Language and Literature Year 1-Period 4 Assignments

IB Conceptual Understanding:
1) Culture:The concept of culture is central to the study of language and literature. It raises the question of how a text relates to the context of its production and reception, and to the respective values, beliefs and attitudes prevalent in them. This concept also plays an important role with regards to the relationship that is established between an individual text and the writing tradition that precedes it. In both senses, the application of this concept to the study of a text should prompt reflection on the extent to which it is the product of a particular cultural and literary context and how it interacts with it.

Area of Exploration: Time and Space
This area of exploration focuses on the idea that language is a social capacity and as such is intertwined with community, culture and history. It explores the variety of cultural contexts in which texts are produced and read across time and space as well as the ways texts themselves reflect or refract the world at large. Students will examine how cultural conditions can affect language and how these conditions are a product of language. Students will also consider the ways culture and identity influence reception.
1) How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a text?​
2) How do we approach texts from different times and cultures to our own?
3) To what extent do texts offer insight into another culture?
4) How does the meaning and impact of a text change over time?
5) How do texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?
6) How does language represent social distinctions and identities?

In a paragraph, identify and explain the four rhetorical devices you used to persuade your audience to purchase your product.

Use the paper template or Google Drawings to design a prototype of your product.
The prototype is due by Friday!

Directions: Select one of the short stories, Marionettes Inc. or A Mirror Image. Based on the events of the story, what is the theme of the short story? Describe the author’s intended message about the perils of technology or science? Is this warning still relevant today? Provide textual evidence/examples to support your analysis.

For your project, you will be analyzing one character from the play and explaining their role.

Select one character form "The Importance of Being Earnest" for your project. Explain your selection. Is it your favorite character?

Click on the link below and read one article and complete the quiz.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Explain why or why not.

Deliberate deception is always wrong.

Complete the Reader Response Analysis for the ACT 1 passage.

This is week is Teacher Appreciation Week! Click on the link below and go to Flipgrid.

🎥Record a short "thank you" message for ACE teachers. Let your teachers know why you appreciate them! (You can thank a specific teacher or multiple teachers).

After all of the videos are collected I will put them into a Flipgrid mixtape and share the videos with them.

In episode 8, Sarah Koening attempts to uncover the appeal Jay had on the jury members. Using Aristotle’s Rhetorical Appeals, you are going to highlight the ways in which his lawyer appeals to the jury member’s emotions (pathos), perception of trustworthiness (ethos), and logic (logos), when deciding whether or not to believe Jay’s story.

In episode 8, listen and read the first section and stop right before Jim Trainum is introduced. As you are listening and reading, copy and paste examples of ethos pathos and logos. Then, highlight each rhetorical appeal using emerald green for ethos, passion pink for pathos, and light blue for logos.

As you listen to Episode 9, complete Adnan’s characterization chart. Find examples of indirect and direct characterization.

Complete the Google Form Quiz on Classroom after reading excerpts of episode 8 and listening to episode 9.
*You can only take this once. I will open the quiz on Thursday.

How did reading Jay's version of the events detailed in episode 8 impact your perspective of Jay, Adnan, and Sarah (the narrator of Serial)? Does hearing his point of view change you perspective on the case? on Adnan, on Sarah? Do you feel sorry for Jay? Why or why not?

Write a paragraph response that includes the following:
Main Idea/Claim
Evidence/Example
Analysis
Link back to the main topic

After watching the video below, create your own "Work From Home Schedule".
Include the time frame, activity, and location. See the sample schedule on the second page of the Google Doc!

Review the Self-Confidence digital lesson slide show and complete the 3 tasks: Do Now, Watch the TED Talk, and Quick-write

(03/26/20 Assignment)

Click on the link below and log into Flipgrid using your ACE email account. (Click sign in with Google)
Create a video response that answers the prompt.

Answer the following questions after the Zoom meeting.
1) Were you able to join the meeting?
If so, How comfortable do you feel using Zoom? What was the experience like for you?
If not, explain why. (Be honest! Was it tech issues, time, etc.)
2) What day would you prefer to have our weekly zoom meetings -Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday? What time would you prefer?
3) Do you have any further questions?


*If you missed the Zoom meeting review the slides below!

If you could learn one skill by watching/reading tutorials on the internet, what would it be? Why? (Think artistic, mechanical, or even life skills...)
*For example, I'd say mine would be calligraphy or lettering. We've all seen what my handwriting looks like on the board!

