Thursday, January 29, 2015
Argumentative Research Paper Scoring Guide
Help! Our scoring guide for your research paper is too wordy. We need to pare it down to the essentials so that any student can understand what is expected. The scoring guide also needs to be matched to the Common Core State Standards. Good luck!
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Your research ideas
- Is America a bully?
- Is the economic/ educational/ social stretch (inequality) ruining America?
- College costs
- Welfare/ public assistance
- Technology/ monitoring
- Are we living in a sci fi society?
- Minority issues
- Common Core
- Gender equity
- When does adulthood start?
- Are today's adolescents spoiled, over nurtured?
- Helicopter parents
- Sexualization of advertising
- Why we can't brainstorm effectively
- Portrayal of homosexuality in the media
- Are sports and extracurriculars ruining American education?
- Are we the instant generation?
- Pageants for young girls
- Ebola is a conspiracy
- The fault of our generation lies with our parents
Monday, January 5, 2015
Article of the Week 2015 #1: Elf on the Shelf
Please read the this article and write your analysis. Your annotations and analysis are due on Friday, January 9th.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Science Fiction Continued and Text Structures
Our exploration of the role of women in science fiction has led some of you to genuinely interesting conclusions. Before we wrap up our study of science fiction, I'd like to pose another big idea question to you: What about the issue of race?
Please read these two articles with a focus on the text structure of each.
Friday, November 14, 2014
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