Thursday, September 8th, 2016

Self Assessment:
1) What's the learning target in this class.
2) Use and define emulate
3) What did you learn about yourself and othersin building the tower?
4) What's the difference between topic and theme?

Administrivia: Laptop forms -- turn them in

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: Pet Peeves

News Discussion:
1) Report at your table -- did you read the last two nights?
2) Share one thing you saw in the news
3) Decide most interesting/important
4) Cold call out; also report your number of readers.

Silent Reading (need stickies):
1) Get your own folder
2) Read & identify passages to support claims
3) Write

Activity: Rock, Paper, Scissors

Cell phone/electronics in the classroom: Why do we care?  Because it makes the classroom a better place and you a better student.  Do we have a point?
Create Folder
1) Identify purpose and put it in your notes.
5) Gallery walk, standing by your favorite notes. Defend.
6) Final 10-minute of note-taking
7) Share most important information at your table. What did you learn?
8) Present the most compelling evidence you read about electronics. What does the science say?

Activity: Group Biography -- Your group will be submitting an essay entitled "Our Group with Mad Skills." You will interview the person across from you, 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.

Seating Chart: Turn and talk for 1 minute: Half the room list as many benefits of a seating chart as possible. The other half list the benefits of free seating.

Circle Intro:  What is a circle?  Why do we do it?
Circle Question: Name one thing you'd like to get better at this year.
Circle Talk: Why we take notes.

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.

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.

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.

Debrief: (Circle?) Why did we do what we did?  Name one person you know better as a result of this day.  What did you learn about them?

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

For the Future: 
Egg Drop
Transcript Activity