| Saturday |
11/1/2008
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| Sunday |
11/2/2008
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| Monday |
11/3/2008
# TCI/PUJ
# Tech Test (AM only)
# All Day Work Day
* Finish Campaign Mailer/Political Cartoon
* Continue work on Response to Government Power essay
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| Tuesday |
11/4/2008
# TCI/PUJ
# Kids Voting
* Demo on Smart Board
* Voter Card
* Voting by tables starting with 1 - 4
# Voting Article - Young Voices Question of the Week
* Read/Underline something significant
* Review first turn/last turn
o must add to discussion not just agree
o pausing
# Journal Entry -Importance of Voting
* Do you think your vote counts? Why or why not?
* Do you think you have a responsibility to vote regardless of your previous answer? Why/ Why not?
* Why do you think people who don't have the right to vote wish they did? What difference might it make in their lives?
* What differences do think might exist in our country if citizens couldn't vote? Be specific
# Electoral College
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* CNN Map
# Writer's Workshop |
| Wednesday |
11/5/2008
* TCI/PUJ
*
Writer's Workshop - Paper Due at end
*
Election Result Discussion
o
Compare results from County, State, Kids, Nation
o
Office Races
o
Propositions |
| Thursday |
11/6/2008
* TCI/PUJ
* Election Unit Debrief
o Reflection
+ Return artifact
+ Artifact evaluation/analysis
# Which race did you pick and what significance does it have for you? If it doesn't have personal significance, what influenced you to choose it? Why?
# So, looking at your artifact, what were the specific details (design element, text, pictures) you included? Why did you choose these and what impact were you thinking they would have on the viewer/reader? In other words, explain what you did and why you did it. Everything must be mentioned.
# So what is the strongest feature of your artifact (what are you most proud of) and what impact do you think it will have on your reader?
# So what was the reason we spent 3 weeks studying campaign artifacts and political cartoons? What important learnings did you take away from this unit? What conversations occured at home or other places as a result of your learnings?
# Now, what will influence your decision making in future elections (how will you decided who/what to vote for)? Why will this/these source(s) be so important to you?
* Is there one artifact at your table, not your own, that you would like to share with the class? |
| Friday |
11/7/2008
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TCI/PUJ
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Metacognition
o
Review Receive, respond, relate pieces of election unit
+
Receive/Respond/Relate Organizer (memory jog) as table
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Do patterns emerge? identify patterns as table
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Pop up share pattern
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Individuals draw what their thinking might look like.
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New seats
#
Put new seating chart on smart board
#
non-verbal timed move to new seat
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Table Share drawings with new table
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Collect drawings - no names |
| Saturday |
11/8/2008
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| Sunday |
11/9/2008
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| Monday |
11/10/2008
TCI/PUJ
Writing Workshop
Revision Process
Reflect on writing process
Justice v. Injustice Reflection
What is justice? How would you define it?
So, what is an example from your life when you saw justice taking place?
What is injustice? How would you define it?
So, what is an example from your life when you saw injustice taking place?
Now, what do you think we are going to do with this information?
Review Sticky Tab Moments
Read, Tab, Discuss Roll of Thunder
Vocabulary
Sticky tab moments so far
Anything that isn't clear
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| Tuesday |
11/11/2008
NO SCHOOL - Veteran's Day |
| Wednesday |
11/12/2008
Read to at least chapter 3 in Roll of Thunder by Monday
Star Power
Take down tables
Arrange in three circles
Each person draws 5 chips without looking in the bag
Explain scoring system
Gold chips = 50 pts
Green chips = 25 pts
Red chips = 15 pts
White chips = 10 pts
Blue Chips = 5
Explain trading rules
Players must clasp hands to make a trade.
Only the best of 5 chips count.
Chips of unequal value must be traded once hands are clasped.
No trading or talking unless hands are clasped.
If arms are folded, you do not have to trade.
All chips are to be hidden at all times
If a trade cannot be made, the two players must continue to clasp hands for the rest of the trading session.
Conduct first trading session - 8 minutes
Participants record scores on board and then return to original seat
Participants divided into Squares, Circles and Triangles
0 - 100 = Triangles
105 - 200 = Circles
205 + = Squares
Conduct Second Round
Each participant gets 5 more chips (GE bag to Squares)
Same trading rules as round 1
Squares can make rules
circles and triangles can make suggestions for rules
suggestions must be submitted to the Squares in writing
squares can accept, modify or reject suggestions
squares announce new rules
Play 3rd round with new rules in place
Continue playing until rebellion by Circles and Triangles
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| Thursday |
11/13/2008
TCI/PUJ
Rotary Guys at beginning of each block
Reading Schedule for Roll of Thunder
Read through end of Ch 2 by Mon the 17th
Read through end of Ch 3 by Wed the 19th
Read through end of Ch 4 by Thurs the 20th
Read through end of Ch 5 by Fri the 21st
Read through end of Ch 7 by Mon the 24th
Read through end of Ch 9 by Mon the 1st
Read through end of Ch 11 by Wed the 3rd
Revising Day
Debrief Star Power
Should the names of the Green group go on the "winner's wall"?