Hi everyone! To prepare for tomorrow's Zoom meeting, please read the attached guide and watch the 1 minute tutorial. In tomorrow's meeting I will be answering the questions you all asked on the Check-In Google Form. I'll also be reviewing our schedule moving forward.

1) Do you have any questions or concerns about using Zoom? Please add them here and I will respond to you via a private comment.
2) Rate your understanding of how to join a Zoom meeting.
👍 -I know how to join the meeting.
🖐️- I know how to join the meeting but I have a question.
👎- I don't know how to join the meeting.

Hello, students! I miss you all and hope you are well. This is the daily check-in form that I will be using to check in on you remotely. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. I'm leaving my responses below on some of the questions!

Listen to Episode 8 and Complete the character traits and author bias worksheet.

**Note: If you did this worksheet on paper, please scan it or take a picture and attach it to this assignment. Make sure I can read what you wrote.

Listen to Episode 7 and complete the case comparison chart.


**Note: If you did this worksheet on paper, please scan it or take a picture and attach it to this assignment. Make sure I can read what you wrote.

Define characterization.
Provide two characteristics that describe you.

Do you believe cellphone records are reliable evidence in a court room? Why or why not?

Task: Create a Crime Board based on the evidence from episodes 1-6
You may complete this activity with a partner. Make sure to turn in one slideshow with both of your names.

Examine the evidence provided in episodes 1-6 by making a crime board with all the evidence that makes Adnan look innocent. Then, review the transcript for episode 6 and design a board with evidence that makes him look guilty.

Listen to Serial Episode 5 and plot out the path that Jay claims Adnan ( then he and Adnan) took before Adnan's track practice where he had to be seen.

Sarah Koenig
Yeah (laughs) it doesn’t make any sense. Plus-- it’s like trying to-- I’m trying to think of an analogy of what the uselessness of what we’re trying to do by recreating something that doesn’t fit, it’s like a-- like trying to plot the coordinates of someone’s dream or something where it’s just like “but wait! That doesn’t--” as if we’re going to be surprised every single time but it didn’t-- it doesn’t because it’s not prop--

Dana Chivvis
I think they call that a fool’s errand.

Do you agree with Sarah when she says that the timeline and route is not probable? Does Sarah provide enough evidence to doubt the timeline and route provided by Jay and the police? Why or why not? Provide evidence (specific details) from the podcast to justify your claim.

Listen to Serial Episode 6.
List the evidence provided in the case against Adnan.

Based on yesterday's episode how would you characterize Jay?

Listen to Serial Episode 4 and complete the Serial Episode 4: Questions, Insights, and Theories Assignment
To prepare for our first discussion about the podcast, listen to episode 4 on your own. Then, complete the Serial Episode 4: Questions, Insights, and Theories Assignment.
You must include:
-3 specific questions that will generate discussion
-2 insights about the podcast production regarding music choice, story elements, validity of sources, paraphrasing vs direct quotes, bias etc.
-1 original theory or thought about a theory already mentioned

Review: Why was Mr. S a suspect in Hae's murder?

Listen to Serial Season One Episode 3 and create a visual representation of how literary nonfiction blends nonfiction and fiction elements.

AIM: How does the author blend elements of nonfiction and fiction to establish the setting? How does the author use facts to establish mood? How does the author uses irony?

Based on the last two podcasts, how would you rate your listening skills. Do you find it difficult to stay focused? Why or why not? What would help you?

Listen to Episode 2: The Breakup- Complete the Exit Questions
1)What new information is provided for Adnan's innocence?
2)What new information is provided that makes him look guilty?
3) How did the music in the podcast influence the mood or tone?

Based on the inofmration your have heard so far do you believe Adnan is innocent or guilty?

1) Who are the people involved in the murder case?
2) What are your intital thoughts about the case.

AIM: Distinguish between fiction, non-fiction, and literary nonfiction.

After watching the trailer for Serial Season One, go through each slide and respond to each of the questions. Some slides may require you to click on links to outside articles and/or listen to audio clips or scan QR Codes.

Unit AIM: Students will analyze the production of the podcast, discuss bias from multiple angles, examine rhetoric from a real-world perspective.

1) Do you listen to any podcasts? If so which ones? If not, what topics would interest you?

What punctuation mark should be added to the following sentence?

En Dash, Em Dash, or Hyphen

1) It is a very fast paced restaurant where I work.

