Monday - "Proponents of government surveillance justify it by saying, 'If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about.' Does that statement adequately defend government policies that violate privacy? Do you agree with that statement? Why might a person still be worried about privacy, even with nothing to hide?"
Tuesday - Vocabulary Lesson 4 activity
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "Is the sacrifice of the one worth the prosperity of the many? Would you sacrifice your life for others? What if the sacrifice of the one was not optional, but enforced upon him or her?"
Thursday - Grammar Minutes - Parallel Structure
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite!"
- Quiz - Ch. 1, Book 1 of 1984
- Discuss Chapter 1 and begin Chapter 2 in class.
- HW - Finish Ch. 2
Tuesday - Vocabulary Lesson 4 activity
- Discuss 1984 briefly
- Read 1984 Ch. 3 in class. Finish for HW
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "Is the sacrifice of the one worth the prosperity of the many? Would you sacrifice your life for others? What if the sacrifice of the one was not optional, but enforced upon him or her?"
- Read "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Leguin (Full text is on the 10th Resources page)
- Discussion and analysis of themes.
Thursday - Grammar Minutes - Parallel Structure
- "Omelas"
- Read 1984 Ch. 4
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite!"
- Vocabulary Quiz # 4
- 1984