Hook, Housekeeping & Homework TUESDAY

Hook, Housekeeping & Homework TUESDAY How was your weekend?! Please have out your written formative #1 documents. HOMEWORK: • 5 Star Goals due this Wednesday at the beginning of class! • Be specific, colorful & creative; make it you! • Written formative #2 due Wednesday after class.

Past, Present, Future TUESDAY • Written Formative #1: Re-write and Consider Next Steps for Written Formative #2 • Personal Project – Look at Refine Goal Statement & return to Naviance • Written Formative #2: Assignment & draft work time (2 sources, multiple pieces of evidence) Lab 257 tomorrow • 5 goals due – Be specific, colorful & creative; make it you! • Written Formative #2: Lab 257 • Submit work electronically through turnitin.com and well as in hard copy form by 3:30 PM Wednesday!

Unit 1 Guide: Being Teen Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes 4. Read a wide range of informational texts to build knowledge and to better understand the human experience. Objectives: • Reading: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly, to make logical inferences from it, & to cite strong and thorough textual evidence in order to support analysis of complex texts. • Research: Use a research question to guide research and learning & gather information from multiple research sources to answer a question or complete a project, propose solutions, or share findings and conclusions. • Writing & Speaking: Write texts to develop a topic, to clearly & accurately convey complex ideas, concepts, and information through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content; develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples, and logical explanations and analysis. Relevance: By examining what others think and say, we can learn more about our own belief systems and take action on what is important to us. Through practicing the close reading skills that are needed in the research process, we are honing our skills for any inquires we have in our future (selecting a college, buying a car, etc.) Essential Questions: What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens?

Instruction: Obtain Tuesday/Wednesday Purpose: to show what you know about using paragraph development strategies in a formative assessment applying things learned in a text to answer a research question. Tasks: • Review prompt & directions for the assessment (handout and next slides) • Thesis & paragraph development strategy • Criteria - used to assess/give feedback • Questions? • WRITE! (Meet in lab 257 on Wednesday) • Set up correct formatting on Word Doc, create electronic copy • Edit, revise, proofread Outcome: Print a hard copy of your thesis and paragraph(s) to turn in as well as turn in an electronic copy of your thesis and paragraph(s) into turnitin.com Wednesday (no later than 3:05 PM)

Instruction: Obtain OPTION 1 You may continue the paragraph you started above with another exemplification from a different source. Make sure to use a transition phrase to tie the ideas together. Follow the textual example with an explanation of its importance; do not merely restate the evidence. Elaborate on its implications and connection to the previous source as well as to the research question; this is called synthesis! Revised Thesis: Although pets can be a wonderful addition to any family home, it is important to consider the cost, the physical environment you can provide, and the amount of time and effort one is willing to invest in care and exercise. • ID 1: Certain pets are more expensive than others. • Exemplify 1:Source 1 “Selecting a Pet for Your Family” article on American Veterinary Medical Association website • Explain • Elaborate • Exemplify 2: Source 2 Jen HubleyLuckwaldt’ article “Determining if a Pet Is Right for Your Family” from Parents network • Explain • Elaborate

Instruction: Obtain Option 2 You may start a new paragraph with your 2nd point from your thesis, using a transition phrase to move the reader from your first paragraph’s point into this new point. You will need to follow the same pattern you did with the first: identify, (signal phrase) exemplify, explain, elaborate. Make sure your exemplification is from a different source. When you elaborate, you may want to consider how this new point and example supports, connects, or builds upon the previous point. Revised Thesis: Although pets can be a wonderful addition to any family home, it is important to consider the cost, the physical environment you can provide, and the amount of time and effort one is willing to invest in care and exercise. • ID 1: Certain pets are more expensive than others. • Exemplify 1:Source 1 “Selecting a Pet for Your Family” article on American Veterinary Medical Association website • Explain • Elaborate • ID 2: The physical space you can provide a pet is critical. • Exemplify 1: Source 2 Jen HubleyLuckwaldt’ article “Determining if a Pet Is Right for Your Family” from Parents network • Explain • Elaborate

Review & Release • Thesis: What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens? • Identify a Point • Exemplify the point with an illustration from the text (“signal phrase/tagline”) • Explain the illustration (how it supports your point) • Elaborate on the idea further (why is this important; so what is the purpose in a larger context or effect on the reader) How much do you have left to do for Written Formative #2? Written formative #2 due Thursday morning TURNITIN.COM 7:30 AM HARD COPY may be brought to class 5 goals due Wednesday, too - Be specific, colorful & creative; make it you!

