Thursday, September 10th, 2015

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.

Circle: 9/11 connection.

Assignment: Bring materials for an egg drop contest. We will pay you Humex cash for material.

Silent Reading

Cell Phone Policy Activity: What should the policy in the class be?  What is it based on?  How should it be enforced?
1) Finish notes on first article (Boston Globe)
2) Pick 4-5 best facts.
3) In group put all starred facts on cards.
4) Categorize facts.
5) Determine initial position.
6) Pick best opposing fact and three best supporting facts.
7) Create presentation.
8) Present
9) Gallery walk on notes.
10) New article -- multi-tasking

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;

Activity: 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.

Assignment: Bring materials for an egg drop contest. We will pay you Humex cash for material.

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