Tuesday, March 19, 2024

March 19, 2024

Tuesday March 19, 2024

College Trip Sign Up

T-Shirt

Diversity Day Sign Up

Cape and Rumford Visit

Phones...Quiz

Circle: 1)What is sure sign of spring for you?  2)Where are you leaning about living?

Activity: Using the core values sheet create a T-Chart with what you think are the five most important values as evidenced by the houses in Cape and Rumford.  Be prepared to defend you choices.  You are going to work on this as a table but the decision about what you put down is an individual choice.

Activity: Turning Values into Claims...

Writing: Write a paragraph on what you saw in each town.  Remember that this will be all paraphrasing because their are no quotes.  You warrants will be the longest part of your paragraph.

Watch take notes and write: Watch more of The Rivals and take great notes. This will be followed by another writing session.

Zillow: Using your Element of Deep Culture sheet and the values list, what can you determine about the different communities values by looking at houses for sale?   Cape Elizabeth    Rumford

Census Data: RumfordCape Elizabeth

Exit Ticket: what is your best and most compelling piece of evidence you have gathered so far? What makes the evidence persuasive?

Name that Tune for money if we have time and people work efficiently!


Unit: Rumford or Cape -- Time to Decide
Learning TargetI can use research to make a decision and back up my decision with information.
The Scenario: You have the opportunity to raise your child in either Cape Elizabeth or Rumford.  Your family will earn $140,000.  One parent is a chemical engineer and the other a nurse.  This amount of yearly income would allow you to buy a house in either town up to but not over 350,000.  That will mean very different things in each community -- you will very comfortable in Rumford, and house poor and struggling in Cape.  Your child will have very different experiences in each.
1) Your child. Make and determine the values you want your child to have in order for them to have a happy, successful life. Write three on the back.
2) Quick research on each town. Cape Elizabeth High School   Mountain Valley High School
3) Turn and talk -- what did you find?
4) Make your choice: Cold call. Your pick and why.
5) Place your child.

Unit: Rumford or Cape? The Rivals
Research: We watched the documentary Here are the segments:

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