Monday, October 5th:
BIC:
Periods 1 and 3:
We have an essay for the 9th Grade Interim Assessment which is due on Tuesday, October 13th.
On Wednesday and Thursday, October 7 and 8 we will be in the library to to the AR assessment.
Go over the test for "The Most Dangerous Game"
Go over the Freytag Pyramid
The corrections for "The Most Dangerous Game" will be due on Wednesday, October 7th.
Example of how to do the corrections for your test:
_____ 1. The general hunts humans because he is (B) bored with hunting.
For the chronological order of the plot, please do the Freytag Pyramid.
8:20 - 9:11
Begin the 9th Grade Interim Assessment
Vocabulary:
Autonomy: self-determination, independence, self-reliance
Fixtures: something which is essential and cannot be dispensed with.
Grapple: (a verb) to wrestle with something that is something that is difficult. To struggle with.
Taylor is grappling with math.
Anselmo is grappling with school.
Jennifer is grappling with love.
Snapchat is a fixture in Taylor's life.
What social networks do you use? What video sharing sites do you use?
Facebook
Snapchat
Instagram
What video-sharing sites do you use?
youtube.com
Read and annotate the first three paragraphs of the assessment.
Tuesday, October 6th:
1st Period:
Read the fifth paragraph in your 9th grade assessment, "Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project". It can be found under Under Findings. Find the main idea, underline it and then put it in your own words in the margin.
Salome: Youth extend their friendships through social media.
“They can be ‘always on’ in constant contact with their friends through private
communication like instant messaging.”
Jayla is still in contact with a friend who moved to
Utah. This is one way that
friendships can be maintained.
Vocabulary:
Niche: a small
space reserved for some thing specific. It can also be a small special category,
such as a niche interest in something specific, such as a niche interest in
vintage guitars.
Regina:
Some kids are able to learn new things and to extend their
learning, their knowledge and their imagination by going on the internet to
search more deeply into subjects they are interested in.
Ki:
They can also find opportunities to publicize and distribute
their work.
Kids can publicize their anime, their art work, their
writings, their music on social media.
Justin Bieber became famous by posting his music on
youtube.com.
Period 3:
Major Findings:
Reread and underline the major idea. Reword it in the
margins.
“Youth use online media to extend friendships and interests.
Youth use the internet to publicize their ideas and creative
work such as anime, music, writings, or art.
Vocabulary:
Niche: a small space reserved for some thing specific. It
can also be a small special category, such as a niche interest in something
specific, such as a niche interest in vintage guitars.
Supporting
Ideas:
Youth create new forms of self-expression
Youth create and learn rules for social behavior.
By exploring, tinkering, and “messing around” youth learn
technical and media literacy.
Youth turn to other teens from around the world to explore
and learn from others. Age is not a factor in authority.
New Media allow students to have a degree of freedom and
autonomy that denied them in the classroom.
Implications:
Adult should facilitate (help) young people’s engagement
with digital media.
Contrary to adult beliefs, students are picking up important
social and technical skills needed to participate in contemporary society.
Wednesday, October 7th:
1st Period:
BIC: 8:00 - 8:15
8:15 - 9:11:
Library for AR testing
3rd Period:
Library for AR testingThursday, October 8th:
1st Period:
BIC: 8:00 - 8:15
8:15 - 9:11:
Library for AR testing
Passed out students’ scores
Went over:
The letter to the parents regarding AR testing
The Log
The Reading Log
Every student checked out a book for the AR
3rd Periodx:
Library
Passed out students’ scores
Went over:
The letter to the parents regarding AR testing
The Log
The Reading Log
Every student checked out a book for the AR
Friday, October 9th:
1st
Period:
BIC:
8:00 – 8:15
Go over the Accelerated Reading Program.
Passed out suggestions on what and how to write for the
reading log for the AR book.
8:20 – 9:11:
Interim Assessment
The premise behind the study is that most adults think that
cell phones and laptops are a waste of time for teenagers. Instead of being on their phones
texting, and/or sending inappropriate photos to friends and enemies, and/or
bullying or gossiping on snapchat, instagram or facebook, teenagers should be
talking to their friends face-to-face, or being outside, doing sports,
exercising, volunteering, learning a new skill, studying, participating in art
projects – music, dance, theatre, or art – or working.
Researchers from USC and Berkeley decided to explore why
young adults find digital media so compelling, and why it is so important to
today’s youth.
Their findings might surprise many adults. The researchers
found that far from wasting teenagers’ time, digital media actually play a very
positive role in their lives:
1. Teenagers
use digital media to maintain and extend friendships.
2. Teenagers
use digital media to explore and
expand their knowledge that goes beyond what they have access at school or in
their community.
3. Digital
media allow students “to geek out” and dive into a topic that they may not have
access to at their school.
4. New
media give students a sense of freedom, autonomy, and mastery over a subject or
skill.
5. New
media also allow students to create and to publicize their creative projects
such as music on youtube.com or myspace.com; art and literature on blogs. Some
teens, such as Justin Bieber, have
actually become famous and started highly successful careers in music.
The next question for the researchers is how can New Media
be used to help facilitate teenagers’ learning?
Directions:
On the second page, read under “To stay relevant….digital
media.”
Underline the main idea and then in your own words write the
main idea.
Arath:
“What, the authors ask, would it mean to really exploit the
potential of the learning opportunities available through online resources and
networks?
How youth can use the internet for learning.
Graphic Organizer:
Directions: Read the four questions below. As you address
each questions, re-read the paragraphs in “Living and Learning with New Media’
that the question is addressing. Using the text, write your responses in the
“My Thoughts” and “Evidence from the Text” sections. You will then be given
time to talk to a classmate, share ideas, and take notes. Based on your
conversations, you will complete the “My Thoughts Now” section.
First Graphic Organizer:
1. Why
do the authors start out by stating that the team of researchers “interviewed
over 800 youth and young adults and conducted over 5, 000 hours of online
observations as part of the most extensive U.S. study of youth media use”? How
does this statement impact the reader’s perceptions of the authors and the
article?
My Thoughts: The researchers wanted to show
that their research project was credible, valid and reliable. The larger the
number of respondents, and the more hours spent in interviewing the respondents would show that the study had greater
credibility, validity and reliability.
Evidence from the Text:
From all their observations, the
researchers have found that the digital world is actually providing new
opportunities for youth in extending their social world, in self-directed
learning, and independence.
My Thoughts Now (Confirmation, new ideas,
or differences after talking with a partner.)
Vocabulary:
Asiah: to contradict means to oppose or go
against, or to prove wrong or incorrect.
Second Graphic Organizer
2. In
the third paragraph does the research support what your parents and teachers
have been saying about your use of New Media or does it contradict? Cite specific examples from the
text to support your response:
My Response: “The on-line activities have captured teens’ attention
because they provide avenues for extending social worlds, self-directed
learning, and independence.
