English 4 Live Lessons! Amendment Essay and Collaboration

1. English 4 Live Lessons! Amendment Essay and Collaboration Please sign in with FULL NAME and TEACHER NAME! Example: Sue Perkid – Mrs. A. Mazing

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3. Mic Set Up External Options • Headset • Earbuds Green Check = I have a mic! Red X = I need help Mic Options • Internal Mic • External Mic • Telephone To use your phone: • Select Tools then Telephony • Use Telephone for Audio • Call conference number:571-392-7703 PIN: 398-974-602-639 • Mute phone To use a mic: Complete Audio Setup • Tools • Audio • Audio Setup

4. Let’s Practice! Computer Smartphone/Tablet Where are you from?

5. What are you working on? Computer Smartphone/Tablet What questions do you have about expository essays?

6. Session Expectations • Be respectful of yourself and others. • You must participate in all activities during the session. • Using a microphone is the preferred method of participation. • If you are using a mic, feel free to grab it at any time if it’s free. • If you are on the conference line, unmute to talk and then mute your phone again. • Make sure to stay until you are dismissed to receive information about how to submit your collaboration work and to receive collaboration credit. • Take notes • Today’s session will be about 1 hour.

7. Session Objectives Today you will be able to: • Work with other students. • Connect current events to the Bill of Rights. • Identify elements of explanatory writing. • Analyze explanatory writing. • Prepare for your Amendment essay.

8. What do you think? • Freedom of Speech should never be restricted. • Speech should be restricted in certain instances. • Speech should be restricted in certain instances in schools. • Speech should be restricted in certain instances on the internet and social media.

9. What is happening in this picture? How do you know?

10. Bill of Rights Video

11. Bill of Rights • The task was tricky: define personal liberties for a new nation and for its future. • How are technological advances changing the way we look at the Bill of Rights? • Have you ever wondered how our technology-infused nation is maintained by documents written before the discovery of electricity? • In this Module, you will work to find out how one specific personal freedom in the Bill of Rights has been maintained over time.

12. First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

13. First Amendment In 2011, a California high school student was suspended for making rude remarks about a teacher on Facebook. The student sued the school for violating her freedom of speech.

14. First Amendment – Debate! Question: Do you think a school should have the right to discipline students for remarks posted to social media made on students' own time? • Develop three points to support your argument.

15. First Amendment – Debate! Stance: Schools should be able to discipline students for comments posted on social media. Three Points:

16. First Amendment – Debate! Stance: Students should not be disciplined for comments posted on social media. Three Points:

17. Check In! Comprehension Check The Bill of Rights are: Nearly 200 years old The most widely-debated portion of our Constitution Intended to protect the rights of Americans All of the above *Your answers are anonymous.

18. Which Amendment did/would you choose and why?

19. Amendment Essay • Components of your essay: • Informing/Explaining your amendment • 1 Landmark case and 2 contemporary cases to frame your discussion • Research to support your information (quotes from sources and works cited page)

20. Essay Components • “At some schools, big brother is watching” • by Kelly Wallace • Introduction • Examples • In-Text Citations • Domain Specific Vocabulary

21. Introduction Just as parents are grappling with how to keep their kids safe on social media, schools are increasingly confronting a controversial question: Should they do more to monitor students' online interactions off-campus to protect them from dangers such as bullying, drug use, violence and suicide? Last summer, the Glendale school district in suburban Los Angeles captured headlines with its decision to pay a tech firm $40,500 to monitor what middle and high school students post publicly on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. The school district went with the firm Geo Listening after a pilot program with the company last spring helped a student who was talking on social media about "ending his life," company CEOChris Frydrych told CNN's Michael Martinez in September. "We were able to save a life," said Richard Sheehan, the Glendale superintendent, adding that two students in the school district had committed suicide the past two years. What is the purpose of this introduction? How do you know? Highlight and discuss the elements that illustrate this.

