CRITIQUE!!

Critique Protocol
1. On the top of your draft, write a focusing question for your peers to address as they critique.  (Think:  What do you want them to look for?  What are you struggling with most?)
2.  Look at the "content" section of the rubric.  On the the top of your drafts, please jot down which two content areas that you need to work on most.
3. Do a three way exchange.  Critiquers, give feedback to the draft in the margins (use the "review" and "track changes" functions for electronic documents.  Focus on the two content areas and the focusing question.
4.  When everyone is done, discuss your feedback and clarify any confusion.
5.  REVISE YOUR OWN DRAFT!!

Narrative History Online Exhibition
Thank you to Tatum and Nolan for designing a website to exhibit our narrative history project!  Everyone will need to submit their narratives by the end of this week so that they can put them on our website.
1.  Please submit your narrative, your reflection, and some sort of visual piece to t.duke15@animashighschool.com.
2.  Please format like this model as a Google doc.   The narrative and the reflection should be on the same document, and should have 14 font bolded titles:  "INSERT STORY TITLE HERE" and "Reflection." The rest of the writing should be in 12 font and not bold. 
3.  Submit any associated images along with the narrative.  If your whole project is image-based, please upload your images into Google docs and share with Tatum. If your project has auditory elements, upload the the files into Google and share them.  Google doc should then say "Artist Statement" and "Reflection.  
4.  Submitting this by Friday will be worth a completion grade of 10 points.
5.  Thanks Tatum and Nolan!!

WORK TIME:  WRITING AND VISUAL

Pre-critique Activity(small groups):  Show (not Tell) Stations


WORK TIME:  Manage your time according to these objectives

• Draft due tomorrow for critique! (10 points for being on time)  You may print 2 copies or just have two electronic copies open on your computer fro your critiquers to review.
• Revised draft is due to me Friday (10 points for being on time).  If I don't receive your draft by the end of the weekend, you will not get my feedback.
• Work on visual piece throughout this week and over project week.
• There are three days of school leading up to exhibition when we return (including the day of!).  Plan accordingly!

STARTER
Final Journal:  Describe your personal process with this Inspiration Journal.  Reflect on how writing in this journal prepared you (or not) for the larger project.  Be specific.  Do you have any feedback on how the Inspiration Journal Assignment can be improved in future years?

TURN IN:  Inspiration Journal

Check out these handouts on writing craft!
Passive v Active Verbs
USE MORE Active Verbs!!

WORK TIME
Draft due for Peer Critique on Wednesday!
Work on your visual piece.  Let me know if you need me to procure you any materials for this!

Today's Goals

• Improve our drafts by adding some descriptive details (SHOW, DON'T TELL!)
• Keep Drafting...
• Energy perspective?

WORK TIME

• Watch this video mini-lesson on "Show, Don't Tell."  
• Journal Entry:  "Showing" (explained in video)
• DRAFT!
• Fill out this Google form to help me gather some information!

3rd period:  Guest Speaker!

HOMEWORK

Inspiration Journal Due Monday!  

See rubric for a complete list of what should be in there!

Draft for peer critique due Wednesday!

Begin working on your visual!

Today's Goals

• Brainstorm Visual Piece
• Draft on!

Starter:  Check in (index card)

1. Where are you in your project? What is your topic/idea for your essay and /or visual?

2. What do you need? From me, from each other, from class today, from yourself?

Sense of Place Visual Piece Rubric

A picture paints a thousand words (but you still have to write, too...)

HOMEWORK

Inspiration Journal due Monday!!

Continue to draft!!!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!

Starter:  Let's go take a #GlobalSelfie to participate in NASA's Earth Day effort to collect portraits of Earthlings in their places!  Post your photo to social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+) with the hash tag #GlobalSelfie.  Also, email me a copy so that I can make a collage!

