Unit 5: Lesson 8 (May 16)

Work on your final assignment. Pay careful attention to the details below, relevant rubric, and feedback on past formative and summative tasks. Final work is to be uploaded to turnitin by the end of Friday's class (20th of May).

Informative	Argument	Presentation
Task expectations: 5 paragraph essay (min); double spaced) Interesting focus Detailed evidence Analysis that links evidence to supporting ideas/focus Images with captions MLA citations (in-text; work cited page).	Task expectations: 5 paragraph essay (min); double spaced) Compelling claim Detailed evidence Counterargument and rebuttal Call to action Thought-provoking conclusion MLA citations (in-text; work cited page).	Task expectations: 5-7mins in length Compelling claim Detailed evidence Counterargument and rebuttal Effective intro, thought-provoking conclusion Confident delivery, use vocalisation and non verbals Use digital media to engage the audience.
Informative Rubric	Argument Rubric	Presentation rubric

Unit 4: Lesson 5 (May 6)

Final Proposal due at the beginning of class today.

Today's goals

• work on Research Portfolio (Final Research Portfolio Rubric)
• continue Student/Teacher conference on ideas for the final, book and preliminary research

H/W: Continue to work on Research Portfolio. It is due at the end class on Thursday,  12th of May. It is worth 25% of your final grade. 

Unit 4: Lesson 4 (May 4th)

Working on Final Proposal

Goals for today: Complete Final Proposal

• Student/Teacher conference on ideas for the final, book and preliminary research
• Rubric standards
• Calendar 
• Start research portfolio for final. Make a copy and put in drop- Final Research Portfolio Rubric 

H/W: Completed Final Proposal due at the START of Friday's class; work on research portfolio. 

Unit 4: Lesson 3 (April 29)

Informative Review

How are Informative and Argument different?

Recognizing Indigenous Culture

The power of language: Stereotypes ignore and lot of hard work AND Mean Tweets


Informative Analysis of Sports narratives 

Informative Analysis: Make a copy and put in your drop.

What themes do you see in the various clips? What is the message of these and how is it communicated in the media?

Watch the following trailers:

Friday Night Lights

Necessary Roughness

The Contender (only need to watch the 1st 3 minutes)

Start working on the Final Proposal (in drop)

H/W: Get a book and start reading.

Unit 4: Lesson 2 (April 26)

Sports and Politics

• What role should sport play in politics? 

How does sport impact society?

Documentary Analysis: VICE Argument Analysis (make a copy and put in your drop) 

Preliminary Research 2

Find 3 articles about how SPORT impacts society.

You will submit:

• 1 Guiding question
• 3 printed articles that you have annotated
• 1 thesis statement/argument paragraph that answer the guiding question

HW: Print and finish your second preliminary research. Due at the beginning of Friday's class.

Unit 4: Lesson 1 (April 25th)

Sports and Society 

For our final unit, we are going to explore the role that sport and society have on each other.

Literature of Character Final

Before you decide which skill you would like to redo, we will review each of the required skills and rubrics: informative, presentation and argument.

Presentation skills: What is a global citizen? 

• What is a global citizen?
• How could sports be used to solve global issues?

Individual task: complete the Presentation Analysis

Preliminary Research

Start some preliminary research about a global issue that interests you. This preliminary research will be submitted next class. 

You will submit:

• 1 Guiding question
• 3 printed articles that you have annotated by hand
• 1 thesis statement/argument paragraph that answer the guiding question

H/W:  Print and finish your preliminary research. Due at the beginning of next class.