Thursday, June 2, 2016

1st period:

1. Instructions for the final exam and Socratic seminar handed out and discussed
2. Articles for final exam and Socratic seminar handed out ("Lorraine Hansberry: Her Chicago Law Story;" "Discrimination in Housing Against Nonwhites Persists;" "Market for Fixer-Uppers Traps Low-Income Buyers;" "A Brief History of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;" and "The Case for Reparations"
3. Finish "Introduction to A Raisin in the Sun" video (13:30-22:50)
4. Watch "Race: Power of an Illusion: The House We Live In" (26:00-56:00) and take notes
5. Watch video "Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev'ry Voice" and take notes

3rd and 4th periods:

1. Instructions for the final exam and Socratic seminar handed out and discussed
2. Articles for final exam and Socratic seminar handed out ("Lorraine Hansberry: Her Chicago Law Story;" "Discrimination in Housing Against Nonwhites Persists;" "Market for Fixer-Uppers Traps Low-Income Buyers;" "A Brief History of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;" and "The Case for Reparations"
3. Read the first part of "The Case for Reparations" and text-mark it and create Level One and Level Two questions and share them with class and discuss what we read
4. View maps of red-lined areas of Chicago and Portland
5. Watch video about the Chicago Contract Buyers League and take notes
6. Finish "Introduction to A Raisin in the Sun" video (13:30-22:50)
7. Watch video "Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev'ry Voice" and take notes

Here are the links to the supplemental articles for the final exam essay on A Raisin in the Sun:

"This Town Needs a Better Class of Racist" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"The Chicago Neighborhood That Inspired A Raisin in the Sun May Rise Again"

"The Air I Breathe" by Ifanyi Bell

"Can Portland Avoid Repeating San Francisco's Mistakes?"

Here is the Grading Rubric for the Final Exam

Tuesday, May 31, 2016:

1. We finished up the Metaphor Project Presentations and handed in notes on them.
2. Raisin in the Sun reading quiz
3. Discuss the play and final exam in explained
4. Pairs / small groups shared the write up about how the poem "A Dream Deferred" is relected / represented by the characters in the play.
5. Hand in Dream chart and "Dream Deferred" write-up

On Tuesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 26, we heard Metaphor Project Presentations and watched  A Raisin in the Sun.

Friday, May 20, 2016:

1st period:
Issue Group

3rd and 4th periods:
We watched and took notes on the video "Race: The Power of an Illusion, Episode 3"

DUE DATE: Tuesday, May 24: Metaphor project (2 paragraphs and the project)

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1. Write self-reflection on thesis and then include it in your portfolio
2. Hand in Thesis Portfolio (YAY!!!)
3. Watch A Raisin in the Sun and take notes 

Periods 1 and 4: be prepared for the Issue Group on Friday.

Issue Group articles for period 1:

Anti: http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/5-things-white-people-cultural-appropriation/

Informational: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/is-cultural-appropriation-always-wrong.html?_r=1

Pro: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/08/21/to-the-new-culture-cops-everything-is-appropriation/

Monday, May 16, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1. Review Thesis Portfolio contents (see page 4 of the Thesis Packet)
2. Review calendar and upcoming due dates 
3. Go to library and check out the play A Raisin in the Sun
4. Read background information on Lorraine Hansberry, the author of A Raisin in the Sun
5. Read the epigraph (Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred") to the play and discuss the poem's imagery and what the images might mean
6. Get note-taking chart for tracking dreams in the play
7. View first half of video  introduction to the play (up to 13:38) and take notes with this sheet 
8. Review the cast of characters and read the opening pages / set directions
9. Watch Act 1, scene 1 (video)

DUE DATE: Wednesday, May 18: THESIS FINAL DRAFT AND PORTFOLIO

                       Tuesday, May 24: Metaphor Project

                        Tuesday, May 31: Finish reading A Raisin in the Sun and hand in note-taking chart (on dreams)

Thursday, May 12, 2016

1. Review calendar
2. Review Thesis Portfolio requirements (see page 4 of the Thesis Packet)
3. Metaphor Project (also known as the  "Biographical Report / Artistic Representation Project") assigned, explained, and demonstrated. here is the scoring rubric for the metaphor project.

Here is the list for presentation times for each class:

1st period presentation list

3rd period presentation list

4th period presentation list

On Tuesday, May 10, we peer-edited the 2nd draft of the thesis.

On Friday, May 6, we did two practice timed-writes to prep for the AP test

REMINDER: Final Draft of thesis and portfolio are due on Wednesday, May 18.

Biographical / Metaphor Report is due on Tuesday, May 24

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Today we prepped for the AP Test. We read and analyzed and discussed an excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "A Letter From Birmingham Jail." Then we covered some different terms related to "syntax" (powerpoint--see me for these terms.)

YOU CAN FIND MANY USEFUL TERMS FOR THE AP TEST IN YOUR TEXTBOOK (THE LANGUAGE OF COMPOSITION) ON PAGES 58-59.