REMINDERS: 

• TURN IN:  Abbey assignment (by the end of the hour today!).  You should turn in the physical annotations as well as share the partner discussion notes on a Google Doc 
• INSPIRATION JOURNAL DUE IN ONE WEEK!  You should be doing the out-of-class assignments as homework.
• HONORS Book Club meeting on Wednesday to discuss The Omnivore's Dilemma.

TODAY'S GOALS

• Understand the guidelines for the Sense of Place writing piece
• Critique student example sense of place writings
• Generate ideas and creative thought for your own writing!

AGENDA
1. Go over the Sense of Place Writing Task Statement and Rubric 

2. JOURNAL: Critique student examples from the Class of 2014 (Call this "Student Critiques")

Read the 3 student examples in this folder and as you do, jot down notes in your journal that answer these questions under the heading "Student Critiques":

• What is this student's environmental ethic?
• Does he/she use elements of the “Grand Style” to SHOW the place to the reader?  (at least two of the following should be present: metaphor, simile, analogy, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, sensory images like sight, taste, touch, sound, smell).  QUOTE the lines from the writing and explain which element of the Grand Style it uses.
• Overall, what is your reaction to this piece? Do you like it? What specifically do you like? What questions did it raise for you?  

3. WORK TIME!
*Finish partner discussion in Abbey assignment:  due today!
*Brainstorm/draft your written piece and/or visual piece

• Stuck? Look through the list of examples and inspiration provided on the task statement document.  Re-read all your starters, journals, and assignments to rediscover your own ideas.

HOMEWORK:

• INSPIRATION JOURNAL
• YOU SHOULD HAVE A WORKING DRAFT OF YOUR SENSE OF PLACE WRITING FOR THURSDAY...

Starter:  Pair share yesterday's journal entry.  After reading your partner's entry, try to identify how they are characterizing their relationship with place.  Have a brief discussion about your project ideas thus far.


Goals for Today

• Understand the four elements of nature writing
• Define (and practice!) the "Grand Style" of rhetoric
• Critique Edward Abbey's personal place essays for the elements of Nature Writing

1. Nature Writing Lesson and Examples

2.  INSPIRATION JOURNAL:
Call this entry "The Grand Style"
Write a passage to describe your place (or any place) using the Grand Style.
"Strike the Senses!"  Sensory Images!!  Figurative Language!! Rich Details!!

3. Assignment for today and tomorrow:
Edward Abbey's Personal Non-Fiction Essays
Here is an optional template for organizing your notes for parts 2 and 3.
My advice is to try to get done with the readings and Part 1 (annotation) today and tonight to buy yourself time to start drafting your essay tomorrow after doing Parts 2 and 3 with a partner.  Does this mean you might have HOMEWORK?  Your choice.  Assignment due at the end of the hour tomorrow.


WORK TIME for Friday

• Finish Abbey assignment, partner discussion
• Writing:  Start drafting your essay, catch up on journal
• Read essays and examples of nature writing and other genres of place (photography, short film, etc.) to get inspired

Starter:  Why stay in Chernobyl?  Because it's home.


Goals for today:  

• Familiarize yourself with some frameworks of "sense of place" as characterized by relationships to place and community attachments. 
• Continue to define sense of place for yourself.
• Generate ideas and creative thoughts!
• Learn about the nation’s largest and oldest river conservation organization, Trout Unlimited,  through the presentation of Ty Churchwell. 

"A sense of place is the sixth sense, an internal compass and map made by memory and spatial perception together.” —Rebecca Solnit

1. Categories of Sense of Place: Relationships to Place and Community Attachments

2. Sense of Place Essays from Orion Magazine

TOGETHER:  Read "Traverse City, MI" 

• PAIR SHARE:  Which of the categories of sense of place seem to apply here?  What sort of relationship to the place does the author have?  How would you characterize is his community attachment?  

READ AT LEAST 3 MORE (PERHAPS YOU ALREADY DID SO?) yourself, asking the same questions of each. Note your connections and observations in your journal.  For each, quote the text where you see these elements.  (Label the entry "Orion Essays" and indicate which essay you read.)

