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What do I now know about collecting evidence and understanding my own working processes, strengths and needs? Goals for second quarter? Plan for achieving those goals?

Set Goals for Second Quarter:
USE THE RUBRIC to identify one or two goals for second quarter, outline strategies you can use to achieve this goal.

If this is you: May recognize when past strategies are useful or appropriate, unable to make the application; Lacks the ability to recognize the value of struggling as part of the learning process What can you do this quarter?

If this is you: Uses only tried and true strategies, will take risks cautiously thus not always able to remain open to critical feedback; may want to improve strategy repertoire but lacks the confidence or experience necessary to do so. Vacillates between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; only being open to constructive feedback from the teacher – does not consistently value the feedback of their peers. Also can’t try anything new without teacher validation or approval – sometimes  takes risks.  What can you do this quarter?

Consider the following questions to guide your goal setting:

What is your initial reaction (think or feel) to these comments?

How well do you understand the comments that were provided to you? Write a summary of what these comments mean to you. What do they say? Are there comments (kinds of comments) that seem to repeat themselves? Does a patter of comments emerge?  

What do I see you doing and how is this image reflected by where you are on the rubric? How do my comments compare to your own? How do you account for any differences?

Based on this comparison what questions do you now have?

Given your new understanding of the rubric what are your priorities for the second quarter? Why?  What is your initial plan to address these?

Election Day

Work on your Narratives for writing groups tomorrow

Read Wicked

Writing groups in your new groups

HW: what does it mean to "reinvent" yourself? and Is it possible to suspend/ignore what you believe?
When the truth conflicts with our beliefs or our vision of ourselves, how do we reconcile the two?

NARRATIVES DUE

When the truth conflicts with our beliefs or our vision of ourselves, how do we reconcile the two? How does power effect beliefs? the truth?

What are your sources of information? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when you are being hypocritical? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when is is skewed by your point of view? What actions do you take with this knowledge? Recognizing points of view: how do you become aware that there are other points of view? Sources of information for different points of view.

Groups define terms: sources of information, hypocrisy, belief, point of view, knowledge, power

Goals, strategies, info sharing...how do you get someone to join your side? What is going on behind the scenes? How are you portraying your side of the conflict to the world? Why? How do you get people to believe what you do? Or what you want them to believe?

TUNA News Network

TUNA News Network

What are your sources of information? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when you are being hypocritical? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when is is skewed by your point of view? What actions do you take with this knowledge?

TUNA News Network

Wicked through "Gillikin" due

Public vs. Private images: the family, the school, the churches (or faiths)

What challenges beliefs? What do people do when their beliefs are challenged?

How does power effect beliefs? the truth?

What do I now know about collecting evidence and understanding my own working processes, strengths and needs? Goals for second quarter? Plan for achieving those goals?

Set Goals for Second Quarter:
USE THE RUBRIC to identify one or two goals for second quarter, outline strategies you can use to achieve this goal.

If this is you: May recognize when past strategies are useful or appropriate, unable to make the application; Lacks the ability to recognize the value of struggling as part of the learning process What can you do this quarter?

If this is you: Uses only tried and true strategies, will take risks cautiously thus not always able to remain open to critical feedback; may want to improve strategy repertoire but lacks the confidence or experience necessary to do so. Vacillates between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; only being open to constructive feedback from the teacher – does not consistently value the feedback of their peers. Also can’t try anything new without teacher validation or approval – sometimes  takes risks.  What can you do this quarter?

Consider the following questions to guide your goal setting:

What is your initial reaction (think or feel) to these comments?

How well do you understand the comments that were provided to you? Write a summary of what these comments mean to you. What do they say? Are there comments (kinds of comments) that seem to repeat themselves? Does a patter of comments emerge?  

What do I see you doing and how is this image reflected by where you are on the rubric? How do my comments compare to your own? How do you account for any differences?

Based on this comparison what questions do you now have?

Given your new understanding of the rubric what are your priorities for the second quarter? Why?  What is your initial plan to address these?