Write your own sentences to show these different uses of commas:
1) To add an aside (appostive)
2)To separate introductory elements in a sentence

For each of the following, fill in the missing colons or semicolons (choose the correct one):
3) The manager had to make a decision_ claim bankruptcy or undergo prosecution.
4)My head stopped spinning_ the room came back into focus_ I felt relieved.

Create a poster for your product (either portrait or landscape) using Google Drawing or Google Slides.

Make sure to include:
-Your product ( Name, price, etc. )
-An original logo
-An original slogan
-Four Rhetorical Devices
1) Ethos
2) Pathos
3) Logos
4) Alliteration
5) Repetition (Anaphora, Parallel Structure, etc.)
6) Figurative Language ( Metaphor, Simile, Imagery, Analogy, Hyperbole)
7) Rhetorical Questions
8) Allusion

The following sentences are lacking commas. You must add them to correct the sentences.

1) Go past the tent turn left walk to the end of the road and you will see the school.
2) If you don’t like chemistry why did you major in it?
3) Your dad will give you the money your mom will lend you her car and then you must go and buy the groceries.
4) “If you give me that tone again” he said “I will ground you.”
5 ) This week we will be studying verbs adjectives semi-colons and commas.

Read the article and complete the quiz.

The following sentences are lacking commas. You must add them to correct the sentences.

1. Knowing her as he did he knew that she felt uncomfortable at the party.
2. Mrs. Smith who is the history teacher is the smartest member of staff.
3. “I need to go” she said. Then she added “That is if you’ll let me.”
4. When Ben fell he dropped the glasses books and flowers he had been carrying.
5. As a child I always thought that I would become a rock star.

Is this sentence gramatically correct? Why or why not?
Koala bears are not actually bears, they are marsupials.

Read ONE of the articles below and complete the quiz.

a) The concert was cancelled: the weather was bad; I was devastated.
b) The concert was cancelled; the weather was bad; I was devastated.
c)The concert was cancelled; the weather was bad: I was devastated.

Explain why it is correct.

What product are you designing?

Review:
1) What is ethos, pathos, and logos?

Quickwrite: Narrative

What is your favorite childhood candy or snack? Describe a memory you associate with it.

Analyze your scores and discuss what you feel you need to review/ learn for each section. Then create a goal for each section.

1) Editing:
-What did you find the most challenging?
- Goal: (What will you acomplish by our next IAB?)
2) Language and Vocabulary:
-What did you find the most challenging?
- Goal: (What will you acomplish by our next IAB?)
3) Listen/Interpret
-What did you find the most challenging?
- Goal: (What will you acomplish by our next IAB?)

What do you know about identity theft? Can they define that term?
Do you know what risky online behaviors might lead to someone’s identity being stolen? Do
you know anyone who has fallen victim to this crime?

Read THREE of the articles below and complete all of the quiz questions.

Tips to Help Reading Comprehension

-Use the highlighting tool to highlight any important information, main ideas or interesting parts of the article
-Use the annotation tool to write questions or thoughts that come up for you while reading the article
-Revisit the article while taking the quiz and reread essential sections in order to determine the best possible answer to the questions

Which political cartoon from yesterday's activity stood out to you the most? Why?

What does the American Dream mean to you? Do you think most people believe in the American Dream or do they see it as something that is not achievable? Explain

Reflect:
Are you a good listener? Can you retain the information that you hear (with no visuals or words) or do you struggle to focus?

1) Click on the link below and create a Newela account using your ACE Charter High Google Account.
2) Click on the assigned article: Analyzing Political Cartoons
3) Read the article and complete the writing prompt and quiz. Click on the activities tab to access both assignments.

Due by Friday 01/10/20

AIMS:
RI 2: Determine the central ideas in a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
RI 8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.


Directions: Read the article, “ Holiday Shopping Ads Are Geared Toward Brain's Reward Center” and complete the analysis charts attached.

Look at the advertisement below. How is it using language, images, color, etc. to persuade you to buy or drink milk?

Look at the advertisement below. How is it using language, images, color, etc. to persuade you to buy their products?

What makes an ad effective?

Directions: Read the article, “Secrets of 7 of the Most Effective Ad Campaigns” and complete the analysis charts.

1) Write down 3 things you enjoyed eating or drinking during the winter break.
2) Write down 2 activities that you did over winter break.
3) Write down 1 thing you look forward to this semester.

1) What differences stand out between the book and movie? Explain the changes.
2) Evaluate: Do you think the choices the directors and screenwriters made were effective? Did they add or take away from Ray Bradbury's message?

