Course Syllabus

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English 9-10, Sem 1 focuses on science related literature and articles. The driving question is "Just because we can--should we?"

Week #1: intro to course

• classroom management
• technology and ethics
• "The Pedestrian"
• videos/TEDtalks: "Touchscreen," "The Turing Test," "Self-driving Car Test," "The Ethical Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars," "A Vision of crimes in the future"

Week #2: I, Robot

• Voc #1, ex 1 and 2, test
• Introduction, "Robbie," "Runaround"
• video: Can Robots Show Emotion?

Week #3: I, Robot

• Voc #1, ex 5
• "Reason," "Catch That Rabbit," "Liar!" and "Little Lost Robot"
• Video: "Make Robots Smarter"

Week #4: I, Robot

• Voc #2, ex 1 and 2, test
• "Escape," "Evidence," and "The Evitable Conflict!"
• TEDtalks--"Connected, but alone?" and "Meet Milo, the Virtual Boy" and "4 Lessons from robots about being human"

Week #5: DIGITAL NATION

• Voc #2, ex 5
• I, Robot test
• poem--"All Watched Over by Machines of Love and Grace"
• TEDtalk/video--Symbiosis between humans and technology vs. Robots taking over our jobs
• article--Minimum wage and McDonald's automation
• 5 video segments: Digital Nation

Week #6:  DIGITAL NATION

• Voc #3, ex 1 and 2, test
• 4 segments: Digital Nation
• articles--"The Internet is Making Us Smarter" vs. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
• pro/con writing--analysis

Week #7:  RESEARCH

• Voc #3, ex 5
• Socratic Seminar
• Explore other issues--TEDtalks (pairs)
• pace of life
• filters on social media
• digital footprint
• video gaming--connectedness, problem-solving, reality
• video impact--YouTube virals and social media
• ???
• Pairs find related articles--Upfront articles, Gale Resources, Questia, Citation Machine
• Construct Works Cited List
• summary writing--claims and evidence

Week #8:  WRITING--Analysis

• Voc #4, ex 1 and 2, test
• intro--hook, bkgrd, thesis
• body--two sides (viewpoint analysis)
• conclusion--your evaluation
• formatting in Word
• turnitin.com--plagiarism

Week #9: POLISH--Analysis

• Voc #4, ex 5
• edit and proofread analysis--Criterion
• *turn in on turnitin.com
• novel project presentations
• "The Cold Equations"--cold hard science vs soft warm humanity

Week #10: BIOETHICS--Empathy Project--EXPLORE

Voc #5, ex 1 and 2, test

intro Q2--bioethics

• TEDtalks--Different Ways of Knowing, It's Time to Question Bio-engineering
• video--CNN Lisa Ling "The Genius Experiment"
• Q2 Empathy Research Project
• Explore bioethics issues (Upfront, Time, Questia and Gale Resources)--individual
• find one informational article (analysis)
• find at least TWO different viewpoints (positions or arguments)
• Construct MLA Works Cited Page

Week #11: Empathy Project--RESEARCH

• Voc #5, ex 5
• group work--research (Google), annotated bibliography (group google doc--summary + Works Cited list)

Week #12: Empathy Project--WRITING

• Voc #6, ex 1 and 2, test
• INDIVIDUAL position paper based on the group research
• • intro--hook, bkgrd, thesis (claim)
  • body--3 aspects of the chosen bioethics issue (reasons and evidence, topic sentence and facts/quotes)
  • conclusion--your position 
  • format in Word
  • turnitin.com

Week #13:  Empathy Project--PRESENT

• Voc #6, ex 5
• Edit and proofread individual position paper
• • edit--Criterion
  • peer proofreading
  • *turn in on turnitin.com
• Groups--Construct, video, and present simulation or public service announcement 

Week #14:  Frankenstein

• Voc #7, ex 1 and 2, test
• Intro Frankenstein--letters #1-4, Ch 1-4

Week #15:  Frankenstein (Thanksgiving)

• Ch 5-8

Week #16:  Frankenstein

• Voc #7, ex 5

• Read Ch 9-16 aloud

Week #17:  Frankenstein

• Voc Review--1-5
• Read Ch 17-24, final letters

Week #18:  FINAL EXAM

• Voc Review--6-7
• Frankenstein FINAL EXAM essay
• TEST--reading skills and vocabulary