The guiding questions and big ideas addressed in this week’s lessons are:
- How is the adolescent brain changing?
- Should screen time be limited? Why or why not?
- How can I make an informed decision about an issue and then effectively argue my position?
- The teenage brain is in a period of dynamic growth and change that is unique to this stage of my life.
- Researchers wonder how screen time affects the development of adolescents.
- Effective arguments include sound, relevant, and sufficient evidence.
- Students will analyze photos, videos, and quotes to find a main idea. Students will also determine important ideas in the article “Teens and Decision Making.”
- Students will determine the main idea and supporting ideas/details in “Teens and Decision Making.” Students will also determine the meaning of unknown technical words.
- Students will compare a text-only version of “The Child’s Developing Mind” to the multimedia version of that text. Students will analyze the impact of techniques unique to text and multimedia.
- Students will analyze the main ideas and supporting ideas/details in “Insight into the Teenage Brain.” Students will summarize the main idea and supporting details in a well-explained paragraph.
- Students will analyze the main idea and supporting ideas/details in “Development of the Young Brain.” Students will compare the text and video of “Development of the Young Brain.”