Hook, Housekeeping & Homework THURSDAY Please turn in your written formative #2 hard copy if you have not already. HOMEWORK: Read and annotate “Today’s Exhausted Super Kids” Use SOAPSTone and our research question to guide your purpose for reading. Research Question: • What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens?

Past, Present, Future THURSDAY • Written Formative #2: Lab 257 • 5Star goals due • "The New Science of Success” – Dweck video and chart • Hmwk: “Today’s Exhausted Super Kids” – Frank Bruni, The New York Times • “Today’s Exhausted Super Kids”– Frank Bruni, The New York Times • Heads Up for Tomorrow: Scelfo’s“Suicide on campus and the Pressure of Perfection”

Activity: Develop & Apply "The New Science of Success” • What do we mean by success and failure? • How do fixed and growth mindsets affect our happiness and fulfilment in life? • Can praising our children actually be harmful? • How can we learn to reach our full potential? Professor Carol Dweck, leading researcher in the field of motivation; Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, USA; author: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGvR_0mNpWM • Happy & Well Published on Oct 20, 2013

Activity: Develop & Apply Purpose: to identify the concepts of fixed and growth mindsets and the advantages of a growth mindset and to apply this to answering our research question Tasks: • View the video • Stop periodically & summarize what you have heard • Use the T-chart to take notes about key ideas you get out of the video about “growth mindsets” vs “fixed mindsets. Capture ideas about key traits and effects of each mindset. 2:38 Definition 4:00 7th grade math study 6: 40 Pre-Med & Response to Errors 9:55 Learning mindsets - praise 12:30 Changing mindsets 21:00 Not just academics – relationships & academics, high school study 25:30 Groups – Middle East 26:31 Outcome: Respond to the question at the bottom AND respond to how we can apply Dweck’s information to answering our research question What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens? Extend Your Learning: "Power of Yet" presentation

Review & Release HOMEWORK: Read and annotate “Today’s Exhausted Super Kids” Use SOAPSTone and our research question to guide your purpose for reading. Research Question:What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens?

Hook, Housekeeping & Homework FRIDAY Let’s have some fun… “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” – Mark Twain

Past, Present, Future FRIDAY • Written Formative #2: Lab 257 • 5Star goals due • "The New Science of Success” – Dweck video and chart • “Today’s Exhausted Super Kids” – Frank Bruni, The New York Times • Scelfo’s “Suicide on campus and the Pressure of Perfection” • “How to Make Stress Your Friend” - Kelly McGonigal(TedTalk speaker) • “Teenage Brains are Malleable and Vulnerable” – Hamilton, 2013” – CommonLit • Formative 2 to SUMMATIVE 1!

Activity: Develop & Apply Purpose: to explore the emotional and psychological “side” to the teen brain in order to further develop a response to our research question Tasks: • Open your notebook and create a place to take note on Julie Scelfo’s article “Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection” from The New York Times • Have out your ARG fro Close Reading Ritual • Step 1: Before Reading - What do you notice? What do you know? What do you want to know? – Preview the text, Establish Purpose for Reading • Read the article quietly. Step 2: During Reading – What? How? – Read through the Lens of our Research Question and SOAPSTone • The article is divided into 5 sections After each section, pause and annotate… • On your own note paper, summarize the section • On your own paper, write additional notes by visualizing, clarifying, connecting, responding, or questioning the text Outcome: ARG Step 3: After Reading – Why? So What? Develop a new understand by considering our research question What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens?

Review & Release How can we apply these latest sources to our research question? • "The New Science of Success” – Carol Dweck 2013 Happy & Well video • “Today’s Exhausted Super Kids” – Frank Bruni, The New York Times • “Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection” - Julie Scelfo, 2015 Research Question:What are the most important considerations one should make when developing a beneficial learning environment for teens?

Coming Soon… • https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?language=en • What is “stress”? How do you define stress? • Is stress good or bad? • What do you find “stressful”? How do you handle stress? • How can we apply these latest sources to our research question? • Return Formative 2 • Summative Assessment • Lab time • Wednesday, Oct. 3 – Thursday, Oct. 4th – Friday, Oct 5th

“How to Make Stress Your Friend” • TedGlobal 2013 • “Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.” • ABOUT THE SPEAKER • Kelly McGonigal · Health psychologist • Kelly McGonigal translates academic research into practical strategies for health, happiness and personal success.

Hook, Housekeeping & Homework TUESDAY