Tuesday, March 5 Defense of the Jury System

Objective: By the end of class, students will read non-fiction and identify logical and emotional appeals.

DO NOW

Write an E in the blank if it appeals only to your sense of emotion and an L if it appeals to logic.

1.      Using a cell phone when driving is dangerous and anyone who does this is stupid.

2.      Using a cell phone when driving is dangerous because when drivers hold a cell phone to their ear, they're using only one hand to control their motor vehicle, which makes them much more likely to have an accident.

3.      Many states have banned cell phone use when driving because it is dangerous. These laws have been put into effect because of startling statistics that point to the elevated risk of car accidents due to cell phone use.

4.      Dogs should always be kept on a leash in public places. What if you were walking down the street minding your own business and a loose dog ran up and attacked you?

5.      Dogs should always be kept on a leash in public places. A leash can protect dogs from traffic, garbage, dangerous places, and getting lost. It can also protect people from being harmed by overzealous, angry, or agitated dogs.

Direct Instruction

Review graphic organizers and articles on recycling from yesterday.  Which article had more logical appeals? Which article is more PERSUASIVE?

Trial By Jury - always fair? 

Famous Court Case that may not have been judged enough on Logical Appeals:

1. McDonald's Coffee Case - review case and view photos

Read Defense of the Jury System - pages 310-311

Identify logical and emotional appeals using the graphic organizer provided.

Are there more logical or emotional appeals in this article? 

Write a paragraph for the following;

Analyze the author's purpose in wring this article? To answer this question, consider the following in your answer....

Does the author think the US trial by jury system is the best? What evidence can you site that supports this claim? Does he think the US system is perfect? How do you know? Finally, does he recommend the jury system over other types of justice systems? So therefore, his purpose in writing this article is.....

Exit Pass

What is your opinion on our jury system? Have you had a personal experience with it?

Monday, March 4, Logical / Emotional Appeals

OBJECTIVE:  By the end of class, students will analyze a persuasive essay and identify logical and emotional appeals in literature,

DO NOW:  

Label the following statements as logical or emotional:

1. 60 % of those that purchased the new product stated the reason to be more exposure through television advertising.

2. The commerical's popularity probably increased sales significantly. 

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  

Read pages 308 - 309 - holt text 

Logical vs. Emotional appeals:

LOGICAL APPEALS -  according to reason, according to evidence and facts.

EMOTIONAL APPEALS -  relating to emotions, bringing out strong feelings in reader

What are the differences ? Trigger words?

GUIDED PRACTICE:

Read articles

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  

Use the graphic organizer to identify the logical and emotional appeals in the articles.


EXIT PASS:

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Friday, March 1, lady or Tiger Assessment

OBJECTIVE: By the end of class, students will be assessed for comprehension of Lady or the Tiger, write a summary of the story, brainstorm and analyze ambiguous endings, and create an ending to an ambiguous story.


DO NOW:
QUICK REVIEW BEFORE TEST.
Take this time to review or ask any questions.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:Take Lady or the Tiger test.

GUIDED PRACTICE:
Write a summary (4-6 sentences, including key information: who, what, where,
when, and why) on The Lady Or The Tiger.  

Be sure to include ONLY key information.
The summary should not be longer than 4-6 sentences.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Once you have written and turned in your summary, you will create an ending to Lady or The Tiger.

You will decide whether the Lady or the Tiger comes out of the door. Describe the event, the young man’s reaction to the event, the crowd’s reaction to the event, the princess’ reaction, and the king’s reaction.

Be sure to use the vocabulary on the instructions.

This sequel should be at least 2 paragraphs:
First paragraph - What happens when he opens the door.
Second paragraph - The reactions of those who are watching.


EXIT PASS:
What came out of the door in your ending? Why did you make this choice? What do you think this may say about your personality?

BJECTIVE: By the end of class, students will review main themes and plot points of The Lady Or The Tiger, identify key elements of fiction to include in a summary, draft summaries of short fiction, and begin to conceptualize an ending to an ambiguous story.

DO NOW: Do we live in a just society? Why or why not? What kind of society should we live in?

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  

Lady or the Tiger test review.

TAKE NOTES! This is what you need to know for tomorrow’s test. Ask any questions you have!

GUIDED PRACTICE:

Complete summarizing sheet (on the back of the sheet from yesterday)

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:

Write a summary (4-6 sentences, including key information: who, what, where, when, and why) on The Lady Or The Tiger.  Be sure to include ONLY key information. The summary should not be longer than 4-6 sentences.

Turn in your summaries.

When you have finished, take a Lady Or The Tiger ending, and begin working on your ending to the story.

You will decide whether the Lady or the Tiger comes out of the door.
Describe the event, the young man’s reaction to the event, the crowd’s reaction to the event, the princess’ reaction, and the king’s reaction.

