Friday, November 30, 2012

Friday, 11/30

Starter: Check-in with your trial group. Decide what your group needs to accomplish today or by Monday.  Spokesperson- report out!

**Remember- Comparison chart of Zinn v. Patriot's History chapters needs to be done by next Friday.

Agenda
1. Ashley finishes trial powerpoint
2. 1st block: trial work
3.  Pass back quizzes-  vote if we want to go over quiz answers
4. One hour independent seminar prep

Announcements:
1.  Quiz make-ups:  If you got lower than a 90% on the quiz, you can use the answer key to rewrite incorrect answers in your own words for an additional 3% points.

Answer Key- SFoC Final Quiz- Coming soon!

Homework/Work Deadlines

JUDGES: Complete Step 1 by end of class today
HMWK WITNESSES:  Finish 1 of your witness testimony/bio by Monday
HMWK ALL:  individual seminar prep. Due Tuesday.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Thursday, 11/29

Agenda

1. Go over the Individual Seminar Prep form and rubric.

Concerned about seminar participation grade?  Consider these two possible assignment modifications:

  • You can submit your individual seminar prep for a higher grade-  I can make it a CONTENT grade rather than a process grade, and you can focus on doing a really strong job on that.
  • If you still feel dissatisfied, you can write a reflection after the seminar, which I will use to boost your seminar grade by up to 5 percentage points.  

2. Individual Seminar Prep work time 
3. Trial PPT
4. Go over group folders and requirements for each team.
  • Ashley walks through what is in each team folder
  • Explanation of reading requirements and Zinn/Patriot's History comparison (completed by next Friday)
  • Explanation of character selection 
  • Explanation of Lawyers responsibilities and how to split up the work
  • By Monday- witnesses need to have finished one bio/testimony to be able to begin working with lawyers.
Resources



Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Wednesday, 11/28

AGENDA

Freeman's Children
8:15-9:20: SFoC Seminar Prep
1. Work on the SFoC Group Seminar Prep handout with your group.

9:30-10:20: Guest Speakers: Attorney Paul Padilla and Judge Minot
Paul Padilla's Powerpoint presentation
  • Introduction / bio
  • The basics of jurisprudence (history of law, theory, etc.)
  • Court structure (federalism, progression from trial to appeal)
  • Judicial Procedure / process / etiquette
  • Discussion / questions
Spicy Unicorns
10:30-11:20: Guest Speakers: Attorney Paul Padilla and Judge Minot
Paul Padilla's Powerpoint presentation
  • Introduction / bio
  • The basics of jurisprudence (history of law, theory, etc.)
  • Court structure (federalism, progression from trial to appeal)
  • Judicial Procedure / process / etiquette
  • Discussion / questions

11:30-12:30: SFoC Seminar Prep

1. Work on the SFoC Group Seminar Prep handout with your group.


Announcements:

1. Trial Role Assignments
2. Our trial decision: Were the Executive Order 9066 and civilian exclusion orders constitutional? 3. Quiz make-ups and wrap-ups (I have lunch duty today...needs to happen in the ESS room during lunch.  
4.  Check "project resources"--> link to mock trial folder for your role requirements
5.  Honors meeting on Thursday during lunch!


Monday, November 26, 2012

Tuesday, 11/27

Starter: Check in and Welcome Back

Agenda:
1.   Review the Junior Deadline Calendar for the last month of school (All subjects) and do some deep
     breathing, positive thinking exercises
2.  Review SFoC with your table.  Remind each other of the plot, conclusion, key details in the trial, etc....
3. Take Ch. 16-32 SFoC Quiz
4.  Introduce Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) trial and possible roles: Trial PPT 
5.  Fill out the trial role selection handout with your top three preferences.

Homework
Fill out the trial role selection handout with your top three preferences.




Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Thursday, 11/15

CHECK LOST AND FOUND-  Today is the day we are cleaning it out!

Starter:
What are the similarities and differences between Tan Le's immigration story and Hatsue's immigration story?

To what extent does Tan Le's relationship with her mother and grandmother illuminate Hatsue's uncertainty about her own identity and feelings for Ishmael?



Agenda:
1. Deconstruct chapters 8-15 in small groups!  Use this document: SFC Discussion Group Format
2. Share out
3. Time to work:
            - Reading and annotations of SFC
            - Honors ind. study
            - Other class work
         

Wednesday, 11/14

Starter: 
1. Do you think events in life are a) accidental and random,  b) destined to happen, or c) up to us to control? Explain.

Theme:  Randomness v. Fate vs. Free Will


Agenda:
1. Deconstruct pages 153-156 in SFC
  • How does this passage reflect Kabuo's perspective on fate v. free will?
  • Does Kabuo have control over his fate?
  • What is Guterson implying about our justice system in this passage? 
  • How else does today's theme appear in the novel?
2. Student-led lesson on Supreme Court Case
3. Present character posters from last week
4. Continue working on character posters
  • Merry-go-round style
  • 10 minutes to contribute to the first poster
  • Rotate!
  • 5 rounds. Time limit will decrease each round as you fill up the posters.



Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Tuesday, 11/13

Starter: All corny hallmark sentiments aside, what is true love?

Agenda:
1. Close reading of page 206 in SFC
  • Theme= Love
  • What is Hatsue’s perspective on what love is? 
  • Do you agree or disagree?  
2.  Student-led lessons on Supreme Court cases
3.  Time to annotate in order to prep for tomorrow's character poster activity.

  • Go through SFC chapters 1-15 and write down page #'s of the 7 characters
  • Find 3-5 page #s for each character (significant sections!)
  • Try to focus more on chapters 8-15
    • Etta, Carl Heine, Sr./Jr., Ishmael/Arthur, Hatsue, Kabuo, Art Moran
Announcements:
- Work time= part of Thursday
- New Edmodo post- check it out.
- Power lunch tomorrow!
- Print your op-ed article and submit to The Quill by Thursday if you want a shot at them publishing it.  They are choosing 1 to publish.



Sunday, November 11, 2012

Monday, 11/12

Objectives:
1. Deconstruct chapters 8-15
2. Understand how the Supreme Court has interpreted the constitution during times of war.

Starter:
Review chapters 8-15 with your table.  Share your annotations and talk about significant scenes and/or questions that you had about these chapters.  You have 10 minutes.

Agenda:
1. Quiz on chapters 8-15 of SFC
2.  Discuss the quiz responses
3. Student-led lesson on Supreme Court cases during wartime

Homework:
Finish SFC by Tuesday, 11/27
Continue annotating as you read: SFC Annotation Form

Friday, November 9, 2012

Friday, 11/9


Starter: Experiences of a 2nd generation immigrant:  Nina Godiwalla is the bestselling author of Suits: A Woman on Wall Street, which The New York Times describes as the Devil Wears Prada of investment banking. It's an insider's perspective on her experience at Morgan Stanley from an outsider's point of view- woman, second-generation Indian American, and Texan. Nina has a MBA from Wharton School of Business, a MA focused in Creative Writing from Dartmouth, and a BBA from University of Texas at Austin.







Prompt: 

  • What familial challenges does Godiwalla face growing up as a 2nd generation immigrant? 
  •  What other challenges do 2nd generation immigrants express?  
  • How does this relate to the experiences of the characters in this novel?



Agenda:
1.  Close reading of pages 202-203 
  • Read these pages then discuss the following questions with your table:
    • What is Hatsue’s mother’s perspective? What are her hopes and expectations for her daughter?
    • How does Hatsue’s response on page 203 reflect a more American response and how does her mom ever-so subtly point that out? 
    • Why does Hatsue feel regret about this response?
2.  Work Time!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Thursday 11/8

Starter: Get out the constitution scavenger hunt. Did this activity help better acquaint you with the powers of the Legislative branch?


Agenda:
1.  Review constitution scavenger hunt answers and correct yours w/ a different color pen.  I'm not grading for correctness, just completion.

2.  Work time!


Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Wednesday, 11/7


Objective: Deconstruct the inner and outer identity of one character from SFC

Essential Q:  What are the differences between our inner and outer identities? Do people perceive us differently than we perceive ourselves?  To what extent are our identities shaped by ourselves v. other people?

Starter:  Respond to today's Essential Q.  Make it general or make it personal!

Agenda:
1.  SFC Character Development Activity:  Make a poster outlining the inner and outer identities of one character from SFC. 
o   Write the character name on the top
o   Sketch the outline of his/her head 
o   Inside, write thoughts, ideas, visions and motivations of this character
o   Inside- also include a min. of three quotes from the novel that provide important information about this character’s INNER identity
Consider including significant people in this person's life.

o   Outside- include ideas, images and a min. of 2 quotes that portray how others perceive this individual or how this character represents their outer/public
o   Leave space on your poster as we’ll be adding to these throughout our reading of the novel.
o   Example:  Hatsue-  “She had been carefully trained  by her upbringing, she said, to avoid effusive displays of feeling, but this did not mean her heart was shallow….Motive, she added, was very important: what was her motive in concealing from her parents the time she spent with Ishmael? This was the question that worried her most: determining for herself her motive”(172).  

Character List:
o   Kabuo
o   Hatsue x 2 (also see ch. 11)
o   Ishmael
o   Carl’s mom- Etta (ch. 9)
o   Sheriff - Art Moran

      2.  Supreme Court Case Student-Led Lesson mini-project launch. (Honors ind. study work time)
 PowerPoint on War on Terror Key Terms
 
       HOMEWORK:  Finish Constitution Scavenger Hunt- DUE TOMORROW!

       ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  •      Thursday social mountain bike ride- 3:46 from school
  •       I will drop your lowest quiz grades between this week and next week's quizzes
  •      Please don't use the word "jap" to abbreviate the full word Japanese.
  •      Honors lunch meeting is THURSDAY due to chem lab.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Tuesday, 11/6

Objective: Develop a basic understanding of our government’s system of checks and balances and what the president’s powers during wartime are.