Idenify your color and how you ended up with that color.
How did it feel to be in your group and what contributed to those feelings?
In your experience, have you ever had these same feelings? Describe the situation.
From your perspective, were the green group's rules just or unjust?. Why do you think that? How did you feel?
In this game, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Is that the way it is in the real world? Is it easier for a person who has accumulated wealth to produce more wealth than a person who has not accumulated wealth? If this is the pattern of our society, can it be broken? Should it be broken?
Think of how the room was divided at the end of the period, in what ways might that represent our world today? Explain your answer.
Read, Tab, Discuss Roll of Thunder
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| Friday |
11/14/2008
Traffic Jam |
| Saturday |
11/15/2008
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| Sunday |
11/16/2008
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| Monday |
11/17/2008
TCI/PUJ
Reflection Chapters 1 & 2
Justice and Injustice
What is an example of injustice that you have come across in your reading?
So, what about that situation makes it seem unjust?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
So, what should have happened if it were a just situation?
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
Review First Turn/Last Turn
First Turn/Last Turn Chapters 1 & 2 sticky note moment
Pop up most important point at table
Reading Time - Read through the end of Chapter 3 by Wednesday
Revising Time
Take down tables and stack chairs |
| Tuesday |
11/18/2008
TCI/PUJ (Theater Seating for video/use back tables for reflection on)
MASH episode
Reflection MASH
Formal and Informal Power/Justice and Injustice
What is an example of formal power that you identified in the video?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
What is an example of informal power that you identified in the video?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
Review First Turn/Last Turn
First Turn/Last Turn MASH episode (Formal and Informal Power)
Pop up most important point at table
Reading Time - Read through the end of Chapter 3 by Wednesday
Revising Time
Leave chair set up as is for next day
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| Wednesday |
11/19/2008
TCI/PUJ
Bus incident and night riders
Night Riders video clip from Roots
Reflection Chapter 3 and/or Roots clip
Justice and Injustice
What is an example of injustice that you have come across in your reading or saw in the video clip?
So, what about that situation makes it seem unjust?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
So, what should have happened if it were a just situation?
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
Review First Turn/Last Turn
First Turn/Last Turn Chapters 3 sticky note moment or Roots clip
Pop up most important point at table
Read through the end of Chapter 4 by Thursday
Reset tables for next day
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| Thursday |
11/20/2008
TCI/PUJ
Chapter 4 Cheating
Reflection Chapter 4
Justice and Injustice
What is an example of injustice that you have come across in your reading?
So, what about that situation makes it seem unjust?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
So, what should have happened if it were a just situation?
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
Review First Turn/Last Turn
First Turn/Last Turn Chapters 4 sticky note moment
Pop up most important point at table
Read through the end of Chapter 5 by Friday
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| Friday |
11/21/2008
TCI/PUJ
Chapter 5 Strawberry Incident
Review First Turn/Last Turn
First Turn/Last Turn Chapters 5 sticky note moment
Pop up most important point at table
Write a story, in your journal, telling of a life experience that is similar to something that has happened to one of the characters in Roll of Thunder or Identify which character you can most relate to and explain why.
Read through the end of Chapter 7 by Monday
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| Saturday |
11/22/2008
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| Sunday |
11/23/2008
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| Monday |
11/24/2008
TCI/PUJ
Chapter 7 Coat/Jeremy's Gift
Reflection Chapter 7
Justice and Injustice
What is an example of injustice that you have come across in your reading?
So, what about that situation makes it seem unjust?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
So, what should have happened if it were a just situation?
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
Review First Turn/Last Turn
First Turn/Last Turn Chapter 7 sticky note moment
Pop up most important point at table
Read through the end of Chapter 9 by Monday Dec 1st
PM Take down tables and stack chairs
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| Tuesday |
11/25/2008
Set Chairs for Theater Seating (before school)
TCI/PUJ
The Great Debaters (70 min)
Reflection
Justice and Injustice
What is an example of injustice that you have come across in your reading?
So, what about that situation makes it seem unjust?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
So, what should have happened if it were a just situation?
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
What do you think will happen next?
Leave seats as is for next day
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| Wednesday |
11/26/2008
TCI/PUJ
The Great Debaters (50 min)
Reflection
Justice and Injustice
What is an example of injustice that you have come across in your reading?
So, what about that situation makes it seem unjust?
So, what did the characters do as a response (choose at least 2 characters)
So, what should have happened if it were a just situation?
Now, what might you have done if you had been in this situation and how would that have been reasonable for that time period?
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| Thursday |
11/27/2008
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving |
| Friday |
11/28/2008
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Recovery |
| Saturday |
11/29/2008
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| Sunday |
11/30/2008
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