Be sure to use the vocabulary on the instructions.

These should be at least 2 paragraphs:
First paragraph - What happens when he opens the door.
Second paragraph - The reactions of those who are watching.

EXIT PASS:
What will come out of the door in your sequel? Why did you choose this? What do you think this says about your personality?

Wednesday, Feb 27, Lady or the tiger

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze character traits, reenact a system of justice and evaluate its fairness, read short fiction, and demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary and reading.

DO NOW

What emotion is stronger when considering taking action - jealousy or love?

Direct Instruction
Review ambiguity, situational irony, and verbal irony. These should be in your notebooks! Notebook check on Friday.

 

Discuss Character traits of the king and his daughter.  Make predictions.

Internal Conflict / External conflict:

As a class, Use graphic organizer and identify the internal conflicts so far of the KING and his daughter.

Guided Practice:
Trial activity.
Does the punishment fit the crime?


Read conclusion of Lady or the Tiger

As we read, fill in character trait sheets from yesterday’s class. These should be complete by the end of class today. 

Guided

Identify new character traits of daughter and king.
 
Finishing character trait sheets, complete Lady or the Tiger vocabulary and comprehension sheet.

EXIT PASS:  What do you think was behind the door? What brought you to that conclusion? Why do you think the daughter made this choice?

February 26, Tuesday - Lady or the Tiger

Objective: By the end of class, students will learn new vocabulary, learn new literary terms and how to recognize them, and make predictions based on character traits / behaviors.

DO NOW

Vocabulary handout

Direct Instruction

Review some vocabulary on slideshare here

AMBIGUITY - A quality that allows something to be interpreted inn several different ways.

SITUATIONAL IRONY - The opposite of what you expect to happen, happens
VERBAL IRONY - sarcasm - what you say is the opposite of what you mean

Your Favorite movie with an ambiguous ending?

Read together page 297 - 301

listen instead??

Use character trait graphic organizers to determine traits of the king and his daughter.  Be sure to include the page numbers where you found the traits.  Remember traits can be determined by action, words and what other people say about you and/or how they treat you.

Based on the characters of the King and daughter, make a prediction about what is going to happen to the daughter's "boyfriend."

LOT handout - vocabulary and comprehensive questions.

Review and share answers.

exit Pass

Do you think there is any fairness to the king's system of justice why or why not?

Tuesday, Feb 26, Lady or the Tiger

Objective: by the end of class, students will learn new vocabulary, literary devices - Ambiguity and Irony - and make predictions bsed on character traits.

Direct Instruction

Review some vocabulary on slideshare here

AMBIGUITY - A quality that allows something to be interpreted inn several different ways.

Your Favorite movie with an ambiguous ending?

Read together pages 297 - 300.

Monday, February 25th, Justice Systems

Objective: By the end of class, students will learn and define new vocabulary words, explore different types of law and justice systems, make inferences, and determine the motivation of characters.

DO NOW: In your notebooks, copy down the first five words and definitions from the vocabulary on p. 297.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION: 

DISCUSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR JUSTICE SYSTEMS

EXAMPLE :

SOUTH AFRICA   = DEMOCRACY BUT THERE IS NO TRIAL BY JURY. Innocence or guilt is determined by a triumverate (a group of three government judges)

pistorius background

pistorius trial 


GUIDED

Follow directives on Powerpoint to answer questions.


View slideshow on different justice systems. Take notes.

GUIDED PRACTICE:

During and after viewing the slideshow, take notes on the different forms of governments and justice systems.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:

Using your notes, and you r experiences, answer the following questons.  You may hand write these or use NEOs.

1. Why do countries and civilizations create systems of justice?
2. What is the American justice system?
3. Are there ways it could be improved upon? 
4. Examine the following situations and decide how you would determine justice.
a. You are in class and your backpack suddenly is gone. You think you know who took it but cannot prove it. What do you do to get justice?
b. Your boyfriend or girlfriend cheated on you with your best friend. What would determine justice in this case?
c.  Your sibling tattled on you and now you are grounded.



5. SUMMARIZE a justice system of your choice. Remember to include all of the key information about the system of justice (Who, What, Where, Why, When, and How).

EXIT PASS:
Can any justice system be perfect? Explain why or why not.  If yes, do you think it always will be perfect? If no, could there ever be a perfect system?

thursday, Feb 21, Animal Intelligence essay

Objective: By the end of class, students will complete a four paragraph essay analyzing and synthesizing information from non-fiction (news articles and videos) and fiction. 

DO NOW

Transition worksheet

Direct Instruction

Review guidelines and rubric for essay.

Guided  / Independent

Use neo to write four paragraph essay.

When complete, finish open-minded portraits.

 Exit Pass 

Has your opinion on humans treatment of animals changed since the beginning of this unit?