Honors Big Question Due Dates

Assigned: January 22nd, 2018

- Big Question Packet 2018
- Teacher conferences for question generation available: January 30th-February 2nd.
- Mrs. Whittington returns approved/denied Big Question submissions - January 30/31.

Annotated Bibliography Due: Week of February 19th-23rd.
- 4 artifacts all that need to be included/referenced/and cited in your final presentation.
- Check the BigQuestion blog label for types of artifacts that you can use.
- Each Annotation should include:
       paragraph one- summary of artifact
       paragraph two- how you will use it in your project and a quote that helps/supports your
                                          argument, or provides a counter argument.
- This will be submitted on Turnitin.com.
- Template: BQ Annotated Bibliography Template

Project Outline Due: Week of Febrary 26th-March 2nd.
- This will be step by step planning of your 8-10 minute presentation.

- Remember to fill out the works cited page at the bottom as well.

- Keep the headers on your outline so it is clear what you are talking about.
- This will be submitted on Turnitin.com.
- Template: Big Question Outline Template 

Practice Presentations: March 6th and 7th
- You will present your project to a small group of your peers to assure that you are comfortable, prepared, and that all aspects of your project work correctly.
- Your project is expected to be finished/mostly finished at this date. 

Presentations: March 8th-23rd
- You will sign up for an order to present the week before.
- Emergency dates after Spring break: April 3rd and 4th.

Big Question Speed Dating (Honors and Academic)

Big Question Packet 2019 (HONORS) - Handed out in class January 28th and 29th.
Good Human Project 2019 (ACADEMIC) - Handed out in class January 28th and 29th.
Due at the end of class January 30th and 31st.

Today in class you will rotate through most of your classmates to discuss your chosen Question before you submit it for teacher approval.

You will have two minutes at each station before you rotate to the next classmate. Make sure to discuss both questions during that time.

Consider discussing the following topics:
- Provide your partner ideas for their question - modify/change it if needed.
- Ask for help with your own presentation ideas.
- Ask your partner: What is your answer to your big question?
- Help your partner brainstorm ideas or sources.
- Can you think of a book/website/movie/song/etc. that relates to your partners topic or question?
- Is their/your question broad enough to have more than one LOGICAL answer?
- Ask your partner: Why did you pick your question?
- Ask your partner: Is there a better way to word my question? (Think formal)
- Is your question clear? Your partner needs to understand your question without you having to explain it to them.

Words to Replace in your BQ: (Informal and too broad)
Good
Bad
People
Us
You
We

Better Replacements: (Formal and Clarifying)
Helpful
Benificial
Society
Humans
Teenagers

When you get back to your original partner you will have two minutes to discuss how your question has changed over the course of our speed dating and any final thoughts you may have.

Vocab List #5

Vocab List 5 Quizlet

Quiz dates: 2/1 (A) and Skinny/Zero block --- 2/2 (B)

Ninth Grade Vocabulary – List Five
Prefixes	auto-	self	autobiography, automobile, autocracy, automaton, automatic
	co- / con-	with	co-worker, connect,  confide, conspire
	inter-	among or between	interstate, intervene (come between)
	intra-	within	intrastate, intramural
Roots/Bases	brev-	short	brief, abbreviate, brevity
	cruc-	cross	crucifix, crucial, crucify
	culp-	guilt	culpable, culprit
	glyph-	vertical groove	Hieroglyphics—Egyptian “sky writing”
	holo-	whole, entire	holograph, holocaust, holistic
	iso-	equal, identical	isolate, isotope
	mon-	warn	premonition, admonition
	sed- / sess - / sid-	to sit	sedate, subside, sedentary, session
	struct- / stru-	to build	misconstrue, structure, destruction
Suffixes

Odyssey Book Organization (Academic)

This assignment is to prepare for the Socratic Seminar that will take place on 1/23 and 1/24. It is a required assignment for Academic classes and an optional assignment for any Honors student who thinks they could benefit from the organization.

