Argument writing David Brooks, the Brain” in The New York Times, June “Beyond 18, 2003, A25. Informational writing Group discussion Evidence Observation of Nicholas Carr and Peter Norvig, Google Making Us Stupid?” “Is Evaluate participation in New York Times Upfront (Vol. 143, Issue 3), Oct. 4, 2010, 22. Answers to text dependent Sound/unsound reasoning questions Peter Gray, Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Relevant “The Students’ notes Quick Writes Games,” Psychology Today online, Jan. 7, 2012, as found at Sufficient Group charts Logical Graphic organizers Exit tickets Refute Annotation Commentary Jane McGonigal, Can Make a Better World” (video), “Gaming Précis Ted Talks, Feb. 2010, as found at work Mid-Unit W7.8 Assessment, Part 1: L7.4 Tracing and Queensland University of Technology, Games Benefit “Video RI7.9 Evaluating Children, Study Finds.”, Medical Xpress, Jan. 16, 2013, as found W7.7 at Arguments (RI7.8, W7.8 SL7.3) W7.1 Mid-Unit presentation? Sy Mukherjee, Facebook Could Actually Be Good for “Why W7.9 4B Assessment, Part 2: Your Mental Health,” ThinkProgress, i St. Clair, You “Can RI7.9a Research task: Unplug for 24 Hours?” The Huffington Post, March 22, 2012, as SL7.2a found at Comparing and SL7.1 Contrasting Texts SL7.1a (RI7.9, W7.7, Margaret Desler, M.D., Opinion: Step Away from the “Guest SL7.4 W7.8L7.4c, L7.4d) Screen,” Contra Costa Times, May 2, 2013. SL7.5 End of Unit 2 SL7.6 Jeffrey Brown, Nicholas Carr, and Mathew Kielty. Assessment: “Nicholas Carr’s Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our ‘The Making a Claim Brains’”. PBS News Hours, August 27, 2010, as found at about Recommended Screen Time (Part I:SL7.1, SL7.1a, March 19, 2013, as found at SL7.1e; Part II:SL7.3a, SL7.4,5,6,and 9a
4B W7.8 L7.4 RI7.9 W7.7 W7.8 W7.1 W7.9 RI7.9a SL7.2a SL7.1 SL7.1a SL7.4 SL7.5 SL7.6 presentation? David Brooks, “Beyond the Brain” in The New York Times, June 18, 2003, A25. Nicholas Carr and Peter Norvig, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” in New York Times Upfront (Vol. 143, Issue 3), Oct. 4, 2010, 22. Peter Gray, “The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games,” Psychology Today online, Jan. 7, 2012, as found at Jane McGonigal, “Gaming Can Make a Better World” (video), Ted Talks, Feb. 2010, as found at Queensland University of Technology, “Video Games Benefit Children, Study Finds.”, Medical Xpress, Jan. 16, 2013, as found at Sy Mukherjee, “Why Facebook Could Actually Be Good for Your Mental Health,” ThinkProgress, i St. Clair, “Can You Unplug for 24 Hours?” The Huffington Post, March 22, 2012, as found at Margaret Desler, M.D., “Guest Opinion: Step Away from the Screen,” Contra Costa Times, May 2, 2013. Jeffrey Brown, Nicholas Carr, and Mathew Kielty. “Nicholas Carr’s ‘The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains’”. PBS News Hours, August 27, 2010, as found at March 19, 2013, as found at Group discussion Observation of participation Answers to text dependent questions Students’ notes Quick Writes Group charts Graphic organizers Exit tickets Annotation Commentary Précis work Mid-Unit Assessment, Part 1: Tracing and Evaluating Arguments (RI7.8, SL7.3) Mid-Unit Assessment, Part 2: Research task: Comparing and Contrasting Texts (RI7.9, W7.7, W7.8L7.4c, L7.4d) End of Unit 2 Assessment: Making a Claim about Recommended Screen Time (Part I:SL7.1, SL7.1a, SL7.1e; Part II:SL7.3a, SL7.4,5,6,and 9a Argument writing Informational writing Evidence Evaluate Sound/unsound reasoning Relevant Sufficient Logical Refute
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