Fall+2016


 * [|January 25 - NY Times Film Club: "The Price of Uncertainty"]**
 * 1) What moments in the film stood out for you? Why?
 * 2) Were there any surprises? Anything that challenged what you know - or thought you knew?
 * 3) What messages, emotions or ideas will you take away form this film? Why?

__**January 30 - CER: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning**__
 * Claim
 * //**What**// do we know?
 * Specific and answers the question
 * Evidence
 * //**How**// do we know that?
 * Data
 * Facts
 * Statistics
 * Quotes
 * Anecdotes
 * Reasoning
 * **//Why//** does your evidence support your claim?
 * Connects evidence to claim

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Claim: My dad's a space alien.

Evidence:
 * 1) He speaks a weird language.
 * 2) He drinks green stuff.
 * 3) He say he's from Albuquerque. I'm not buying it.
 * 4) I mean, just look at him.
 * 5) And one more thing, he has a space ship.

Reasoning: The evidence doesn't lie. My dad's an alien.



January 31: [|REALLY? The Claim: Eating Carrots Improves Your Eyesight] //New York Times//


 * 1) What scientific claim does the article address?
 * 2) What initial statement does the article make about the validity of the claim?
 * 3) What primary facts about carrots does the article include?
 * 4) According to the article, under what conditions is poor vision rampant?
 * 5) Why might people eat carrots and still need glasses?
 * 6) In what ways does the article support the assertion that carrots improve eyesight, and in what ways do they not have any effect?
 * 7) What was the purpose of the 1998 John Hopkins study? Who were the subjects? What were the findings?
 * 8) Does the 2003 student at Brigham and Women's Hospital n Boston support or refute the 1998 research? How?
 * 9) What conclusion does the article draw with regards to the original claim?

Which is better?
 * Android vs iPhone
 * PS4 vs Xbox One
 * 4WD vs AWD
 * Peanut butter cups vs M & M's
 * Netflix vs Hulu
 * East coast vs West coast rap
 * Christmas vs Birthday
 * McDonald's vs Burger King
 * Cat vs Dog
 * Football vs Basketball
 * Hot vs Cold
 * Soda vs Gatorade
 * Popcorn vs Chips
 * Batman vs Spiderman
 * Mac vs PC
 * Facebook vs Twitter
 * Snapchat vs Instagram
 * Toyota vs Honda
 * Thin crust vs Deep dish
 * Real vs Artificial Christmas tree
 * Michael Jordan vs Kobe Bryant
 * New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons
 * Cable vs Satellite
 * Goggle vs Microsoft Word

[|Work Experience Survey]

[|52 Common Misconceptions, Debunked In One Infographic]

[|February 27 Conference sign-up]

Feb 28: [|Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States?]
 * Transition words
 * Vocabulary works
 * 50 words or less summary using 1 transition and 1 vocabulary word

[|March 1: Freakonomics - Should kids pay back their parents for raising them?]


 * [|March 20: Slow to Show - The Learning Network]**

**March 23: Today's work agenda -**

 * 1) **Bring whatever you need to work on Senior Showcase tomorrow, like pictures!!!**
 * 2) **Complete Practice questions for Math Equalities - don't know page #**
 * 3) **Moneyskill Module 25**
 * 4) **CIVICS!!!!**
 * 5) [|Freakonomics - "Why is My Life So Hard?"] - Take notes on and please answer these questions:
 * 6) How we build resentments?
 * 7) How those resentments can curdle our well-being?
 * 8) How we would all benefit from feeling some more gratitude?
 * spotlight effect
 * hot-hand notion
 * bias blind spot
 * self handicapping
 * Headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry
 * invisibles
 * [|Everything is amazing and no one cares - Louis CK]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,serif; font-size: 15px;">availability bias
 * habituation or adaptation
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,serif; font-size: 15px;">experimental accountant
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,serif; font-size: 15px;">Summary of podcast to include 10 sentences - think about how you summarize podcast to an adult.

Hard/Soft Skills:
[|Hard/Soft Skills Activity 1]

[|Skills to Pay the Bills - PDF]
 * [|Video]

[|As Americans fail drug tests,]

[|47% of jobs will disappear in the next 25 years]

[|NY Times Opinion - Jay Z: 'The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail']

[|Genius - annotated The War on Drugs IS an Epic Fail]

[|The Unintended Consequences of Taking a Hard Line on School Discipline]

[|An Effective but Exhaustive Alternative to High School Suspensions]