• Which of the categories of sense of place seem to apply here?  
• What sort of relationship to the place does the author have?  
• How would you characterize his/her community attachment?  
• Does the author reveal his/her environmental ethic?  

Suggested reads:

Sioux Falls, SD

The Backcountry

Chunky, Missippissippi

The Bluffs: Pacific Palisades, CA

Oakland, CA

INSPIRATION JOURNAL:   Expand on yesterday's entry in an attempt to characterize further your relationship with that place and/or your community attachment.   Use rich details!

3rd period
Guest Speaker, Ty Churchwell from Trout Unlimmited

•http://www.tu.org/

•TU is America’s oldest and largest river conservation non-profit organization:  54 years as an org and 150,000 members across the country

•Ty is on the staff with our public land division, the ‘Sportsmen’s Conservation Project’ (SCP)

•SCP is headquartered in Durango with staff of 30 in all eleven western states

•He represents hunters/anglers in discussions of our public lands and riversrs

2nd period

BONANZA LESSON!  Welcome, Craig!

3rd period

Goals for today

• See how others establish their sense of place.
• Continue to define sense of place for yourself.
• Generate ideas and creative thoughts!

Sense of Place Essays from Orion Magazine

READ AT LEAST 3 OF THE ESSAYS ON orionmagazine.org.  Think about how the authors establishes sense of place in ways that are personal and authentic.  Each has his or her own style and distinct connection to place.  

Suggested reads:

Sioux Falls, SD

The Backcountry

Chunky, Missippissippi

The Bluffs: Pacific Palisades, CA

Oakland, CA

INSPIRATION JOURNAL:  Name the journal entry after a place, such as in the titles of the Orion essays.  Write about that place with details that attempt establish your connection to that place.  

2nd period
Learning Goal:  
Evaluate the various issues (economic, social, environmental) at stake in making decisions about energy development as applied to Naturita, Colorado and the Pinon Ridge Mill. 

1. 15 minutes with groups to prepare for Pinon Ridge Town Hall Debate!

2. 45 minutes:  Town Hall Debate and Vote


3rd period
Goals for today:

• Understand upcoming creative writing assignments and get questions answered
• Define SENSE OF PLACE 
• Begin to generate ideas for your sense of place essay

UPCOMING CREATIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
1.  Inspiration Journal Assignment
BRING JOURNAL STARTING TOMORROW!
2.  Sense of Place Essay
BEGIN THINKING ABOUT WHICH PLACE YOU MAY WANT TO CENTER YOUR PROJECT ON!

Defining Sense of Place

Freewrite:  Where is your place?  Describe it in detail.  Let your ideas flow....

No starter!

Finish Powerpoint.

Response Writing:  Call it "4.11" on your Energy and Place Starter Google Doc:  Answer one of the "Food for Thought" questions on the last slide of the PPT in writing.

Town Hall Debate Meeting prep with groups.

NO Homework if your group is ready for the debate!

Starter 4.10:  Watch "Cancer Alley" and "Uranium Drive-in" and discuss how these videos relate to the concept of environmental justice.

Lecture:  Innovation and Mutation:  Adapting to a Changing Ecology


HOMEWORK:  
Town Hall Debate prep!  (due tomorrow)
Get Inspiration Journal! (bring Monday)

Goals for the Day:

●     Understand the difference between two types of environmental ethics: Environmental Justice and Sustainability and consider if either of these are elements you would incorporate into your personal ethics.

●     Know what “NIMBY” means

●     Evaluate the tension between environmental preservation and environmental justice.  Can we protect pristine wilderness areas AND make sure low-income communities are safe from environmental injustices/health hazards? 

1. Starter 4.9:  Watch this video on the concept of NIMBY-ism.  What is your reaction?  How did this video expand your thinking on the intersection between energy production and one's sense of place?

2. Review definitions for "environmental justice" and "sustainability"
3. Follow the directions for the activities

Case Studies in Environmental Justice and Sustainability
(You need to make this up if you are absent today!)
4. Submit by email a document with all three activities completed.  Put "Justice and Sustainability" in the subject line.
Add to document:  4. Synthesize your thoughts after your partner discussion.  Discuss your thoughts on at least 2 of the questions.  

HOMEWORK:  
1. Finish Case Studies and submit by tomorrow.  If you didn't have time for a partner discussion, try to find another 11th grader to talk to before tomorrow about the readings/questions.  If you can't do so, answer 2 of the questions in part for in writing to the best of your ability.
2. Town Hall Debate prep for Friday!
FOR FRIDAY'S HOMEWORK:  
***CHANGE THE 3rd LINK to THIS ONE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/fukushima-cancer-rates-risks_n_2779729.html (This article discusses the cancer risks after the Fukishima nuclear power plant explosion)
***Use this source to figure out how health risks will be controlled:
http://pinonridgemill.com/operations.html

Assign:  Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill Town Hall Debate Prep (due Friday)


Get Inspiration Journal by next Monday


Please TURN IN your answer to #9 from the Land Ethic Discussion Questions!
(9. How would you characterize your own environmental ethic and how did you come to hold these beliefs? In other words, what childhood experiences or works of literature inspired these beliefs?  Think about whether or not your ethic comes from self-interest or from a true interest in non-human elements.  Or does it come from an interest in sustainability (using enough of the land for what we need while preserving as much as possible for future generations) or justice (ensuring that all people have access to clean environments).)

Environmental Ethics Quiz
Extra Credit (3 points: attach a sheet of paper):  How would Also Leopold respond to the ideas presented by Patrick Cummins in yesterday's talk?  For full credit, you will need to make specific references to ideas from both Leopold and Patrick!


When you finish the quiz, you may begin to work on PR Uranium Mill assignment and/or read through Inspiration Journal assignment.  There is nothing specific due tomorrow!

Goals for the Day

• Be able to define and give the characteristics of Aldo Leopold's concept of "The Land Ethic"
• Determine the strengths and limitations of the Land Ethic
• Gain some perspective and wisdom from our guest speaker!

2nd Period

Starter 4.7:  Listen to this segment of the TED Radio Hour episode, "Everything is Connected."  What is your reaction to the ideas of this podcast?  Can you connect this to the concept of the Gaia hypothesis?  What might be the implications in terms of "The Land Ethic"?

Whole Class Discussion:  "The Land Ethic" by Aldo Leopold

TURN IN: Three discussion questions answered in writing

Discussion Questions

Exit Ticket to Break:  Answer question #9 in writing.  Send it to me by email.  Put "Land Ethic #9" in the subject line.


Third Period

Guest Speaker: Patrick Cummins from Western Climate Initiative


HONORS:  Turn in The Monkey Wrench Gang.  Sign out a copy of The Omnivore's Dilemma.  Study Guide can be found on the Honors tab of my DP.

HOMEWORK:  Study for Quiz tomorrow!  
Get Inspiration Journal by next Monday!!!

1st period 

HONORS:  With me to Stephen's room for MWG seminar!

1. Starter 4.4:
Watch and react to Leyla Acaroglu's TED talk.   How does her talk relate to environmental ethics?  
How do her ideas make you think more deeply about our current content? 

2.  Read and annotate Aldo Leopold's "The Land Ethic."  Here is a helpful resource for understanding it better.

3.  Review Vocab and Discussion Q's.  Answer 3 of them by Monday.

2nd period

1. Finish yesterday's Environmental Ethics lesson

2. Take India Waller's Senior Project Survey

3. Turn in your narrative reflection if you haven't already done so!

4.  Scholarship Opportunity for all Juniors!  For more information, there will be a lunch next week where details will be clarified, date and time TBA.


HOMEWORK:
Read and annotate "The Land Ethic" and answer 3 discussion questions of your choice.

Quiz Tuesday on "The Land Ethic" and Environmental Ethics

HONORS:  Seminar Reflection (due Monday) and Choice Project (due Tuesday)!

