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=Weekly Lesson Plan:=


 * Monday || # Begin sonnet presentations
 * Please refer to sonnet assignment sheet and rubric to make sure all material is present.


 * [[file:Sonnet Analysis_presentation.doc]]
 * [[file:Sonnet_Presentation_Rubric.xls]] ||
 * Tuesday || # Continue sonnet presentations ||
 * Wednesday || # Continue sonnet presentations ||
 * Thursday || # Complete sonnet presentations ||
 * Friday || NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS ||

Shakespearean Sonnet Assignment

= = = Shakespearean Sonnet Links = Review the following links for information regarding your chosen sonnet. If you locate any additional links that you feel would benefit your classmates, please click the edit button and enter the link as explained at the beginning of class.

[] @http://poetry.eserver.org/sonnets/ @http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/ @http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-sonnets.htm

=Media Literacy=

Frontline Home Frontline Video Teacher Center Center for media literacy Media literacy.com Literacy Quiz Literacy Quiz Answers PBS Resources PBS Kids University of Oregon [|PBS Video]

= Anticipatory Set: = Answer the following questions prior to viewing the Frontline movie below.
 * 1) Technology makes life easier.
 * 2) One must be a successful user of technology to be a success.
 * 3) The benefits of technology far outweigh the negatives.
 * 4) In twenty years how will the world you live in today be viewed?

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 * Part One: || What have been the benefits you have experienced because of your use of technology? What are negatives you have experienced or believe you will experience because of the use of technology? ||
 * Part Two: || Do you consider yourself to be a multitasker? Should students be expected to multitask, or should teachers limit the amount of tasks you are asked to do at once? ||
 * Part Three: || Should the internet be available to every American? Is the South Korean model of providing unlimited internet a good model to follow? What is a better plan if any? ||
 * Part Four: || What are the positives and negatives of immersing students into classrooms and curricula that focus on technology as the vehicle for learning? Do you want your future education to based on technology or traditional forms of education? ||
 * Part Five: || What do you feel will be lost as we transition from text books and the written word to the new technologies of tomorrow? ||
 * Part Six: || Does technology make you feel like you have more personal relationships with people or are your relationships superficial? ||
 * Part Seven: || Does the world need to be connected? Are we better or worse off only being exposed to those people in our school or our community? ||
 * Part Eight: || What do you perceive as the dangers and advantages of utilizing virtual reality? ||
 * Part Nine: || Should schools be protected as places where focused thought can take place or should they become places of technology? ||