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Lesson 9

We will prepare for our Section Diagnostic by unpacking the prompt and gathering evidence.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I determine and analyze the central ideas of informational texts, literary works, and arguments related to the concerns surrounding privacy and big data?

  • Can I delineate and evaluate the elements of an argument about privacy concerns and big data?

Texts

Core

  • Digital Access
    • “GDPR Explained: How the New Data Protection Act Could Change Your Life,” Channel 4 News, United Kingdom, YouTube, May 23, 2018
  • Unit Reader
    • “Why We Should Stop Fetishizing Privacy,” Heidi Messer, The New York Times Company, 2019

Materials

Tools

Question Sets

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Read – Discuss – Write

We will unpack the Section Diagnostic task and text to prepare to delineate and explain the task’s expectations.

Review the Section 2 Diagnostic Checklist as a class. As the teacher or one of your peers reads the checklist out loud, underline key words and phrases that will help you figure out what you need to do and know for this assessment.

Turn to a partner and share what you underlined. Explain what you will be doing for the Section Diagnostic. Point out the information you need in order to complete this task.

As a whole class, discuss your summaries of the task and the information you need. Review the expectation statements in the bulleted list that accompany the task.

Discuss what you will need to do to succeed on the Section 2 Diagnostic.

Activity 2: View – Write – Discuss

We will watch a News video that explains the general data protection regulation (gdpr).

While watching the video, take notes in your Learning Log or on the VideoNote-Taking Tool that will help you answer the following guiding questions:

  1. Why are there new regulations?

  2. What do the GDPR regulations cover?

  3. Why are companies sending “all those emails”?

  4. Why are companies nervous about the GDPR?

  5. What new powers do citizens get?

  6. Why are millions of people outside of Europe going to be affected?

After watching and taking notes, discuss your answers and evidence with a partner.

Activity 3: Read – Discuss

We will preview “Why We Should Stop Fetishizing Privacy.”

Read the title and the first three paragraphs of the argument "Why We Should Stop Fetishizing Privacy." Discuss the following question as a class:

  1. How is this argument related to the creation of the EU GDPR?

Activity 4: Read – Write

We will individually read and annotate the argument “Why We Should Stop Fetishizing Privacy.”

Read and annotate "Why We Should Stop Fetishizing Privacy," focusing on the authors’ perspective, position, major claims, and counterclaims to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and people who support regulating access to data.

Use the Delineating Arguments Tool, focusing on counterclaims and the evidence presented to support them.

Based on your analysis, complete a copy of the Evaluating Arguments Tool, using the questions to evaluate each of the argument’s elements before drawing a conclusion about how convincing the argument is.

Activity 5: Read

For homework, we will continue to prepare for the Section Diagnostic.

For homework, read through the evidence you have gathered, your Delineating Arguments Tool, and your Evaluating Arguments Tool in order to prepare for the expectations of the Section Diagnostic.

Review your Vocabulary Journal. Identify a significant word or words that you would like to use in your response to the Section Diagnostic.

Review your Mentor Sentence Journal. Select at least one technique that you plan to use when writing your response to the Section Diagnostic.