Completing your social media essay

You have the period today to work on your essay. Include specific quotes from the sources. Upload your essay by the end of class.

Social Media Essay

In class on Wednesday, January 31, you will be writing an in-class essay on social media.

You will either argue:

• The positives of social media outweigh the negatives 
• OR 
• The negatives of social media outweigh the positives 

Your essay must contain

• An introduction with a thesis statement 
• First body paragraph with an assertion 
• 3 pieces of evidence from the material in class or from your outside research 
• Second body paragraph with an assertion 
• 3 pieces of evidence from the material in class or from your outside research 
• A conclusion that contains some prediction for the future with regards to social media 
• Internal citations and a properly formatted MLA Works Cited page with credible sources 

You'll have the entire class period on Wednesday to write your essay. All essays will be submitted to turnitin by the end of Wednesday's class period.

Being 13 - Social Media Continued

Today we'll finish Being Thirteen: Inside the Secret World of Teens.

HW for the weekend is to browse these articles and choose two to read completely. Write a one paragraph response to each of those two articles, and upload your responses to turnitin. Be sure to include the article title with the response. 

• What teens wish their parents knew about social media

• The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers

• Teens: This is how social media affects your brain

• 10 Reasons Why Social Media Is Great For Teenagers

• Social media bad for the minds of young people, right? Maybe not.

• The Vital Time You Shouldn't Be On Social Media

Generation Like

Today we will continue watching and discussing Generation Like

Social Media

Today we will begin our discussion of social media by answering these four questions:

• What are the benefits of social media for your personally?
• What are the disadvantages of social media for you personally?
• What are the benefits of social media for the larger society?
• What are the disadvantages of social media for the larger society?

We will begin by focusing on the impact of social media in the larger society by watching and taking notes on Generation Like

The Marketplace of Ideas

Welcome to Second Semester!

This semester, we will be working towards building our:

Marketplace of Ideas

Death Penalty in 2017

Use Of The Death Penalty In U.S. Near A 25-Year Low, Report Finds

Clemency and the Death Penalty

Today, we will begin preparing to debate whether or not certain death row inmates deserve clemency:

Clemency Arguments
Argument Brainstorming Sheet

Your nonfiction book review assignment:

Nonfiction book review