REMINDER: 2nd draft of thesis is due on Tuesday, May 10

Monday, May 2, 2016

1. Review thesis calendar. NOTE: draft #2 of Thesis is now due on TUESDAY, MAY 10 (not Friday, May 6) because this date conflicts with the AP Euro exam.
2. Annotated Bibliography returned
3. AP Test prep (finish the multiple choice section and review these questions/answers and write one timed-write) 

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

Tuesday, May 10, 2016: Draft #2 of thesis

Wednesday, May 18: Final draft thesis and portfolio

Tuesday, May 24: Metaphor Project

Thursday, April 28, 2016

1st period peer-edited first draft of Thesis

3rd and 4th periods prepped for AP test

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

TUESDAY, MAY 10: 2nd draft of Thesis *
WEDNESDAY MAY 18: Final draft thesis and portfolio

* this is a revised due date (the original due date was Friday May 6, which is the day of AP Euro test, which many students are taking.)

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

1st period: Issue Group

3rd and 4th periods: Finish reading sample theses and completing the worksheet
                                 Peer-edit 1st draft of thesis

DUE DATES: Friday, May 6: 2nd draft of thesis
                        Wednesday, May 18: Final draft of thesis (and portfolio)

Friday, April 22, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1st period: Finish reading and discussing sample theses. Practice AP test.

3rd period: Read and discuss sample theses

4th period: Issue Group

DUE on  TUESDAY APRIL 26: 1st draft of thesis

1st period Issue Group articles:

ttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/syrian-refugees/salopek-text
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/28/why-the-us-should-welcome-syrian-refugees-commentary.html

http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-syrian-refugee-lesson-for-liberals-1447719595

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1. Get Outline stamped and checked off
2. Read sample thesis essay together and discuss it and how well it uses the "Claim-Evidence-Commentary" model that we got last period. Discuss the organization of the thesis.
3. In small groups, read and analyze an additional thesis (see me for this material if you were absent)

REMINDERS: First draft of the thesis is due on Tuesday, April 26

                         4th period should be prepared for an issue group on Friday, April 22

Here are the articles for the issue group for 4th period on Friday, April 22

Pro AI: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/future-of-artificial-intelligence/

Neutral: http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html

Con: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/03/08/ai-could-kill-all-meet-man-takes-risk-seriously/

Monday, April 18, 2016

1. Hand in Annotated Bibliography
2. Get handout on how to outline your thesis and discuss
3. 1st and 4th periods got essay #3 returned to them
4. Do practice AP Timed Write (Okefenokee)

DUE DATE: Wednesday, April 20: Outline of thesis

These are the articles for the standardized testing issue group (period 3) 

Con article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/study-says-standardized-testing-is-overwhelming-nations-public-schools/2015/10/24/8a22092c-79ae-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html

Neutral article: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2014/0403/Debate-over-standardized-testing-is-focusing-on-the-wrong-questions 

Pro article: http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-submission/2011/08/01/stop-war-against-standardized-tests

We did not have AP English this week (April 11-15) because of SBAC testing.

DUE DATE:

MONDAY, April 18: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1st period: Issue Group

3rd period: we did research in class and will have the Issue Group on Thursday

4th period: Issue Group

REMINDER: you need to be researching and reading articles about your author/books. The Annotated Bibliography is due in less than 2 weeks (April 18).

NOTE: the OSLIS username is "port" and the password is "oslis"

Friday, April 1, 2016

1. Thesis project launched: review this packet 
2. Thesis calendar handed out and reviewed
3. Annotated Bibliography explained and assigned (see pages 8-15 in thesis packet)
4. Demonstration of how to conduct research

DUE DATE: Monday, April 18: Annotated Bibliography

ISSUE GROUPS ARE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 5 

1st period issue group articles:

Informative: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14432401 

Against: http://0-ic.galegroup.com.catalog.multcolib.org/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&u=multnomah&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010930210

For: http://0-ic.galegroup.com.catalog.multcolib.org/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&u=multnomah&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010930211

3rd period issue group articles:

Neutral:

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=GALE%7C00000000LVXO&documentId=GALE%7CPC3021900106&mode=view&userGroupName=p1841&jsid=078d40d7bbe0401ed25e9fe4ef60263f

Pro:

https://www.change.org/p/the-advantages-of-legalizing-marijuana

Con:

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/marijuana/the-harmful-effects.html

4th period issue group articles:

Negative:

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/07/09/social-justice-issue-we-can-sink-our-teeth-factory-farming

Neutral:

https://www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/47465/pid/47465

Positive:

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/opinion/nold-meat-industry-benefits-economy-human-body/article_f0088822-5b0d-11e3-b8e6-001a4bcf6878.html

Wednesday, March 30, 2015

1. Counselor presented information on forecasting for classes next year
2. Period 1 wrote for about 20 minutes on their 4th novel
3. Period 3 had a fire drill which caused us to not have time to watch "McCarthyism in America"
4. Period 4 watched "McCarthyism in America" (see previous post)

Monday, March 29, 2016

1. Presentation on SBAC Test
2. Finish viewing The Crucible
3. Read excerpts by Arthur Miller about why he wrote The Crucible and take notes 
4. Period 1 also watched the short documentary "McCarthyism in America" and take notes (see page two in the note-taking link above)

Thursday, March 17, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1. Reminder: read your 4th novel by Wed. March 30 and take notes on its similarities and differences from the other novels.
2. Hand in position papers from last week's issue group
3. Continue watching The Crucible
4. Hand in The Crucible questions

Friday, March 11, 2016

1st and 4th periods had issue groups today, and 3rd period did ACT prep.

DUE DATES:

finish The Crucible by Thursday, March 17

Read Novel #4 and takes notes on the similarities and differences between it and the other 3 novels that you have read.