Go through each book in the Odyssey and write down the following:
- The book number
- The page number the book starts on
- One sentence summarizing the most important thing that happens in that book

Example:
Book 1 (Page 1) - Athena comes to help Telemachus search for his father Odysseus.

Having the summaries and page numbers will assist you in finding direct quotes and navigating your Odyssey book during the Socratic Seminar.

Remember, you can access the online version of the Odyssey by going to the 'Scanned Class Documents' section above, and following the directions that appear.

Socratic Seminar - Hero Music Analysis (Honors)

Analyze the following lyrics and relate them to The Odyssey and our Socratic Seminar Questions for Quarter 2.

Hero Songs

Links to listen:
Kryptonite by Three Doors Down
Superman (It's not Easy) by Five for Fighting

Link to how to analyze song lyrics: How to: Song Analysis

Socratic Seminar Make-up Requirements

If you are going to be absent on the day of a Socratic Seminar you will need to complete the following written assignment by 1/26 (Friday - Last day of Quarter).

Answer the Socratic Seminar questions (for your current quarter) and relate them all back to the readings we have done in that quarter. Each response to the questions needs to be a minimum of a paragraph long and include at least one direct quote from the required reading to support your answer to the questions.

Quarter 2:
Readings:
The Odyssey - (you can access the online version from 'Scanned Class Documents')
Research your own Everyday Hero article.
Song Analysis HONORS (post above)
Use real life examples to answer the questions as well.

Questions:
1.) What is a hero? What is a villain?
2.) How does the definition of a hero change? (Across time, culture, situation?) What (if anything) is unchanging about the definition?
3.) From where does courage come?
4.) How to choices shape our character.

Greek Hero vs. Everyday Hero

Greek Hero vs. Everyday Hero

Research, use Odyssey direct quotes, and use your Greek Hero notes from the beginning of the quarter to write up a summary of what a Greek Hero is.

Then, create a summary of an everyday hero. Who do you consider a hero? Why? How are they the same/different from Odysseus and other Greek heroes? Use the internet to find a story about an everyday hero, take down the citation for the site and get at least one direct quote that helps you create and support your definition of an everyday hero.

Odyssey Socratic Seminar Essential Questions

Answer the following questions using direct quotes and situational examples from the text: The Odyssey. Think about our real world when answering these questions as well. Your answers should be at least a paragraph each including a minimum of one direct quote from the Odyssey each.

- What is a hero?  What is a villain?
- How does the definition of a hero change?  (Across time, culture, situation?)  What (if anything) is unchanging about the definition?
- From where does courage come?
- How do choices shape our character?

Grade Check

Today you will have 10-15 minutes to check your grades on StudentVUE. If you have a D or F in any classes, I would like you to look through your backpack for missing work and email that teacher (see email requirements below). Politely ask if there is anything you can make up in order to improve your grades.

If you are missing work for English class:
- Figure out what is missing. If it was turned in on Turnitin.com, double check that you have actually submitted.
- If it was a paper, look through your backpack to see if you can find it.
- If you are missing a quiz, figure out which one and find the study list for it under the blog label 'Vocab'.

Then: Email me - Shelby.Whittington@LCPS.org
- If you have submitted something to Turnitin.com and now need it graded, include what day you turned your paper in and what day it was actually due on.
- If you found a paper you need to turn in, tell me which one it is and why it was not turned in on time.
- If you are missing a quiz, tell me which one and suggest a Rock Block date and half that works for you to come and make it up.

Email Requirements:
- Start with - Dear Mrs. Whittington, (Same for any other teacher name)
- When you email a teacher or adult, you must use proper grammar. Capitalize 'i'. Do not use shorthand like 'u'. Do not write fragments, use complete sentences with punctuation.
- Sign your name at the bottom using your own information: Example:
                                           Thank you,
                                           Shelby Whittington
                                           Block 2

Remember:
In high school YOU are responsible for your grades. YOU are responsible for your make up work and any work you missed when you were sick. Always communicate with your teachers and do not assume that anyone else is going to do your work for you. This is your introduction to adulthood and the only one who is going to live your life for you, is you.