Wednesday,+January+19

** Lit Circles: Introduce Sign-Up Sheet for Lit Circles ** Write in the title you wish to read and the names of your group members on the sign-up sheet. Look at the titles available here. ===****Many of the titles only have a limited number of copies. First come, first serve! If the title you choose has been taken, you will be asked to choose a different book unless you agree to find the book on your own.**** ===  ** Learning Goal: ** **Use questioning strategy to deepen comprehension of a text and engage in rich text discussion**

Writer's Notebook: Observations
For 4 minutes- Record your observations on the above photo. Include: Remember: this section of your notebook is a place for you to record human behavior and your own observations about the world around you. Put your own life experience into it!
 * details you notice
 * impressions
 * Approximate age? Life situation?
 * What is he playing?
 * etc.

Read Aloud
Watch video on violent video games
 * Discuss video.

Read Aloud article from //The Wall Street Journal: Classroom Edition// January 2011: "Are Violent Videogames a Threat to Society?"

Mini-Lesson

 * 1) Tell students they will discuss the article via an organized discussion, Socratic Seminar like we modeled last class.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png" link="http://wordsworthdivas.wikispaces.com/file/view/NotesOrganizer_SocraticSeminar.docx"]] [|NotesOrganizer_SocraticSeminar.docx]Put on the timer, and give students 10 minutes to work individually to prepare notes for the discussion. It's important they NOT TALK as they don't need to have the same ideas to share in the discussion.
 * 1) Number of students to form groups of 4-5 students.
 * 2) Review the anchor chart created last class period on discussion skills.
 * 3) Have each group discuss in the center circle for five (5) minutes, using the online timer.

Violence in the Media: Your Thoughts...
Ideas to consider- freedom of speech, artistic expression, effect on today's youth, censorship, current events stories that have involved this topic, school shootings, teen violence

Homework: Let's Continue the Discussion at Home!
Read the following article: The //American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's// position on gaming

Now consider all of the articles and videos from class and our discussions. Respond to at least two (2) of the threads in the discussion tab.

Tips:
 * Be prepared in your response. Don't give a short answer; write a detailed response.
 * Don't be afraid to have a conversation! Read earlier posts and piggy-back off your classmates' ideas.
 * Take it to the text! Remember that the point is to back our arguments with details from the text. Reference the texts we have read in your own responses.
 * You might even research further! This may be a topic of interest for your multi-genre research project. If you find more information, share it with us!