At the very end of the novel, Granger says they must build a mirror factory to take a long look at themselves. Why are mirrors important to Granger? What do they represent?

1) Does the novel end with a hopeful or grim tone? Explain.

What is your opinion on this technology? Would you want to purchase this? Why or why not? How does it relate to Fahrenheit 451?

What is your opinion on this technology? Would you want to purchase this? Why or why not? How does it relate to Fahrenheit 451?

Beatty says, “There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there are. But let’s not talk about them, eh? By the time the consequences catch up with you, it’s too late, isn’t it, Montag?”

What does Beatty mean in the quote above? Can you relate to it?

Make a prediction: How do you think Montag will react now that Beatty and the fireman have arrived at his home to burn it?

1)Do you feel any sympathy for Mildred? Why or why not?
2)Do you think that what Montag does to Captain Beatty is justified? Why or why not?
3) What is shown about society through the incident with the car which almost kills Montag?

What do you think Faber means when he states,
“Those who don’t build must burn. It’s as old as history and juvenile delinquents” (Bradbury 85).

Describe what you see in the picture.

How does the book burning scene in Bradbury’s novel compare and/or contrast to
the book burning that occurred in Nazi Germany?

1) What is one characteristic of a Utopia?
2) What is one characteristic of a Dystopia?

How do you think Clarisse's death will affect Guy Montag moving forward?

What would your perfect world look like?

Define the following literary term: Paradox

1) What is censorship? Is it ever justified?
2) Create a list of qualities/types of content which would result in a book being banned.
3) Look at the “Banned and challenged books” infographic and link below. Are you surprised by any of the books that were banned?

What is ironic about what the fireman do in the novel? What type of irony is it? (Situational, Verbal, Dramatic)

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."
~Juan Ramon Jimenez

Why would Ray Bradbury include this epigraph in his novel? What is Jimenez saying in this quote?

1) Define the word genre.
2) List as many genres as you can.

1) How does the meaning and impact of a text change over time? Give specific examples based on the Importance of Being Earnest.

2)How do texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices? Give specific examples based on the Importance of Being Earnest.

1) Name the character you selected for your poster assignment.
2) What are two adjectives that describe your selected character?

“ Literature adds to reality. It does not simply describe it.”
~C.S. Lewis
Do you agree with the quote above? Do authors have an agenda when writing? Do books affect the reader? How?

1) List all of the characters in the play and their role/relationship to the other characters.
2)What was revealed in the final moments of ACT 3? How is this ironic?

AIM: Analyze the text and determine how the characters fit into the social structure of the Victorian Era. How does the social structure of the Victorian Era impact the character's perspectives?

IB Conceptual Understanding: Culture
How does a text relate to the context of its production and reception, and to the respective values, beliefs and attitudes prevalent in them?
Area of Knowelege: Time and Space
Students will examine how cultural conditions can affect language and how these conditions are a product of language. Students will also consider the ways culture and identity influence reception.
1) To what extent do texts offer insight into another culture?
2) How does language represent social distinctions and identities?

1)Do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Why?

Where you are from determines what type of person you are.

2) Which character from the play holds this belief? Explain.

Analyze Cecily’s actions in ACT 2. How would you describe her?

Good Morning Juniors!

Please finish reading ACT 2 of "The Importance of Being Earnest". We left off on page 11. I will attach a link the digital copy of the story along. If you prefer a paper copy I left them with the subsititute.

Your aim is to finish reading ACT 2 and complete the comprehension questions.

Note: Don't forget to click the magnifying glass and select 100% if you want to zoom into the slide. If you use ctrl + you will make the slide smaller.

1) Recall: Identify the main conflict that is established at the beginning of ACT 2.

Is it okay to pretend to be someone you're not in order to get someone to fall in love with you? Why or why not?

What is your opinon about the characters so far?

1) Jack/Ernest:
2) Algeron:
3) Lady Bracknell:
4) Gwendolyn:

Do you agree or disagree with the statements below. Why or why not.
1) Your parents should approve of your significant other.
2) It is okay to judge someone based on their name or reputation.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Explain why or why not.

It is okay to miss an important social/family event even if you don't have a good reason.

Provide constructive feedback to each group.

Start with a POSITIVE
-I was impressed by...
-I like the way you...
-I enjoyed your presentation because...
-The best part of your presentation was...
-I can tell you worked hard on..

Offer a SUGGESTION
-Maybe next time you could...
-One way to make this stronger is to...
-It would help if you...
-One thing to improve on would be...
-I think it would be great if you could...
-The audience might be more engaged if you...
-I think you could make this even better by...
-I think you could add...
-I think you could change...

