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  • FVR
  • New Vocab (1st p)
  • Teen Special Topics group work
    • One person shares Teen Brain Special Topic slides with your group and teachers
    • Divide up articles. Some will work with a partner. Read and annotate thoroughly (minimum of 8 per page)
  • Work on Teen Brain Special Topic slides

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Homework: Article and annotations are due before class tomorrow

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Finish Common Lit

Kyleigh, Amanda, Emily, Toni, Elena,

Amelia, Ashton, Jylian

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Thursday, September 10

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  • Blooket vocab review
  • Vocab quiz #3/FVR
  • Finish The Social Dilemma

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Finish Common Lit

Kyleigh, Amanda, Emily, Toni, Elena,

Amelia, Ashton, Jylian

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Tuesday, September 8

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  • FVR
  • Mini-lesson: Creating strong claims
  • Read and annotate Kelly Gallagher Article of the Week (AI)
  • DDI #1 Prompt: To what extent does using AI help or hinder teenagers’ ability to think and make choices independently?
  • Using evidence from “AI’s Boiling Frog Effect,” make a clear claim about whether AI strengthens or weakens teenagers’ independence as thinkers and decision-makers. Support your claim with at least one specific piece of evidence from the article and explain how and why that evidence supports your position.

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HOMEWORK

Vocab quiz on Tuesday!

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Friday, September 4

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  • Finish The Social Dilemma
  • Complete note catcher
  • Common Lit Assessment: This should take most

of the period. Effort = 100% in grade book

    • Log-in to my.bvsd.org (tile page)
    • Click on Common Lit tile
    • Click on Common Lit pre-assessment

FVR if you finish early

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Thursday, September 3

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  • Vocab review blooket
  • Vocab quiz/FVR
  • New Vocab
  • Continue The Social Dilemma
  • Complete note catcher

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Tuesday, September 1

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  • Start The Social Dilemma
  • Complete notecatcher

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HOMEWORK

Vocab quiz tomorrow!

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Monday, Aug 31

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  • FVR
  • New Vocab
  • Vocab in context mini-lesson
  • Watch Why Teens Turn From Parents
    • Take notes and add timestamps
  • Create 4th slide for slide deck
    • Must have a minimum of 4-5 quotes from video
  • Trashketball vocab review

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Friday, August 28

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  • 30 Minutes: With a partner or alone, read and annotate “Screen Time and the Brain”
    • Number the paragraphs
    • Annotate the title
    • Read, chat, and annotate. Aim for 6-8 quality annotations per page.
    • Provide a 20 word gist at the end of each page.

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  • Small groups: 2nd and 3rd source slide of research slide
    • “Thinking is Becoming a Luxury Good”
    • “Screen Time and the Brain”

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Thursday, August 27

9 of 17

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  • Word of the Day: Capricious
  • Vocab Review Blooket
  • Vocab quiz/ Extended FVR
  • Finish Collage presentations (last chance!)
  • Continue annotating

“Thinking is Becoming a Luxury Good”

  • 7-8 quality annotations per page plus

20 word gist due by beginning of class on block day

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Tuesday, August 25

10 of 17

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  • FVR
  • Word of the Day: Stratify
  • Finish Collage Presentations
  • Start reading and annotating “Thinking is Becoming a Luxury Good”
  • Annotate for:
    • Questions
    • Vocabulary
    • Personal connections
    • Key points you want to remember
    • Gist (20 word summary) at the end

of each page

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Monday, August 24

Homework

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Study for tomorrow’s vocab quiz

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  • Extended FVR
  • Word of the Day: Oligarch
  • Quick Write: Write about a time you made an impulsive decision or took a risky action
  • Finish Collage presentations

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Friday, August 21

Homework

Study vocab

Quiz Tuesday!

Attendance Question:

What is one item on your bucket list before you finish high school?

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  • FVR
  • Word of the Day: Eschewing
  • 10 collage presentations
  • Finish Surviving the Teenage Brain and take notes

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Small groups: Complete 1st source slide of Source Notes research slide deck. (One person per group makes a copy and shares with everyone including beth.christopher@bvsd.org). Directions

  • 1st period groups
  • 3rd period groups
  • 7th period groups

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Block Day, August 19 or 20

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Homework: Collages due before class on Block Day

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Tuesday, August 18

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Monday, August 17

Homework

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Collage due in Schoology before class on Block Day.

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Attendance Question:

Beyond friends and family, name

something for which you are grateful.

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  • School Photos. Attendance will

be taken after photos

  • Attendance question
  • Letter work time. Due Saturday by midnight

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Friday, August 14

Bring FVR book Monday!

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Thursday, August 13

Homework

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Pick up a notebook and FVR book

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Attendance Question:

Favorite concert or movie or series

you watched over the summer?

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