Starter 4.3:  Freewrite a reaction to yesterday's Supreme Court decision.

Powerpoint:  Introduction to Environmental Ethics, Part 1

Check for Understanding

•Come up with a scenario involving an environmental issue and decide the most ethical way of solving it from a consequences, virtue and duty perspective. 

•Examples: recycling, energy/natural resource consumption (electricity, gasoline, water etc..), animal testing, etc…

Introduction to homework reading: "The Land Ethic" by Aldo Leopold, vocab overview + discussion questions

Homework:
Read and annotate "The Land Ethic" by Friday, familiarize yourself with discussion questions
QUIZ Heads Up! (/Monday/Tuesday of  next week)

Goals for today:

• Critically discuss the arguments outlined in "Bakken Business" and determine if you think drilling in the Bakken is progress.

• Begin to understand the field of environmental ethics

***Get out your "Bakken Business" readings for me to check annotations***



AGENDA

1.In your groups, do one more Station from yesterday's activity.

While still in your groups, discuss the questions on the first page of this handout.

2. Whole class Discussion of homework assignment "Bakken Business": 


3. EXIT TICKET TO BREAK:
Answer the BIG QUESTION: Is the oil extraction in the Bakken progress?  What is your emerging opinion on fracking?  Is this an energy option that the US should continue to use?

4. Show of hands:  Who wants to take notes on paper?  Otherwise, download the Environmental Ethics Lecture Notes Form

5. Read the first page of the notes form and follow the directions to Starter 4.2.  (Complete starter 4.2 on your Energy and Place Starters Google Doc!)


For further reading....
IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT BURNING NATURAL GAS (as mentioned in "Bakken Business")
NEW TOWN, N.D. — Across western North Dakota, hundreds of fires rise above fields of wheat and sunflowers and bales of hay. At night, they illuminate the prairie skies like giant fireflies.
They are not wildfires caused by lightning strikes or other acts of nature, but the deliberate burning of natural gas by oil companies rushing to extract oil from the Bakken shale field and take advantage of the high price of crude. The gas bubbles up alongside the far more valuable oil, and with less economic incentive to capture it, the drillers treat the gas as waste and simply burn it.

Every day, more than 100 million cubic feet of natural gas is flared this way — enough energy to heat half a million homes for a day.

The flared gas also spews at least two million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, as much as 384,000 cars or a medium-size coal-fired power plant would emit, alarming some environmentalists.

All told, 30 percent of the natural gas produced in North Dakota is burned as waste. No other major domestic oil field currently flares close to that much, though the practice is still common in countries like Russia, Nigeria and Iran.

"This is the most beautiful place on earth.  There are many such places.  Every man, every woman, carriers in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.  A house-boat in Kashmir, a view down Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, a gray gothic farmhouse two stories high at the end of a red dog road in the Allegheny Mountains, a cabin on the shore of a blue lake in spruce and fir country, a greasy alley near Hoboken waterfront, or even possibly for those of less demanding sensibility, the world to be seen from a comfortable apartment high in the tender, velvety smog of Manhattan, Chicago, Paris, Tokyo, Rio or Rome- there's no limit to the human capacity for homing sentiment" -- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire, pages 1-2. 

Starter 4.1 (on google doc!):  Free write about a place that you find beautiful or that holds significant meaning to you. Think about why you find it beautiful or why it is important to you.  Try to describe the beauty of the place.

Goal for Today
Understand the basic elements of our last project, "Energy and Place"

Project Overview:  Q&A

Stations Activity (in groups)

Introducing Ashley Carruth, everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ashley’s read-aloud of her example personal sense of place essay. 

• As you listen, mark a line that seems to reveal her environmental ethic. 
• Mark a line that reflects her perception of energy production. 
• Mark a line that seems to capture her connection to place. 

Critique: Does her essay meet the project task description? How so?

Homework:
Finish reading and annotating "Bakken Business" for tomorrow