy Narrative due in class; revise, trade ideas

Wed. 9/2 SS "Price Tag on Life" - reflection due in Justice Journal on Friday 9/4

Thurs. 9/3 What to annotate for, review student annotation, Read Hirsch "Preface to Cultural Literacy" and annotate together - continue on Tues.

WEEK 2 - 8/24 - 8/27/15
Mon. 8/24 Practice Sequence #1 p. 6—Question Ad; bring Ad to class today

Academic Writers Seek and Value Complexity

Steps to Seeking and Valuing Complexity

Practice Sequence #1 p. 8—Other perspectives on Ad

Tues. 8/25 Academic Writers see Writing as a Conversation

Steps to Joining an Academic Conversation

Practice Sequence p. 10—Thomas Patterson

Academic Writers Understand That Writing is a Process

Steps to Collecting Info and Material

Steps to Drafting Steps to Revising

Wed. 8/26 Soc. Sem. #2: Putting a Price Tag on Life; How to Measure Pleasure; Begin writing response to question (question options linked at right: "JusticeHarvard1.5..." and "JusticeHarvard2..."

Thurs. 8/27 Read: Gerald Graff “Disliking Books”— Write a Written Response, print and bring to class; Read: Richard Rodriguez “Scholarship Boy”—write a Written Response, print and bring to class

Discuss Graff and Rodriguez

Assign: Literacy Narrative Assignment due Thurs. 9/3, 600-1000 words, correct heading, 1" margins, typed, title: "Literacy Narrative"

Due Friday: 1) In your Justice Journal, write a response to one of the Questions for Soc. Sem.

2) Locate Source #2 on your Topic of Interest—write response in Commonplace Journal

Examples of Literacy Narrative - 600-1000 words

Link: Harvard Justice Seminar Episode 1

Link: Harvard Justice Seminar Episode 2

JusticeHarvard1.5AdvancedQs.docx
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WEEK 1 - Week of 8/18 to 8/20/2015

Mon 8/17 No class for seniors

Tues 8/18 Syllabus, How credit works, Class Format, CommonPlace Journal due Friday

Wed. 8/19 Socratic Seminar: Trolleys; Justice Journal due Friday

Thurs. 8/20 Gdrive checkup; check out book; complete initial reflections; Discuss CommonPlace Interest Topics and assingments. Finish looking at syllabus. For Monday: Read p 1-12 - read and annotate "college reading/writing" expectations. See syllabus for more detail.

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Questions for Justice Journal. Use the philosophical theories to create a 300 word response in your GoogleFolder

A. Suppose a man has planted a bomb in New York City, and it will explode in twenty-four hours unless the police are able to find it. Should it be legal for the police to use torture to extract information from the suspected bomber?

B. In general, is it permissible to harm a smaller number of innocent people to prevent greater harm to a larger number of people?

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