Week of April 29-May 3: Online Predators

Who is responsible for protecting teens from online predators?

pose -- contact -- prime -- minimum -- unmonitored

1. Who are online predators according to the topic introduction? Are there other online predators?
2. According to the topic introduction  who are considered prime targets for online predators?
3. Why would unmonitored websites be more dangerous than  Facebook?
4. According to the topic introduction  why do some teens accept friend requests from people they don’t know?
5. How can parents monitor their children’s internet use?
6. What do people lie about when they are on Facebook? Why do they lie? 

Achieve Readings: This week:
1.  Look! No Hands! Assigned 4/26
2. More Than a Fly on the Wall: ASSIGNED 4/23
3. A Bird's Eye View: ASSIGNED 4/23
4. Constant Communication 
  5. What's Your Pinterest?
6. Paging Dr. Robot

Word Illustrations - Online Predators
Due April 30. Locate the link in your gmail box.

Weeks of April 15 - April 30: Fiction Break

Achieve Readings: This week:
1. Constant Communication 
  2. What's Your Pinterest?
3. Paging Dr. Robot

Learning Targets for FICTION BREAK:

1. I CAN MONITOR THE PLOT EVENTS IN A NOVEL.
2. I CAN COMPARE SOCIAL ISSUES FROM ONE TIME PERIOD TO A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD.
   
   

   	6th - 7th	8th
   Monday	MEDICAL MARIJUANA	MEDICAL MARIJUANA
   Tuesday	Sherlock Holmes: PG 81 - 92:  The Adventure of the Speckled Band	Jekyll-Hyde:  Chp. 1, Introduction
   Wed	Sherlock Holmes: PG 92 - 102	Jekyll-Hyde:  Chp. 2-3
   Thur	Sherlock Holmes:  103- 123	Jekyll-Hyde:  Chp. 4-6
   Fri	Sherlock Holmes:  124-144	Jekyll-Hyde:  Chp.  7-9
   Monday	Sherlock Holmes:	FACS
   Tuesday	Sherlock Holmes:	FACS
   Wed	Sherlock Holmes:	FACS
   Thur	Sherlock Holmes:	FACS
   Fri	Sherlock Holmes:	FACS

Weeks of April 8 and 15 - Medical Marijuana

Should Marijuana be allowed as a medical treatment? distribution, sought, anecdote, front, outweigh Monday, April 8 Too Many Teen Smokers	A report released by the government discusses the problem of teen smoking and how it can be solved.
Tuesday, April 9 Need the Net	This Bonus Lesson is about how some people become hooked on (addicted to) video games, texting, and other technology.
Wed., April 10:   Keeping Kids Safe	Officials from 32 states are asking movie studios to put anti-tobacco warnings on all DVDs that show characters smoking.
Fair Warning	The U.S. government will require tobacco makers to put new, graphic labels on their cigarette packs in 2012. Not everyone agrees.
These Cigarettes Might Not Take Off	The government wants to ban electronic cigarettes on airline flights, but some people say "e-cigarettes" are not harmful.
A New Test for Florida Students	Some high school athletes in Florida now have to be tested for steroid use.