Thursday, August 13, 2009

DAY 01 - CYCLE 01 - SEMESTER 01: 08-26-09

HANDOUTS FROM TODAY:
Course overview
UNIT #1 overview: The activities and assessments for the first cycle of the semester.
Homework article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?"

IN CLASS TODAY:
Introduction to the course/completion of notecards

Distribution of course/unit overviews

Discussion based on three questions:
1. What is language?
2. Why do we tell stories?
3. What are the stories we tell?

Distribution of homework article.

CLASS NOTES:
Click here for a copy of today's notes. I have added to them, touching on points that we did not solidify in our short discussion. Please be sure to look at these!

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT CLASS:

  1. Read & annotate the article “Is Google Making Us Stoopid?” and write an answer to the question at the end of the article (Journal #1). You'll note that questions and definitions are provided on the right hand side of the article to help guide your understanding. Your journal entry should be typewritten, at least 7-10 thoughtful sentences in length, and ready to be turned in at the beginning of class. Your full name should appear in the upper left hand corner.
  2. Send me an email at szarwell@usmk12.org from an email account that you check frequently, and put your full name as the subject line. The body of the message may be empty.
  3. Bring your Sentence "Diagramming Step by Step" workbook with you to class tomorrow. It's the spiral bound one that looks like the kind of reader booklets you get in a history class.

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