22. Examples The issue of just what kids may be doing to each other online gained even more attention after a 12-year-old Florida girl, Rebecca Sedwick, who was repeatedly cyberbullied, jumped to her death in September. Two girls, ages 12 and 14, were arrested and charged with aggravated stalking, accused of sending Sedwick messages such as "Why aren't you dead?" and "Wait a minute, why are you still alive?" (Those charges were eventually dropped.) Wayne Blanton, executive director of the Florida School Boards Association, said the school was aware of on-campus bullying of Sedwick and dealt with it by separating the students and putting them in different classes, but it was not aware of the off-campus bullying -- online -- that was taking place. Under a Florida law that went into effect in July, before Sedwick's death, if parents or students notify a school about suspected bullying off-campus, the school has the authority to look at a student's Facebook posts and e-mails, according to Blanton. What is the relationship between this incident and the first amendment? What purpose does this example serve in the essay?

23. Check In! Comprehension Check Informative/Explanatory Writing: Increases the readers knowledge Focuses on facts Explains a process or procedure All of the above *Your answers are anonymous.

24. In-Text Citations Daniel Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, the school superintendents association, said it's "not always clear" legally what can be done and what is within the scope of the district's authority. "In one state, the court will support the district and say, 'absolutely, you have the right to do that.' In a very similar situation in another court, the court will rule 'absolutely not, it's freedom of speech,' " Domenech said. "So the whole legal issue right now is very much up in the air." Cases in point: In September in Nevada, a federal appeals court backed school officials in the suspension of a high school student who allegedly threatened his classmates with violence on Myspace. But in Indiana in 2011, a court found that school officials had violated students' free speech rights when two girls were suspended from extracurricular activities for posting pictures of themselves with inappropriately shaped lollipops. What choice would you have made in these two cases? Highlight the in-text citations. What purpose do they serve? What portion of this excerpt would benefit from a citation?

25. Domain Specific Vocabulary Domenech, who represents public school superintendents, said that at this stage, he thinks only a "very small number" of districts are actively monitoring students online, primarily because they don't have the staffing or the money to hire a firm to help. Instead of more schools trying to follow the Glendale district's lead, Blanton of the Florida School Boards Association believes schools should mount a major public relations campaign targeting students and parents, letting them know it's OK to report anything of concern they see online. He compares it to an ad campaign in Florida from about 15 years ago encouraging students to report any weapons they see on campus. Now, 90% of guns found on school premisesin the stateare reported by students, he said. "We have to get to the same point with when you see a student (or) another student sees a student being bullied, or a parent knows about a Facebook account, they have to let us know," Blanton said. In the end, prevention is better than high-tech surveillance, said Domenech. "I think most school districts don't want to become NSAs," he said. "We don't see that that is really our role." What conclusions can we draw about social media, school, and free speech? Highlight domain specific vocabulary words. What is the effect of using domain-specific vocabulary?

26. Check In! • Comprehension Check • Using precise language makes me look smart. • If I vary the nouns and verbs of my sentences, my teacher will give me a higher grade. • Precise and accurate language gives me credibility • Both B and C *Your answers are anonymous.

27. Writing Components What is a skill, tip, or idea you have learned that has helped you in your own writing? How can you use it for an explanatory essay?

28. Collaboration Product Write a paragraph response (5 sentences per paragraph in length) about the topics we discussed today. Please answer the following question with specific details from the text. Submit the date and time of the session you attended.

29. Collaboration Reflection Write a paragraph response (5 sentences per paragraph in length) about our session today and working with other students. Be sure to answer all of the following questions. Submit the date and time of the session you attended.

30. Save the File • Do you want to save the file? Select YES! • Save the file to your desktop, English 4 folder, or flashdrive. • Open the file to make sure you have it. Green Check = I have the file! Red X = I need help!

31. Where to Submit Your Assignments Submit the date and time of the session you attended. Segment One Segment Two

32. Save The Presentation • Save these whiteboard screens as PDF files. • Go to File, Save, Whiteboard. • Select “All Pages” • Select Files of type: Whiteboard PDF. • Pay attention to where you saved this file.

33. Congrats! In today’s session, you completed: Collaboration Product and Reflection “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ― Ernest Hemingway