Critical+Reading+&+Thinking+Calendar

Critical Reading & Thinking

To practice the skills of critical reading and thinking; Become a community of bloggers who use blogs to read, write, and think about topics of value.
 * **Day** || **Objective & Plan** || **Materials/Docs/Etc. Needed** ||
 * 1 || Introduce Unit: Overall objectives

We've chosen a theme to get us started: Food (Local food, Eating real food, etc.) We will read a variety of articles on this topic and practice reading for information skills.

Beyond that, each of you will select a topic that you are personally interested in, search the Web for credible sources of information that you can use as evidence in blog posts that you will write. || Docs: 1) What does critical thinking/reading mean? 2) What does a community of bloggers look like? Why does one want to become part of a community of bloggers. ||
 * 2 || Fact versus Opinion. What does this mean? How can you tell? || Fact versus Opinion lesson. ||
 * 3 || Take food habits survey. Begin watching Food, Inc. || Dialectic notes organizer. Follow up questions list. ||
 * 4 || Continue film ||  ||
 * 5 || Finish film; Answer questions prior to discussion. ||  ||
 * 6 || Discuss film; hand in questions. ||  ||
 * 7 || Write a blog post about the film, using questions as the basis for the post. ||  ||
 * 8 || Get first article and read, looking for fact vs. opinion. Discuss the ideas. ||  ||
 * 9 || Get second article and read, using SOAPSTone chart. Discuss the ideas. ||  ||