Wednesday, April 3 Day 8

What Really happens to the plastic you throw away?
https://www.ted.com/talks/emma_bryce_what_really_happens_to_the_plastic_you_throw_away#t-6965

HW: TBD

A and Period - You need to complete the activity that is in Classroom. It's titled "Plastic Charts." This is a reading and writing activity that will be graded. 

We will also analyze your work with the below article

Plastic Wrap Is Better
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sv4TeHF5Jh3s0dTpk0sMYTsqlACe9S2poTGiNpBmTq0/edit?usp=sharing

C Period - We will work on crafting a song about plastics - the problems and solutions

Objectives:

Be Kind

Stay Safe

Social Studies

Guiding Principle 8 An effective history and social science education incorporates the study of current events and news/media literacy. When teaching history and social science, teachers have a unique responsibility to help students consider events – including current events – in a broad historical, geographical, social, or economic context. 

Digital Literacy
6-8.DTC.b.1 Communicate and publish key ideas and details individually or collaboratively in a way that informs, persuades, and/or entertains using a variety of digital tools and media-rich resources.

6-8.DTC.c.3 Gather, organize, and analyze information from digital sources by quoting, paraphrasing, and/or summarizing.

6-8.DTC.c.4 Create an artifact, individually and collaboratively, that answers a research question and communicates results and conclusions.

Literacy
1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
a. Introduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims/critiques, and organize the reasons and evidence logically in paragraphs and sections.
 b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
 c. Use words, phrases, and clauses with precision to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims/critiques, reasons, and evidence.
 d. Establish and maintain a style appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., formal for academic writing).
 e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented