Wednesday December 17 th A-day Thursday December 18 th B-day Warm Up- Vocab Sentences/Review OR Finish Cause and Effect Paragraph Vocabulary Set 3 Summative Summative Whole Class Discussion

Warm Up Do you have a book to read after the vocab test?  If you are not done with your Cause and Effect Paragraph please take the next 10minutes to finish that and turn it into your block’s tray  When you finish you should be writing sentences for vocab words and preparing for the vocabulary summative

Vocabulary Summative  IMPORTANT REMINDERS:  Put your name on your answer sheet  DO NOT write on the story  Use complete sentences  Each word is only used ONCE  Only ONE word per question  Cross off the word in the word bank once you have used it  Please turn your answers into your block’s tray and stack the stories in front of the tray  Read silently until everyone is finished

Cause & Effect Socratic Seminar “The Socratic seminar is a formal discussion, based on a text, in which the leader (Ms. Terseck)asks open-ended questions. Within the context of the discussion, students listen closely to the comments of others, thinking critically for themselves, and articulate their own thoughts and their responses to the thoughts of others. They learn to work cooperatively and to question intelligently and civilly” (Israel 89). Israel, Elfie. “Examining Multiple Perspectives in Literature.” In Inquiry and the Literary Text: Constructing Discussions n the English Classroom. James Holden and John S. Schmit, eds. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2002.

Reminders  Have your research notes out on your desk  Be listening to what others are saying so that you can respond in an intelligent way  Do not just make random statements then sit back and listen  You MUST speak at least 2-3 times  Remember if I can’t hear you I can’t grade you

Questions We will do our best to get through as many as possible 1. Why is teen internet safety an important topic to discuss in today’s society? 2. What surprising statistics did you find in your research? 3. Do you feel as though the realistic suggestion to fix the problem that you came up with could actually work?