1) List 2 things you should do during your presentation.

2) List 2 things you should avoid.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
~Oscar Wilde

Interpret the quote above. What did Oscar Wilde mean? Do you agree? Why or why not?

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Interpret the quote above. Do you agree with the quote? Why or why not?

1) Reflect on what areas you did well on in the test.
2) What areas do you need more help in?
3) How did you feel about writing a timed essay?

Describe the last time you saw a lion or tiger. Where were you? How close to the animal were you allowed to get?

Rough Draft Due 09/18
Final Draft 09/23

CCCSS: Speaking and Listening 9-10
Comprehension and Collaboration
3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.

For each of the following, read the point that the writer wants to make. Then choose the quotation that would best support it. Write the number of the quotation in the space provided, and explain your choice.

POINT: Schools should not implement dress codes because they prevent students from expressing their individuality.

1) Quote one: “Schools' codes of conduct often target girls' clothing and bodies in ways they don't address those of boys” (Sagan).

2) Quote two: “Healthy expression of who we are, for teenagers, often comes in the form of how they dress. They don’t have a whole lot of control over anything else” (Kozicka).

3) Quote three: “Students may become more self-confident and self-disciplined, less judgmental of other students, better able to resist peer pressure and concentrate on schoolwork” (Marchant).

4) Quote four: “One 2002 study of Texas middle-school students found that those in uniform had a stronger sense of “belonging” in their school community” (Oppenheimer)

Look at the sentence structure. Which of the following sentences is better? Why?

1) The flowers were planted by my mother.
2) My mother planted the flowers.

Explain what the error is in the sentence below. (Focus: embedding quotations.)

According to a commencement speech, “I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.”

Progress Check: Are you finished with your research? Do you think you have enough information to begin your outline? Do you need any help finding more sources?

"Continous improvement is better than delayed perfection" ~Mark Twain
How does the quote above connect to you?

Progress Check: Have you been able to find articles for your topic? Do you need help finding articles?

Read over the requirements. Then write your topic proposal.

Define the word, synthesis.

Directions: Read each news article and identify the central idea, main details, and tone. Then provide your opinion on the article. Do you agree or disagree with the writer or speaker? Why?

QUICK WRITE:

Select one of the topics, science, technology, or social media. How has your selected topic impacted society? Give specific examples.

Directions: Read the article, Benefits & Risks of AI. Based on the TED Talk and the article above, what is your opinion on AI? Do you agree with the TED Talk and/or the article? Write one paragraph that includes your claim, reasons, and evidence from the TED Talk and the article.

Which social media platform do you use the most?

After watching the TED Talks identify the speaker’s central ideas regarding social media. Which TED Talk did you agree with the most? Why? What is your opinion regarding social media's impact on society?

After watching the video below, what do you think about the robot, Flippy? Do you think it is a good idea for businesses to invest in robots or other automated machines? Why or why not?

In your opinion, what is the value of an object that is designed to function like a human?

Directions: Read each article below and identify the main idea. Then, find two pieces of textual evidence that support the main idea. Finally, provide your opinion on the article’s topic.

After watching two of the Black Mirror clips, what do you think is the writer's (producer's, director's, etc. ) purpose for creating these types of stories?

Brainstorm film elements that you would look for when analyzing a short film or movie?

Which of the following quotations is embedded properly?

Compare and contrast the short film to the short story, Mirror Image. How did the narrative perspective, timeline, and visuals impact the story vs the short film?

AIM: What is Ray Bradbury saying about technology?

Would you purchase a robotic clone of yourself if the technology was available? Why or why not? What would you use it for?

Conceptual Understanding: Identity
Essential Question: Has society taken science, technology, or social too far?

In your opinion, when you think about identity, what is most important, how you look or your personality? Why?

What is your definition of technology?

After the activity, go around to each poster and review your classmates' responses. Choose ONE of the three questions and create a thesis statement that includes your opinion and at least two reasons.

1) What is one piece of technology that you use daily or couldn’t live without?
2) Do you use social media frequently? If so, what platform? If not, explain.

1)What determines our identity?

1) What is your catchphrase, or a word you say a lot? (Make sure it is school appropriate.)
2) What one song will you always know every word to? (Song Name and Artist)
3) What country would you travel to if you could go anywhere? Why?

As you go around the different stations in your groups, write your responses in the appropriate slide and task number.