English I October 6, 2014

Grammar Pattern of the Week An interjection expresses feeling or emotion and functions independently of a sentence. Examples: Aha, Alas, Oh, Ouch, Well, Whew, Wow.

Prefix: Pre- = before, earlier than Sentence Example: Wow! That preview of the horror movie was truly amazing! Copy then identify the adverb and adjective, and place parenthesis around any prepositional phrases.

Prefix: Sentence Example: Pre- = before, earlier than Sentence Example: adj. Wow! That preview (of the horror movie) was truly amazing! adv. adj. Copy then identify the adverb andadjective, and place parenthesis around any prepositional phrases.

1st-5th Agenda Monday and Tuesday Monday-Tuesday: Students will be in Media Center Play Plagiarism Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7M4xxrmbo Demonstrate good sources vs. bad sources Have students use Easybib.com to begin creating a works cited page with the source they found Friday Monday-Tuesday: Students will find 4-5 articles about deceased celebrity. They will fill out an investigative report for each source they find and add each source to their works cited page. Students will use Turnitin.com to submit their works cited page Use accompanying PPT to find links and examples.

1st-5th: Works Cited

1st-5th: You will complete a works cited page in here for your sources Go to EASYBIB.com to create your works cited Example of a good source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/arts/music/23jackson.html?module=Search&mab Reward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A12%22%7D&_r=0 Example of a bad source: http://mjandjustice4some.blogspot.com/ Let’s look at EasyBib to see how each is cited.

1st-5th: Citation Practice Practice: Use the source you found Friday and use EasyBib to get a citation. Or use the two New York Times article about Poe: Poe's Death Is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not Telltale Alcohol If Only Poe Had Succeeded When He Said Nevermore to Drink

For Each Source Your Group Finds Read the article and fill out an investigative report for each source Use Easybib to create a citation and add it to your works cited page Print off two copies of your article. One for me and one for your group to keep.

Turnitin.com Create an account Your group will submit your works cited page using the class number and code on the next slide The class name is based on period Example: 1st Period: Hickman1

Monday-Wednesday Agenda: 6th Period: All worksheets in Packet Activate prior knowledge with concept map of Trayvon Martin case Complete bias worksheets of Martin Case Watch CNN video and complete questions Pass out bias worksheet and explain the types of media bias Have students complete example on their note sheet Have students complete graphic organizer on media bias with three examples Activate prior knowledge with concept map of Edgar Allan Poe Read Poe’s Last Days, pg. 184. Model how to complete graphic organizer for Source 1 Have students work in groups to read Poe Article on pg. 187-188 and complete Source 2 on graphic organizer. Go over after Have students independently complete Article on pg. 189 Have students write a synthesis on how they believe Poe died. Go over Unit 2 project and assign students mysterious celebrity death

CNN Videoclip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSVK9YYZFo CNN On Trayvon Martin http://globalgrind.com/2013/02/26/trayvon-martins- parents-tracy-martin-syrina-fulton-speak-case-death- cnn-piers-morgan-video/ CNN clip

Discussion Questions Why are there unanswered questions? What does the report suggest is the cause of death? Do you think Martin was murdered or was it an accident?

Bias Newseum: http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital- classroom/video/bias/default.aspx Questions to answer: What is "bias"? Is bias inherent in the news media? What can news consumers do about bias in the news business? How does freedom of the press function in today's society? Should the news media follow ethical guidelines? Which guidelines, and why? What is our role as news consumers?

Types of Bias Notes Bias by omission – leaving one side out of an article, or a series of articles over a period of time; ignoring facts that tend to disprove liberal or conservative claims, or that support liberal or conservative beliefs; bias by omission can occur either within a story, or over the long term as a particular news outlet reports one set of events, but not another.  Bias by selection of sources – including more sources that support one view over another.  This bias can also be seen when a reporter uses such phrases as “experts believe”, “observers say,” or “most people believe”.  Experts in news stories are like expert witnesses in trials.  If you know whether the defense or the prosecution called a particular expert witness to the stand, you know which way the witness will testify.  Journalists often go looking for quotes to fit their favorite argument into a news story. Bias by story selection – a pattern of highlighting news stories that coincide with the agenda of either the Left or the Right, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view; printing a story or study released by a liberal or conservative group but ignoring studies on the same or similar topics released by the opposing group.  To identify bias by story selection you’ll need to know the conservative and liberal sides of the issue. 

