Friday, April 8, 2016

Monday, April 11th, 2016

Administrivia: 
1. College Trip

Period 5&6 Seating Chart
Period 7&8 Seating Chart

Circle: If you could change anything about how you were raised, what would it be.

Activity: Rock, Paper Scissors Championship

Reading Quiz Montana

Circle Introduction: 

Activity: Montana, 1948 -- the Tweets & Reading
Learning Target: At the end of this activity, you will understand be able to take the perspective of a character in the book.
1) Read Aloud: What did you notice?
2) Silent Reading
3) Tweet
   Period 5-6 Tweets
   Period 7-8 Tweets
4) Write -- First: Lesson on introduction to a quote.

Philosophy Unit
1. Divide room into two sections.  Justice should be blind-Justice should be relative.
2. How do you reconcile these two perspectives?
Performance Indicators:
-Critique diverse perspectives on historical events (social studies)
-Analyze political structures of diverse cultures (social studies)
-Determine & analyze themes of informational text (English)

The Product
You will be producing a paper that explains how philosophy makes thing better -- the world, our country, our school and you. Write, discuss, report.

Research
Today we'll be researching the science behind productivity and happiness to help you develop your personal philosophy.
1) Understand SMART goals
2) Shawn Achor on happiness
3) Individual research on different science around productivity and happiness.




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