Stop the Madness - Hold off on Narrative Revisions

shortened classes - evacuation drill

Discuss Narrative Revisions; plan for a meaningful, useful, productive writing group session

HW: For Monday - reflect, in writing, about your school narrative: What do you think this assignment is asking you to do? What is a narrative? What is setting? How can setting be important? What makes a character believable? What is voice? What is style? DON'T COPY AND PASTE FROM THE RUBRIC ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOURSELF (HDYK?) Now (after you answered these questions) Where did you start?  Where are you now? what obstacles are you running into? What are you trying to "say" about school? (You need to be able to answer this last question in one sentence - if you can't then you aren't ready to write.) Bring in your narratives for Monday.

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No School
Election Day
Staff Development

workshop papers

HW: Reflecting on the Quarter

HW: Read Art of Haiti

shortened classes - Veteran's Day assembly

Art of Haiti

Known World -Edward Jones
(on your own while doing Henrys in class)

HW: what does it mean to "reinvent" yourself? and Is it possible to suspend/ignore what you believe?
When the truth conflicts with our beliefs or our vision of ourselves, how do we reconcile the two?

Art of Haiti

The Wiki

Narratives due Last Day for ever!!!

Mom and Dad; Good Cop, Bad Cop; Chia and Whiting; the Kennedys:
What dialogue are we trying to have with society? Do members of society respond to us? How? Why? What are the limits on this dialogue? WHAT DO WE BELIEVE? HDYK?

Make inferences about us...now back to your artist and paintings

Reader Response: Haitian artists meet Danticat

Write it this period - one response per group; post to your wiki page

Done, moving on...

When the truth conflicts with our beliefs or our vision of ourselves, how do we reconcile the two? How does power effect beliefs? the truth?

What are your sources of information? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when you are being hypocritical? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when is is skewed by your point of view? What actions do you take with this knowledge? Recognizing points of view: how do you become aware that there are other points of view? Sources of information for different points of view.

Groups define terms: sources of information, hypocrisy, belief, point of view, knowledge, power

Read Known World, ask questions of each reading section based on those topics, use questions for group discussion

GW's refusal to become king or emperor

Henry IV/V (excerpted)

What are your sources of information? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when you are being hypocritical? Acting on what you believe, how do you know when is is skewed by your point of view? What actions do you take with this knowledge?

How does power effect beliefs? the truth?

(Draw the causes of the Civil War)

What does the map look like that leads a country to civil war?

Pollock
Basquiat

The art, music, history connection continues...
 Learning to read ART of WAR

HW: How does one of these paintings enhance your understanding of the Civil War document you read? Explain your conclusions and how you came to that understanding.

HW: Copy Quarter Rubric into your web, Highlight the descriptors that apply to you, select evident to justify those descriptors; be prepared to add this self-assessment to your website on Wednesday

No School for Students

Update webs with Quarter Rubric and evidence

Review rubric with a group member

HW: Reflecting on the Quarter

new groups!

HW: sum up and create some understanding of the PC
Group Leader: assign one additional question for the group to consider tonight for tomorrow (Tuesday)

Frex, Madame Morrible, Glinda, Doctor Dillamond, the Wizard

Discussion Notes

Elphaba - Discussion Notes
BRING IN DRAWING MATERIALS

HW: WRITTEN response to Gordon (post in your web; send us the link):
That the one thing which is "wholly and eternally wrong" is the effort of so-called statesmen to inject one-sided and jaundiced sentiments into the youth of the country in either section. Such sentiments are neither consistent with the truth of history, nor conducive to the future welfare and unity of the Republic. The assumption on either side of all the righteousness and all the truth would produce a belittling arrogance, and an offensive intolerance of the opposing section; or, if either section could be persuaded that it was "wholly and eternally wrong," it would inevitably destroy the self-respect and manhood of its people.
John B. Gordon, Maj. Gen. CSA

HW: What new understanding do you have of Elphaba, issues of leadership and power, versions of the same truth as a consequence of the drawing and discussions of the last two days?
WRITE THIS, POST IN YOUR WEB, SEND US THE LINK!

In the Vinkus

class notes

HW: Go back to page 199 - and re-read it. Relate back to the quote. What does this tell you about Elphaba?

regroup

HDYK?
Click here for help

1/2 Day

WICKED RE-READING STRATEGIES

Thanksgiving Break