Mon., Jan. 12 – Eng. 10-A

Starter• Share your reaction to the images in your notebook by answering Qs. 1-2.Homework• Final Draft due Wed.• Notebooks due this week = Thur. – pd. 3 & 6; Fri. – pds. 1 & 9

AGENDA• Collect RD #2 (blue folders)• Read Anchor Text #1: “Texas v. Johnson” p. p. 15-16• Videos about FLAG BURNING• Answer Qs. # 1-3 & Performance Task on p. 17 {in notebook}

WOTD: grandiose

Mon., Jan. 12 – Eng. 10Starter• Study for Vocabulary QuizHomework• Notebooks due this week = Thur.

AGENDA• Vocabulary Quiz List #7• Discuss “Texas v. Johnson” p. 15-16• Flag Burning Videos• Complete Questions 1-3 & Performance Task p. 17

WOTD: grandiose

STARTER1. How do these images make you feel? Explain why.

2. What famous historical document is being quoted below? How does it relate to the images above?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Videos for FLAG BURNING

• Is it legal to burn an American flag? with an explanation of “Texas v. Johnson”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2jaH12iIvw

• Baseball Game Clip (1976) Rick Monday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV8QPQAhxo

Is Flag Burning Illegal?• Currently, flag burning is not illegal in the United States. The Supreme

Court of the United States in its decision from 1969 has ruled that the burning of the flag is protected by the First Amendment. However, the person who burnt the flag can be found guilty of a misdemeanor for starting a fire without a permit.

• Interesting that the burning of the flag has been against the law until 1969. The first U.S. Supreme Court ruling on flag desecration was passed in 1907 in Halter vs. Nebraska case. Most early flag desecration statutes prohibited burning a flag or any other ways of disrespecting the flag. Later, in 1968, Congress responded to the burning of the American flag in the Central Park as the protest against the Vietnam War by passing the Federal Flag Desecration Law. This law prohibited any display of “contempt” directed against the flag. Thus, burning of the American flag had been illegal until 1969 when the Supreme Court ruled the decision to award the First Amendment protection to the burning of the flag.

• Furthermore, in a few court cases it has been declared that it is only illegal to burn the US flag if the flag would be stolen. In fact, burning the flag is one of approved ways to destroy a too worn or torn flag.

• For the past 20 years, the Congress has made seven attempts to overrule the Supreme Court decision regarding the burning of the American flag by passing a constitutional amendment that had an exception to the First Amendment and allowed the government to ban flag desecration. The Amendment was first proposed in 1990 but failed to receive the required two-thirds majority votes of the House. After 1994, when the Republicans took over the Congress, the Amendment has consistently passed in the House but failed in the Senate.

Written by S. Danilina | Fact checked by The Law Dictionary staff SOURCE: http://thelawdictionary.org/article/is-flag-burning-illegal/

Websites & Articles about Burning the US Flag

• Wall Street Journal – 2009http://

www.wsj.com/articles/SB124657642816289111• The Washington Post – 2006http://

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701056.html

• Timeline of Cases Concerning Flag Burninghttp://

civilliberty.about.com/od/freespeech/p/flagburning.htm

Tues., Jan. 13 – Eng. 10-A

Starter• Collect late RD #2 (blue folders) / Videos about FLAG BURNING (pd. 1 ONLY)Homework• Final Draft due tomorrow (group 1)• Notebooks due this week = Thur. – pd. 3 & 6; Fri. – pds. 1 & 9

AGENDA• Read “Texas v. Johson” p. 15 • Answer Qs. # 1-3 & Performance Task on p. 17 {in notebook}• “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” p. 18• Answer Qs. # 1, 3, 4, & 5 on p. 22 • Final Discussion on both readings = Wednesday!

WOTD: dogma

Tues., Jan. 13 – Eng. 10Starter (Vocab. Quiz Make Ups!)• Videos - Re: Flag BurningHomework• Notebooks due this week = Thur.

AGENDA• Discuss “Texas v. Johnson” p. 15-16• Answer Qs. # 1-3 & Performance Task on p. 17 {in notebook}• Read “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” p. 18• Complete Qs. 1, 3, 4, & 5 on p. 22

WOTD: dogma

Wed., Jan. 14 – Eng. 10-A

Starter• Finish working on assigned Qs for Anchor Texts{p. 17 - Qs. #s 1-3 & Perf. Task & p. 22 - #s 1, 3, 4, & 5}Homework• Notebooks due this week = tmrw. – pd. 3 & 6; Fri. – pds. 1 & 9

AGENDA• Collect Final Drafts / late Rough Drafts • Final Discussion on both readings/Collect work

WOTD: edict

Wed., Jan. 14 – Eng. 10

Starter• Review Qs #s 1-3 & Performance Task on p. 17 Homework• Notebooks due TOMORROW!

AGENDA• Finish working on assigned Qs for Anchor Texts{Qs. #s 1, 3, 4, & 5 on p. 22}

WOTD: edict

Thur., Jan. 15 – Eng. 10-A

Starter• List two TEXT TO WORLD CONNECTIONS in regards to the First Amendment. Be ready to share.Homework• Notebooks due tmrw. – pds. 1 & 9

AGENDA• Collect late Final & Rough Drafts • Collect notebooks – pds. 3 & 6•

WOTD: caucus

Thur., Jan. 15 – Eng. 10

Starter• List two TEXT TO WORLD CONNECTIONS in regards to the First Amendment. Be ready to share.Homework• None unless you have missing work

AGENDA• Discuss Connections• Discuss Allusion to China, 1989

WOTD: caucus

Fri., Jan. 16 – Eng. 10-AStarter• Does the author of “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” agree or disagree with the Supreme Court’s Ruling? Cite text evidence to support your choice.Homework• None – UNLESS you owe work!

Homework• Read “Why Read Shakespeare?” by next Tues., Jan. 20th & answer Collaborative Discussion Q. on p. 207 & Qs. 1-4 on p. 208

AGENDA• Collect on time & late notebooks• Wrap Up “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” & submit pair work + all Qs & As from p. 17 & 22

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Fri., Jan. 16 – Eng. 10

Starter• Does the author of “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” agree or disagree with the Supreme Court’s Ruling? Cite text evidence to support your choice.Homework• None unless you owe work!

AGENDA• Collect late/missing notebooks• Finish discussing Anchor texts & Collect work

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