Thursday, March 7th

1. Open Letter
    ***Peer-edit rough drafts
    ***Final draft due: tonight before midnight

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

Tuesday, March 5th

1. Journal #6 - Bland Sentences

2. Open Letter
    ***Rough draft due: Thursday, March 7th (ready to peer-edit at the beginning of the period)!
    ***Final draft due: Thursday, March 7th (before midnight)!


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


Monday, March 4th

1.  Continue to work on Open Letter
    ***Rough draft due: Thursday, March 7th (ready to peer-edit at the beginning of the period)!
    ***Final draft due: Thursday, March 7th (before midnight)!

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

Friday, March 1st

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

***Rough draft due: Thursday, March 7th (ready to peer-edit at the beginning of the period)!
***Final draft due: Thursday, March 7th (before midnight)!

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives and write a strong open letter about juvenile justice.

Thursday, February 29th

1. Introduce and discuss essay topic for the juvenile justice module
    ***Complete questions and begin drafting an outline
    ***Tips and Outline
    
***Rough draft due: Thursday, March 7th (ready to peer-edit at the beginning of the period)!
***Final draft due: Thursday, March 7th (before midnight)!

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

Tuesday, February 27th

1. Finalize and submit the Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives Chart (in Classroom)
   ***Add "Juvenile InJustice...", "Young Kids, Hard Time" and "Furious"

2. Work on missing assignments from the Juvenile Justice unit
   *** The last day to submit missing assignments/ late work is Friday, March 1st

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives.

Monday, February 26th

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

Objective: Students will read and analyze the poem "Furious".


Friday, February 23rd

1. Journal #5 - Letter

2. Four Corner Debate

Objective: Students will present sound arguments during the Four Corner Debate in class today.

Thursday, February 22nd

1. Watch and discuss "Young Kids, Hard Time"
    ***notes
    ***"Young Kids, Hard Time" - Where are they now?

2.  "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased,and Harmful"
    ***Finish preparing for the Four Corner Debate on Friday

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

Tuesday, February 20th

1. Journal #4 - Mary Johnson and Oshea Isreal

2. "Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased, and Harmful"
    ***Read the article and begin preparing for the Four Corner Debate on Friday

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

Monday, February 19th

 No school - Presidents' Day!

Friday, February 16th

1. Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives - Charting Multiple Texts
    ***Complete for "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins...", "Stick-Up Kid", "and "Beautiful Brains"

2.  Work on missing assignments/ Amnesty Day

Objective: Students will synthesize information from multiple perspectives.

Thursday, February 15th

1. Journal #3 - Rehabilitation

2. Finish "Beautiful Brains" by: David Dobbs
    ***Read, highlight, margin, discuss
    ***Complete the assignment and submit in Classroom

Objective: Students will begin to understand how the development of the prefrontal cortex of the brain impacts decision-making and risk-taking behaviors in teens.

Tuesday, February 13th

1. Discuss the teenage brain
    ***prefrontal cortex
    ***executive function
    ***Why the teenage brain has an evolutionary advantage

2. Begin "Beautiful Brains" by: David Dobbs
    ***Read, highlight, margin, discuss
    ***Complete pages 1-3 (we will finish the article together on Thursday)

Objective: Students will begin to understand how the development of the prefrontal cortex of the brain impacts decision-making and risk-taking behaviors in teens.

Monday, February 12th

 No school - Lincoln's Day!

Friday, February 9th

1. Journal #2 - Freedom

2. "Stickup Kid"
    *** Discussion Questions

Objective: Students will be able to engage critically with the documentary "Stickup Kid".

Thursday, February 8th

1. Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives - Charting Multiple Texts
    ***Complete for "Wrestling Defense..." and "Should 11 Year Olds..." 

2. "Jennifer Bishop Jenkins on Punishment and Teen Killers"
    ***Article and précis paragraph
   ***Precis paragraph examples and outline

Objective: Students will write a strong précis paragraph in response to the JBJ article.


Tuesday, February 6th

1. Journal #1 - Traits

2.  "Should 11-Year Olds Be Charged With Adult Crimes?"
    ***Read, highlight, and complete assignment

Objective: Students will think critically about juveniles in the justice system.

Monday, February 5th

1.  JJ - Exploring Key Concepts (small groups)

2. Read and discuss juvenile crime scenarios

Objective: Students will explore and discuss concepts behind juvenile crime.