Types of Bias Notes Bias by placement – Story placement is a measure of how important the editor considers the story.  Studies have shown that, in the case of the average newspaper reader and the average news story, most people read only the headline.  Bias by placement is where in the paper or in an article a story or event is printed; a pattern of placing news stories so as to downplay information supportive of either conservative views or liberal views.  Bias by labeling — Bias by labeling comes in two forms.  The first is the tagging of conservative politicians and groups with extreme labels while leaving liberal politicians and groups unlabeled or with more mild labels, or vice versa.  The second kind of bias by labeling occurs when a reporter not only fails to identify a liberal as a liberal or a conservative as a conservative, but describes the person or group with positive labels, such as “an expert” or “independent consumer group”.  In so doing, the reporter imparts an air of authority that the source does not deserve.  Bias by spin – Bias by spin occurs when the story has only one interpretation of an event or policy, to the exclusion of the other; spin involves tone – it’s a reporter’s subjective comments about objective facts; makes one side’s ideological perspective look better than another. 

Author’s Bias is reflected in their Tone

What is Tone? The author’s attitude toward a subject, a character, or the reader which shows his/her bias Choice of words and details convey the tone. Examples: silly, sarcastic, angry, annoyed, dreamy, proud, interested, bored

Poe’s Final Days, pg. 184 After reading, you will complete the chart on your assigned article.

English I October 7, 2014

Prefix: Sentence Example: Pro- = forward, going ahead of, supporting Sentence Example: Alas! The school is not promoting the trip to Europe.

Look at PPTS above from Monday to continue lesson

English I October 8, 2014

Prefix: Sentence Example: Re- = again, back Sentence Example: Whew! It was easier than I thought to recall the answers to the test.

6th Period: Use PPT slides from Monday to continue lesson 1st-5th: Use author’s purpose notes below and activities

Author’s Purpose Modes of Writing

Three Reasons for Writing To Inform (Expository) To Persuade (Persuasive) Entertain (Narrative or Poetry)

Remember: Expository = Expose Writing to Inform Often called expository writing. Expository writing shows or explains facts. Examples: Biography of Barack Obama News report about a shooting Note to a friend Essay about “killer bees” Remember: Expository = Expose

Examples of Writing to Entertain Narratives: stories. Have a beginning, middle, and end A story may have a lesson, but the author’s main purpose is to entertain. Examples of Writing to Entertain Harry Potter books Poems about love Narrative essay about the big game Script for a TV show

Is it a story, poem, or drama (script)? Yes No Does the text make arguments? Yes No Does the text give facts? Yes No Start Over Entertain Persuade Inform

Review Informative or expository writing provides factual information about a topic. Persuasive writing expresses an opinion (may use facts to support). All narratives are written to entertain, but so is poetry.

Practice You will be graded on participation and completion, not on accuracy. On a separate sheet of paper, number one through ten. I will describe a piece of writing. You will write the author’s purpose: to inform, persuade, or entertain.

1 The story of a teenage boy learning to understand and live with his father, who is an alcoholic Vietnam war veteran.

A list of the 25 richest athletes in the world.

3 An article arguing why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever.

4 An “X-men” comic book.

5 The story about a young girl with low self-esteem learning to love herself.

6 A National Geographic article about the eating and breeding habits of the endangered bald eagle.

7 A website saying that a new shopping mall should not be built because it threatens an endangered bald eagle’s home. The website also lists other reasons why the mall should not be built.

A poem about bald eagles. 8 A poem about bald eagles.

9 A magazine ad telling you to buy Nike Hyperdunk shoes because you’ll jump higher.

A sign saying, “Rest Stop Five Miles Ahead.” 10 A sign saying, “Rest Stop Five Miles Ahead.”

Answers 1. Entertain 2. Inform 3. Persuade 4. Entertain 5. Entertain

Research Assignment In your groups, look at your sources. On one page of paper, you will list your sources and write for each one the purpose of each and explain why you think this is the correct purpose. Then write one paragraph at the bottom of the page that answers the following question: How does author’s purpose influence the style and content of their writing? Use two examples from your articles to answer this question

English I October 9, 2014

Prefix: Sentence Example: Se- = apart Well, we all know about the South trying to secede from the North before the Civil War.

Agenda for Today Guidance counselors will be visiting today to talk about high school and future planning SWRP for 20 minutes

English I October 10, 2014

Warm-Up Quiz 7 What root is the opposite of “post-”? What does it mean to “rewind” a video? If you are “pro” something, what does that mean? If you “seclude” yourself, what are you doing? Identify and label the interjection in the following sentence. Then, label the adjective and adverb.