*NOTE: The following assignments should be completed prior to the next class meeting or by the posted due date. Please read all standards and directions when completing.
I. Organize your notebook. SEE NOTEBOOK STRUCTURE CHART (on blog). AS INDICATED IN CLASS THIS SHOULD BE PRIORITY #1!
II. Obtain ONE recent news article. This article must be recent (i.e. no
older than 3 days). It must be clipped...PLEASE DO THIS BEFORE CLASS;
ARTICLES NOT LABELED OR POSTED NEATLY WILL RECEIVE A -2 PENALTY. NO OPINION PIECES OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES.
Assignment Specs:
1. ARTICLE TYPE: GENERAL INTEREST
2. ARTICLE BEAT ASSIGNMENTS (for Week #26): as discussed in class
3. ARTICLE NEWS ELEMENT: student choice
4. DATE RANGES: 2/27/13 to 3/1/13Assignment Specs:
1. ARTICLE TYPE: GENERAL INTEREST
2. ARTICLE BEAT ASSIGNMENTS (for Week #26): as discussed in class
3. ARTICLE NEWS ELEMENT: student choice
5. SOURCE: Student choice (Source and Date of Publishing MUST be included on page)
6. DUE NEXT CLASS MEETING
III. Familiarize yourself with this week's current events; a GRADED Current Events Quiz (CEQ) will be administered SOON. Use the blog site as a central hub for news and information! CEQ #26 is NEXT WEEK () PLEASE REVIEW!
IV. PLEASE review your Chapter 4 and 5 notes (terms and concepts); there will be GRADED assessments all this week related to the discussed material.
V. Complete the Chapter 5 Writing Response (Topic #1); please plan your writing, then type, edit, and upload your work to turnitin.com. DUE 3/4/13
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DAILY ASSIGNMENTS*
*NOTE: These are assignments that you should be doing whether we have homework or not. There is a level of expectation that requires you as the student to claim some responsibility for your academic career.
I. Review Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 topics/concepts. Read the outline, supplemental notes, and create study note cards. LEARN THE MATERIAL...DON'T MEMORIZE IT.*
*NOTE: Please review your chapter notes periodically. We are never 'done' with the chapter topics/concepts.
II. Study chapter vocabulary. In addition, students should prepare to work on additional in-class vocabulary assignments by reviewing words nightly. For test/quiz dates see calendar in class or upcoming dates post. To prepare for the in-class study and tests/quizzes, students are encouraged to create 3x5 study cards. STANDARD [JV1]
III. Bring Materials/Supplies to class; this includes textbooks, steno pads, paper, pens, notebooks, writing journals, etc. (NO EXCEPTIONS)
IV. You should conduct a nightly/daily review of the course orientation notes. You will be expected to show adequate mastery and knowledge of all course policies and procedures.
V. You should conduct a nightly/daily review of the course standards. You will be expected to show adequate mastery and knowledge of all course standards.
VI. Review AP (Associated Press) style rules and concepts. Read the style books, supplemental notes, and create study note cards. LEARN THE MATERIAL...DON'T MEMORIZE IT.*
*NOTE: Please review your these periodically. We are never 'done' with the style rule concepts.
VII. IMPORTANT!!!!! READ/WATCH THE NEWS!!! Immerse yourself in the power of current events....remember, "today's current event is tomorrow's history." (~Mr. K 1/26/07)
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UPCOMING DATES*
*ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE OPENING MEETINGS FOR ANY CHANGES.
ASSESSMENTS
Summative Assessment: Current Events Quiz #26
3/ /13
Summative Assessment: Chapter 4-5
2/TBA/13
LITERARY ANALYSIS/READING
Active Reading Assignment: Chapter 4
DUE 2/5/13 (ICC/TIINC)
Active Reading Assignment: Chapter 5
DUE 2/15/13 (ICC/TIINC)
DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES
Active Discussion: Current Event Press Conference
Weekly...please listen for the dates during the Opening Meetings
Unit Discussion: Chapter 4 Terms and Concepts
begins 2/5/13
Unit Discussion: Chapter 5 Terms and Concepts
begins 2/26/13
ACTIVITIES
Active Discussion: Chapter 4 Concepts
DAILY
Active Discussion: Chapter 5 Concepts
DAILY
PROJECTS
Project: Group Survey Project 2012-2013
Brainstorming
2/6/13
Prep Session #1
2/11/13
Prep Session #2
2/13/13
Prep Session #3
2/14/13
Prep Session #4
2/15/13
Prep Session #5
TBA
Survey Copy #1
2/25/13
Survey Copy #2
3/5/13
Survey Distribution Deadline
TBA
Survey Tabulation Deadline
TBA
Survey Results Presentation
Group 1: TBA
Group 2: TBA
Group 3: TBA
Group 4: TBA
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
Writing Assignment: Chapter 4 Outline
DUE 2/5/13 (ICC/TIINC)
Writing Assignment: Chapter 5 Outline
DUE 2/15/13
ACTIVE VIEWING
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "After Newtown: Guns in America"
2/19/13 @ 9 PM
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "Frontline: Raising Adam Lanza"
2/19/13 @ 10 PM
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "Nova: Inside the Mind of a Rampage Killer"
2/20/13 @ 9 PM
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "The Path to Violence"
2/20/13 @ 10 PM
Click on this link (http://www.wjct.org/tv/schedule) to read about (or watch) each of the documentaries.
*NOTE: PLEASE OBTAIN YOUR PARENT'S PERMISSION BEFORE VIEWING THE FOLLOWING CURRENT EVENT DOCUMENTARIES.
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "After Newtown: Guns in America"
2/19/13 @ 9 PM
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "Frontline: Raising Adam Lanza"
2/19/13 @ 10 PM
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "Nova: Inside the Mind of a Rampage Killer"
2/20/13 @ 9 PM
Active Viewing (PBS-WJCT): "The Path to Violence"
2/20/13 @ 10 PM
Click on this link (http://www.wjct.org/tv/schedule) to read about (or watch) each of the documentaries.
*NOTE: PLEASE OBTAIN YOUR PARENT'S PERMISSION BEFORE VIEWING THE FOLLOWING CURRENT EVENT DOCUMENTARIES.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. He faces 46 to 57 months in prison, and a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, under a plea deal with prosecutors. A few hours later, his wife, Sandra Jackson, pleaded guilty to filing fa... 
TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) - A violent rampage that left four dead in suburban Orange County began in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday when a 20-year-old killed a woman in his home and sped away in his parents' car, authorities said. An hour later, it was over - but not before Ali Syed had killed two more people during carjackings, shot up vehicles on a busy freeway interchange and left three others injured in... 
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships from the '80s Showtime dynasty to the Kobe Bryant era, died Monday, his assistant said. Buss died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said Bob Steiner, his assistant. He was 80. He'd been hospitalized for cancer, but the immediate cause of death was kidney failure, S... 
MOSCOW (AP) - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million. While NASA estimated the meteor was only about the size of a bus and weighed an estimated 7,000 tons, the fireball it produced was drama... 
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - In a courtroom, not an Olympic stadium, there was no click-click-click of Oscar Pistorius' prosthetic limbs. His only sound Friday was loud, uncontrollable sobs as prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend. "Take it easy," Chief Magistrate Desmond Nasir told the Olympic star-turned-murder-defendant as his father, He...