Essential Question: What balance between freedom and security should our government maintain?
October 21, 2013:
Aim: How do we use Cornell notes to identify the main ideas found in an article on surveillance issues?
Do now: Complete the following poll about government surveillance:
Aim: How do we use Cornell notes to identify the main ideas found in an article on surveillance issues?
Do now: Complete the following poll about government surveillance:
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The Cornell note-taking system is a note-taking system devised in the 1950s by Walter Pauk, an education professor at Cornell University. Learn more here: http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes1.html
Read the article "Snowden: Mass surveillance making us less safe at http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/12/snowden-mass-surveillance-making-us-less-safe/2971669/. After each paragraph use Cornell notes to identify the main idea of the paragraph(s).
Read the article "Snowden: Mass surveillance making us less safe at http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/12/snowden-mass-surveillance-making-us-less-safe/2971669/. After each paragraph use Cornell notes to identify the main idea of the paragraph(s).
October 24 - 28, 2013
Aim: How do we use Cornell Note-taking to learn more about government surveillance issues or the NYC stop and frisk policy?
Do now: Choose three articles on either mass government surveillance or NYC's stop and frisk policy from the following choices:
Mass Government Surveillance articles:
http://www.uteed.net/jom/c16.pdf
Aim: How do we use Cornell Note-taking to learn more about government surveillance issues or the NYC stop and frisk policy?
Do now: Choose three articles on either mass government surveillance or NYC's stop and frisk policy from the following choices:
Mass Government Surveillance articles:
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/26/senate-change-nsa-program/2877899/
- http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/technology/privacy-fears-as-surveillance-grows-in-cities.html?_r=0
- http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324478304578171623040640006
- http://www.propublica.org/article/nsa-data-collection-faq
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03c30cr
- http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443995604578004723603576296#articleTabs%3Dinteractive
- http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/us/nsa-director-gives-firm-and-broad-defense-of-surveillance-efforts.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1382030459-9SrTNHi3KGrMPfRiCwv4yQ&
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=232661460
- http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/nsa-surveillance-scandal-complete-coverage-1.5525745
- http://www.newsday.com/news/world/high-court-test-of-surveillance-law-could-be-ahead-1.6326534
- http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/nsa-spying-threatens-to-hamper-us-foreign-policy-1.6323227
- http://www.newsday.com/news/world/merkel-us-spying-has-shattered-allies-trust-1.6317319
- http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/2013/10/28/nsa-spying-merkel/3285193/
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/10/28/obama-merkel-national-security-agency-wall-street-journal/3285287/
- http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/obama-nsa-spying-foreign-leaders-report-98928.html
- http://www.stopandfrisk.com/index.htm#exploring
- http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/08/scheindlin-stop-and-frisk-verdict-new-york-statistical-debate.html
- http://www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-justice/stop-and-frisk-practices
- http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/12/stop-and-frisk-landmark-ruling
- http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=186023458&m=186023447
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=186023458
- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/nyregion/gotham-arguments-for-stop-and-frisk-dont-hold-up.html
- http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/new_york_s_stop_and_frisk_policy_is_neither_effective_nor_constitutional.html
- http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/stop-and-frisk-subjects-testify-as-trial-begins-1.4834336
- http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/no-surprise-stop-and-frisk-ruled
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/21/us-privacy-stop-frisk-nsa-column/2647741/
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/14/time-to-overhaul-nyc-policy/2658001/
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/14/bloomberg-stop-frisk-new-york-your-say/2658059/
http://www.uteed.net/jom/c16.pdf
October 29, 2013
Aim: How do we develop a position statement about government surveillance or the NYC stop and frisk policy?
Key terms (elements) you will be using:
Aim: How do we develop a position statement about government surveillance or the NYC stop and frisk policy?
Key terms (elements) you will be using:
- Context: This is information that would help a reader or a listener to understand why an issue matters or what is at stake.
- Position
- Claim and counterclaim
- Sources of evidence (primary sources like personal experience, newspaper articles, interviews, research, data; secondary sources like summary articles, textbooks, etc.)
Do now: Complete the graphic organizer found at: http://images.epals.com/elections/Argument%20writing%20graphic%20organizer%20for%20grades%207-8.pdf
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Or use a chart such as the following to write out the "bare bones" of your argument.
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My position statement:
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Claim and evidence:
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Claim and evidence:
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Claim and evidence:
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Counterclaim and response:
____________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion:
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My position statement:
____________________________________________________________________________
Claim and evidence:
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Claim and evidence:
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Claim and evidence:
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Counterclaim and response:
____________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion:
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Examine the essay prompt and complete the following steps:
Sketch out the argument essay by:
Sketch out the argument essay by:
- Writing a brief position statement
- List your claims, backed up by evidence from the sources you have read and developed
- Address important counterclaims that you have read
- Writing a brief conclusion.
Once you have the major moves in your argument organized, consider the earlier questions about writing effective arguments, such as:
- What draws a reader into an argument?
- Are there only pro and con arguments?
- Could a writer take another kind of position?
- To make an effective argument does a writer need to focus in on a specific issue? For instance, is it really possible to talk about all media as if they were the same?
- What is the most effective way different kinds of evidence could be used?
- What makes an interesting conclusion? Is it just a summary or can you introduce new questions or ideas for readers to think about?
Aim: How do I write an argumentative essay defending my position on government surveillance, the balance between freedom and security?
Be sure to use the MLA format which can be found at the following link:
Be sure to use the MLA format which can be found at the following link:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Read instructions for the MLA formatting and style guide and follow it for your argumentative essay.
Do now: Draft your essay which must include the building blocks of a strong argument:
Introduction-
Body Paragraphs 1-3:
Conclusion
Use the rubric to check the effectiveness of your claim & evidence.
Peer Editing for Argument: Using the rubric as a guide, students read each other’s essays, making specific suggestions about where each other’s essay could become more effective.
Read instructions for the MLA formatting and style guide and follow it for your argumentative essay.
Do now: Draft your essay which must include the building blocks of a strong argument:
- Context
- Position
- Claims
- Evidence
- Discussion of counterclaims
- A thoughtful conclusion
Introduction-
- 2-3 sentences to contextualize the topic ( Why does it matter?)
- 1-2 sentences of a major counter claim
- 1 sentence to show your position
- 1-2 sentences to show your claim
Body Paragraphs 1-3:
- Topic sentence ( reason #1, #2, #3).
- Explain the reason
- example A that supports your claim( facts, examples from the articles)
- example B that supports your claim
- conclusion
- Topic sentence (a counter claim)
- Reasons of the counter claim
- examples (2 examples) to refute why the counter claim is wrong
- conclusion
Conclusion
- Restate your position.
- suggestions of solutions
Use the rubric to check the effectiveness of your claim & evidence.
Peer Editing for Argument: Using the rubric as a guide, students read each other’s essays, making specific suggestions about where each other’s essay could become more effective.