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LA MESA ONLY: Week of 5/2/16 - 5/6/165/11/2016 On Wednesday, I collected the final drafts of your argumentative essays. The rest of the week, we focused on science fiction. We actually began by looking at an intriguing bit of science fact consisting of mysterious radio signals received from space. Remember, the work of a science fiction author is to look at what we know about science and the universe and to speculate about what we don't know. We began with a video introducing the topic: http://www.universetoday.com/122409/what-was-the-wow-signal/ Next, in groups, students read two articles on recent discoveries regarding these radio signals. The articles are located in the resources section of my website. After reading the articles, students wrote in response to the following questions: What is an FRB? What are the 2-3 most important things you learned about FRBs in the article that you read? What do you think is the most reasonable explanation for FRBs? Next, we began a piece of speculative science fiction writing on the topic of these radio signals. The prompt for the writing piece is also located in the resources section of my site. The completed writing piece is due next class. On Friday, students shared their short science fiction writing pieces. Then, we focused on the popular science fiction concept of time travel. We read an article on the theoretical possibility of traveling through time. Next, we watched an episode of The Twilight Zone, which covered some of the common problems that occur in fictional time travel scenarios. Link to the video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3lpfgi The video response questions are attached below. Homework: We will not be having onsite classes the next two weeks due to standardized testing. Over these next two weeks, please finish reading the novel I, Robot. Then, complete two books projects for I, Robot from the list attached below. Lastly, read and complete the response questions for the following news article: http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/daily-news-article/want-to-know-what-facebook-really-thinks-of-journalists/
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June 2016
AuthorpagesChris Trompas - English teacher at the Learning Choice Academy in Chula Vista and La Mesa, CA. |