Monday 12/14/15

John
Jay
Jae Jin 
Michael K 
Eric (did not share article)

Friday 12/11/15

Calvin
Athenna
Mouse (personal interviews)
Mike M. 
Hayley
Eric (did not submit article)

Wednesday 12/9/15

-sign up for AP Portfolio Website 
 -partner requests for Performance Task I

-Jalyn
-Chuck
-Michael V
-Hari
-Calvin (missing article)
-Agnieszka

12/4/15 Articles for Discussion

Atreyi
Pranav
Adithya 
Allison
May
Stephanie

Mindfulness Article

Wednesday 12/2/15

Student Presenters:
Minki
Chris
Ashlyn
Mao
Kyle
Daniel

Performance Task One Instructions and samples 

Link for Theme Three Schedule

Link :)

Gale Database

Use this link to reach Gale: 
http://destiny.sjusd.org/

Questions for performance task one presentation

Questions

Group Project

Your project is based on Performance Task One

Instead of doing all three components you are simply making a group presentation while skipping the written components. Your group presentation should encompass what you would have written if you were doing the whole project. 

Pleae watch these videos for Wednesday

Hello!

Mike wants to discuss this videos in conjunction with his articles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY
https://www.ted.com/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters/transcript?language=en

Please watch them for Wednesday 10.28

Thanks,

JC

Rubric for Performance Task One

Take some time to review this rubric on your own. This is what I will use to grade you on your small group presentations on 11.18.15.

Have a great weekend,

-JC

Articles for Wednesday

I handed out two articles in class. Here are the other two.

10.14.15 European Ruling is Merely a Symbolic Victory for Privacy

10.14.15 China intensifies crackdown on social media with curbs on instant messaging

Article Calendar For Theme Two

This is the article calendar. 

We will be doing a modified version of Performance task one, feel free to read it over :)

Articles for 10.12.15

Articles to read for tomorrow!
Can online shaming shut down the Internet’s most skin-crawly creeps?

Has social media changed the way we grieve?

This is an additional link just to look at because it is interesting: http://www.smh.com.au/national/inspiration-overload-on-social-media-prompts-rise-of-demotivational-movement-20150925-gjus89.html

Please respond with your email

Thanks!

Monday 10.5.15

We introduced and discussed questions for our new focus question.
There is no formal homework but you should look over these questions and see if you would like to revise/add any questions.

Theme Two

Five dollar AP tests

If you fill out the form on this site: https://nutrition.sjusd.org you will only have to pay five dollars for your AP test. I think the deadline is today or tomorrow!!

Monday 9.21.15

Use this folder to access the documents for today's class: click here

Friday 9.11.15

-change seats
-PBS news hour clip
-discuss all of the articles from last class
(if you are absent please submit an annotated bibliography on the day you return)

Homework: New set of articles. Check the resources folder under theme one for articles dated 9.11.15

 Interesting read: The Philosophy of Food Project

Wednesday 9.9.15

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-adv-food-environment-20150908-story.html

Agenda:
-review argumentation
-logical fallacies
-articles!

The following links are articles we will be covering in class over the next week. I have hard copies available in class for everyone :)


http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/what-s-being-done-to-curb-hunger-in-food-deserts/article_e5e1b6fd-24d6-5391-a262-14b46f5ed025.html

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/09/08/think-genes-drive-obesity-you-may-eat-less-healthy

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2015/09/06/what-can-employers-do-about-obesity/

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Ultra-processed-foods-driving-obesity-epidemic-in-Latin-America--report-says_19226756

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/7273/20150907/link-between-obesity-and-alzheimers-discovered-study.htm

Wednesday 9.2.15

Agenda:
-claim warrant practice
-discuss food commercials
-raven an article of your choice
-practice part one of exam

Homework: read and annotate article (from class) for Friday.

Monday 8.31.15

Agenda:
-finish debates
-reflect as a class
-individual reflections (submit via google classroom)
-Food stamp articles
-Raven
-Fun activity

Homework: Read and annotate the two articles from class. We will be discussing them on Wednesday 9.2.15. 

Friday 8.28.15

Agenda:
-rules of debate
-work time
-debate!
-reflection

We only got to two groups, we will finish the other group on Monday. If you didn't reflect, don't panic. We will go over this on Monday too.

Wednesday 8.26.15

Agenda:
-determining sources
-Evaluate
-Sites Activity
-Perspectives
-Synthesize
-Debate (ongoing...we will finish on Friday)
-annotated bibliography 

Homework: read and annotate these two articles (for Friday).
Majority of Food Stamp Recipients Are Now Working Age Adults

Restoring Work Requirements: An Important Fix To America's Food Stamp Crisis - Forbes

Monday 8.24.15

Agenda:
-finish questions for last three lenses
-review annotated articles with tables
-larger class discussion
-how to find valid sources
-instapaper...why you should look into it

Friday 8.21.15

Agenda:
-why did you sign up for this class?
-turn in homework
-RAVEN practice
   - Pseudoscience article
-put argument in order
    -be prepared to justify
-QU for food question with graphic organizer

Homework: Find an article that corresponds with your assigned lens. Submit the article to Google Classroom AND have a hard copy printed and annotated for class on Monday.

Have a great weekend.

Wednesday 8.19.15

Agenda:
-finish graphic organizer
-U define
    -review essential questions
-Raven (see drive folder for worksheets)
-Features of an Argument (discuss)
-The Pseudoscience of Single Sex Schooling
     -answer questions for homework about this article 

Monday 8.17.15

Agenda:
-turn in homework
-finish defining themes for democracy
-continue QU of QUEST

Friday 8/14/15

Agenda: 
-turn in survey/signature page
-Foie Gras Article
-QU in quest process

Please finish these questions for homework: 

Yes: Force-Feeding Birds to Fatten Their Liver Is Inhumane

1.What is the main idea of the argument?

2.What is one reason the author gives support to her main idea?

3.What evidence does the author use to support this reason?

No: If you Eat Meat, Some Foie Gras More Than Passes Muster

4. What is the main idea of the argument?

5. What is one reason the author gives support to his main idea?

6. What evidence does the author use to support this reason?

Both:

7. What is your position? Why? Which author made the more convincing argument? Why? 

Have a great weekend! 

Wednesday 8/12/15

Agenda:
-welcome
-syllabus/course review
-names

Homework: signature page of syllabus, read this article, you should print and annotate it for FRIDAY, getting to know you sheet.