Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

Get Computers

Egg Drop Material Collection

Target 1:  Learning how to build a community in the classroom.
By the End of the Period: You will know the names of people in this class and be more comfortable being here.

Group Activity: If you were stranded on a deserted island and could bring one CD, one luxury item, one book, what would they be.

Circle: What was the best item you brought to the deserted island.

Silent Reading
Post Activity: 
Watch this video.  Then, why do you keep reading your book?

Continue Cell Phone Policy Activity: Writing your essay
1) Evaluate your evidence -- collect the best from both sides.
2) Based on the evidence, what parts do you think the essay should have?
2) Organize your cards in the order you think they should be presented.
3) As a class, we will suggest an order.
4) Look at the sample essay to learn how to set it up.

Policies must:
1) Explain the reason for a cell phone policy
2) Explain when or if cell phone use is allowed;
2) Where cell phones are stored during class
2) Explain consequences;
3) Explain teacher and student role in enforcement;

For LaterActivity: Group Biography -- Your group will be submitting and essay entitled "Our Group with Mad Skills." You will interview the person to your right, asking them questions about something that they do particularly well. You will then compose a paragraph that will describe in detail the skill and what it is that they do well.

Activity: Helium Loop -- in groups of 8 you'll be placing one finger under a hula hoop and trying to lower a it to the ground without loosing contact with it.

Target 2: Learn why people behave the way they do.
By the End of the Period: You will be able to explain your own behavior based on both the Meyer-Briggs personality inventory and Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.

Future Activity: Cooperative Learning -- Members of your group will choose between two lectures on human nature. After listening and taking notes , you will come back to your group and share your learning while the remainder of your group takes notes for understanding. Next, go to the room you weren't in to ask questions.  Finally, 5-minute free write on Maslow's & Meyers-Briggs for understanding.

Future Activity:10 minute writing exercise: Group Writing -- Write an essay made of paragraphs the talk about times in your lives that you were at the different levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs OR Write an essay made of paragraphs that talk about what it means to be an Introvert, Extrovert, Judger or Perceiver.

Materials List: Hula Hoop, tape, large sheets of paper, white lined paper, pencils

For the Future: 
Egg Drop
Transcript Activity