Agenda
1.  Pre-film question: How is our government set-up in opposition to a MONARCHY to make sure that one person or group doesn’t hold all the power?  

2.  Constitution video and discussion on how our 3 branches are organized
3.  Presidential Powers during wartime activity

4. Time to work on the constitution scavenger hunt!

Homework: 

  • Read to page 233 of SFC by next Monday
  • Finish Constitution Scavenger Hunt by THURSDAY





Monday, November 5, 2012

Monday, 11/5


Objective:  Deconstruct Ch. 1-7; Attempt to publish your op-ed article.

Starter:
You have 10 minutes to review your annotation notes and/or chapters 1-7. You may discuss your reactions to these chapters or your annotations at your table.

Agenda:
1. Quiz on chapters 1-7 of SFC
2. Discuss the quiz and novel thus far
3. Join the "All Juniors" edmodo group:  code=  9ezsja
3. Choice Work Time:
  • Refine your op-ed article and find a publication to submit to.
    • Remember to cc me to the email!
  • Post something on Edmodo or watch the TedTalk I posted last week.
  •  Read and annotate SFC
  •  Honors independent study work time
  • Begin the Constitution Scavenger hunt activity (due Thursday- time to work on it for 30 minutes in class tomorrow).
Helpful Resources for today's class:

Homework
  • Finish the Constitution Scavenger Hunt handout by Thursday, 11/8
  • Read chapters 8-15 in SFC by next Monday
Announcements
  • Honors meeting will be on Friday at lunch this week. You need to come prepared to share the research you did this week and share your calendar that outlines your work between now and the exhibition
  • Honors work time this week will be one hour on Wednesday, all class Thursday and part of Friday.
  • Op-ed articles: If you end up getting it submitted to a publication I have approved, I will give you an A+ on the article.
  • Artist Statements-  If you have not submitted that (ON YOUR DP) then I will not grade your poster.
  • If you have yet to finish your DP updates, please email me when you are done with that. 



Friday, November 2, 2012

Friday, 10/2

Starter:
Review from the week:

  • When was Pearl Harbor?
  • What was Executive Order 9066?
  • What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
  • What is the 2nd generation of Japanese Americans called? (born in the U.S.)

Agenda:

  • Video + Response Questions on Remembering Manzanar
  • Op-Ed article refinement and submission to publications
    • As a class review the How To Submit guidelines and list of publications
    • Look at the New York Times guidelines for submission
    • Draft an email along these guidelines but also include a description of your article and the project we did. Be sure to mention you are a student at Animas High School and that I am your teacher.
    • Be sure to cc me on the email and mention in your letter that you have done so in case the publisher should have any questions for me.
    • After you draft it, we'll look at one student example.
    • Work on refining your article and then submit it to at least 3 publications. CC me to the email. 
    • This will be a completion grade (20 points) but those who actually get it published will be recognized at our next assembly and I will make sure the Quill blasts your article publication to the community.
  • Choice work time:
    • Join the All Animas Juniors Edmodo group:  9ezsja
    • Read SFC and work on your annotations
    • Update your DP
    • Respond to my recent Edmodo post

IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR CONCLUSION, Review this source:  Tips for Conclusions

Homework:  We will have a quiz on pages 1-94 (Chapters 1-7) in Snow Falling on Cedars on Monday.

SFC QUIZ PREP:

  •             Work on your annotations and be prepared to identify characters (match name with role)
  •            Be able to explain the significance of quotes. To prepare for this, read closely and keep track of themes.  Pay particular attention to the themes of: racism, identity, psychological effects of war.
  •            Pay attention to witness questioning
  •          Know the details of Carl Heine’s death



How to Submit To Publications

Nowadays, letters or op-eds should almost always be submitted by email. If you happen to know the opinion editor at a certain newspaper, or a friend who knows that editor, that rarely hurts; send it directly to him or her.

Include a brief bio, along with your phone number, email address, and mailing address at the bottom. For an op-ed, use a succinct cover letter to establish why you are qualified to write this piece. Explain (very briefly!) why the issue is important and why readers would care.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thursday 11/1: SLC DAY!

Learning Objective:

Starter: Attack scene from the film Pearl Harbor
1. How are the Japanese portrayed in this clip and how are the Americans portrayed?


Agenda:

1    1.  Read the transcript of FDR’s "Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation" then watch the video and respond to the questions below.
2

a.     What would it be like if this happened today? Do you see any comparisons between PH and 9/11?  How would you feel if you encountered a Japanese American on the street the day after PH?  How would you feel if YOU were a Japanese American? How are your fears similar/different?

b.     What does FDR’s speech mean?  Is War a part of American Identity?  What are the causes and effects of War Hysteria?

2.  Listen to "Kenji" by Fort Minor and compare the perspectives between Pearl Harbor clip and FDR's speech 

3.  Read Preface to Stone’s chapter from War and Liberty and discuss

4. Watch "Remembering Manzanar"  + complete discussion questions

5. Spicy Unicorns- discuss ch. 1 questions

6. Time to Read SFC