Hello! Here's what we're up to today:
Face to face
- Silent reading time
- Checking in
- Recap of yesterday's discussion, assignment instructions, and semi-colons
- Discussion: There are many conspiracy theories floating around about COVID and the vaccines. How seriously should we take them?
- Freewrite
- Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Considering the role of conspiracy theories around the Holocaust, and discussions we'll be having around the danger conspiracy theories can pose, it's worth highlighting.
- Article on QAnon from yesterday.
- How much of a threat do you think online conspiracy theories represent for society?
- How do you think people like him should be treated?
- The Atlantic on QAnon
- What do you think is the best approach to combat conspiracy theories?
- How I would approach A5 with QAnon
- Time for A5
- Lesson on commas
- Compare to semi-colons
- Activity on commas
- Tomorrow will be mostly time for you to complete your A5 (we'll go over dashes and Works Cited as well). Your goal is to come to class with a rough draft of your paragraph mostly complete.
Remote
- Tasks for today
- Check in
- Answer discussion question
- Come to lesson at 1215
- Respond to A6 Question
- Checking in - How are you feeling today?
- Discussion question - What emotions did you feel when you listened to "We Are More"?
- Lesson on Shane Koyczan, spoken word poetry, and this poem at the 2010 Olympics
- Link to the shared google doc.
- Assignment 6 question #2: Do you believe Koyczan offers a fair portrayal of Canada? What would you change?
- Discussion questions:
- What is something he says in the video, that makes you think of a place, event, or person in real life?
- Consider your own idea of Canada. What's missing from his definition?
- For tomorrow, take a look at this link for the next video:
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