Homework 1/12

Read and annotate Joy Luck Club to page 63. Post a dynamic discussion question HERE for student led 4 corner conversations.

Join your new Schoology class and participate in the icebreaker activity. Get to know your new class! Don't forget to reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least 2 peers.

Study for SAT vocabulary quiz #8!

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Homework 1/8

Read and annotate Joy Luck Club to page 32.

Write and post your SAT vocabulary 8 narrative then comment thoughtfully and respectfully to at least 2 peers.

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Turning OFF Comments on YouTube

Thank you to all the students who posted their TED-style Talks on YouTube. Many of you selected controversial topics to discuss, so I wanted to walk you through the process of turning off comments. Unfortunately, part of posting our ideas online is there are unkind and ignorant people who may respond to your ideas. 

In the famous words of the very wise Taylor Swift "And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, 
hate, hate. Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. I shake it off, I shake it off."

Step 1: Log into your YouTube channel (same email and password as your Gmail). Then click on your image in the upper right hand corner of the screen. A pop up window with a button reading "Creator Studio" will appear. Click "Creator Studio."

Step 2: When you get to your videos, find the one you want to disable comments on. Click the arrow next to "Edit" on the video you want to disable comments on. Select "Info and Settings". 

Step 3: Once you select "Info and Settings" and it will take you to the actual video. Once there, click on "Advanced Settings." 

Step 4: You can disable comments so no one can post a comment or you can choose to only post comments you approve. To remove the comment feature, just unclick that box. You can also remove the ratings feature, so viewers cannot post a thumbs up or thumbs down on your videos. 

 

If you have trouble with any of this. Just let me know and I'll walk you through it. 

I also want to say...I'm so proud of all of you. It's courageous (and a bit scary) to put your ideas out into the world, but it is also so important that you understand you have a valuable voice. We spend time in our class talking about the importance of kind, respectful and supportive communication online. You practice this constantly in our online discussions. My hope is that you will carry these behaviors into your own online communications beyond the classroom. We cannot control what other people say online, but we can push kindness out into the world via our interactions online. 

Homework 1/6

SAT Vocabulary List #8
CLICK HERE to watch your new vocabulary list and take Cornell notes.

Write a New Year Resolution Themed Blog
Write a blog post (150-300 words) with original media (photo or video) that is focused on the theme of a new year resolution. Have fun with the theme and the media!

Finish any last minute edits on your Caged Bird essay!

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Welcome back! Happy New Year!

Read & Comment on Blogs (20 minutes)
Please CLICK HERE to access the directory of blogs and post a respectful, specific and thoughtful comment to at least 3 blogs! You can make connections to the topic, ask questions, suggest improvements, provide ideas for future blog topics, request more information, and/or build on ideas shared.

Caged Bird Essay Revisions (40 minutes)
Use the extensive comments on your essay to improve the quality of your writing and add elements that are missing. Each student will have a "peer writing coach" on his/her document to support them in making revisions. Please invite one of the peer writing coaches from your class onto your document and give them editing permission.

Zagros Peer Writing Coaches 
Marco
Emma
Jordan
Andrew
Gisselle A.
Giselle S.

Atlas Peer Writing Coaches 
Aliezah
Ariana
Aubree
Dylan
Makayla
Paloma

Qinling Peer Writing Coaches 
Georgia
Annelise
Robert
Autumn
Alejandra

*If you did not complete the essay, you need write an argument paragraph in response to the following topic: Is Montag a conformist or nonconformist? Use the argument paragraph format exactly.

Fahrenheit 451 RSA Animation Film (30 minutes)
Your group will need to put the pieces of your RSA animation film together.

• Open iMovie one computer
• Drag your video from your Google drive into iMovie
• Drag your audio into iMovie
• You need to replace the audio from your original recording with the recording of your group member reading the script. 
• Explore the settings at top of iMovie to speed up the actual video to match (as closely) as possible the audio. 

• You may need to re-record elements to make this work, which will require every member of the group engage and participate. Be problem solvers! 

*When you are done, please submit this FORM!