Friday, October 1st

1. Juvenile Justice - Open Letter

    ***Finalize and submit final draft (in Classroom)

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.

Wednesday, September 29th/ Thursday, September 30th

1. Journal #6 - Bland Sentences

2. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Peer-edit rough drafts 

    ***Final draft due: Friday, October 1st (at the end of the period)

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.

Tuesday, September 28th

1. Check updated grades in Aeries

2. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Rough drafts need to be ready for peer-edit on Wednesday/Thursday

    ***Final draft due: Friday, October 1st

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.

Monday, September 27th

1. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Add essay document to Classroom

    ***Begin to work on rough draft

    ***Final draft due: Friday, October 1st

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.

Friday, September 24th

1. Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Open Letter Rubric

    ***Tips and Outline

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to support their stance on whether or not juveniles should ever be tried as adults.

Wednesday, September 22nd/ Thursday, September 23rd

1. Counseling Wellness Survey

2. Submit Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives Chart (in Classroom)

2. Introduce and discuss essay topic for juvenile justice module
    ***Complete questions and begin drafting outline
    ***Open Letter Examples
    ***Final draft due: Wednesday, September 29th/ Thursday, September 30th

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives and organize an outline for their open letter.

Tuesday, September 21st

1. Counselor Visits

    ***College applications, scholarships, FAFSA, etc.!

Objective: Students will learn more about the FAFSA and college application process. 

Monday, September 20th

1. "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful"

    ***Four Corner Debate

Objective: Students will use sound evidence to support their stance during a Four Corner Debate.

Friday, September 17th

1.  "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful"

    ***Finalize arguments for Four Corner Debate (this will take place on Monday in class)

2. Add information to Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives - Charting Multiple Texts
    ***add "Furious" poem
    ***add "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins on Punishment and Teen Killers" article

    ***add "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful" article

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives.

Wednesday, September 15th/ Thursday, September 16th

1. Journal #5 - StoryCorp - Mary Johnson and Oshea Isreal

2. Read and discuss "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful"
    ***Complete reading and prepare for Four Corner Debate

Objective: Students will prepare sound arguments for a Four Corner Debate in class on Monday.

Tuesday, September 14th

1.  "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins on Punishment and Teen Killers"
    ***Article and précis paragraph

    ***Due: tonight

Objective: Students will write a strong précis paragraph.

Monday, September 13th

1.  "Furious" by C.R.
    ***Listen, illustrate, discuss, respond

Objective: Students will use imagery to bring C.R.'s poem and experience to life.

Friday, September 10th

1. Journal #4 - Letter

2.  Add information to Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives - Charting Multiple Texts
    ***add "Beautiful Brains" article
    ***add "Young Kids, Hard Time"

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives.

Wednesday, September 8th/ Thursday, September 9th

1. Journal #3 - Rehabilitation

2. Watch and discuss "Young Kids, Hard Time"
   ***notes

   ***"Young Kids, Hard Time" - Where are they now?

Objective: Students will reflect on the importance and potential impact of access to rehabilitation for people serving sentences within the justice system. 

Tuesday, September 7th

1. Begin "Beautiful Brains" by: David Dobbs
    ***Read, highlight, margin, discuss

    ***Complete assignment and submit in Classroom

2. Check updated grades in Aeries

Objective: Students will begin to understand how the development of the prefrontal cortex of the brain impacts decision making.