Last week, we read 2 stories - one from the perspective of an Israeli and one from the point of view of a Palestinian girl. Then, students researched additional information about this conflict. Finally, we had our discussion circle at the end of the week. Agenda
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Weeks 3 & 4 ended with the same choice for a writing assignment. Students chose to write an original poem or Regents-style analysis one week and they completed the other assignment the following week. *Also, I only saw the students 3 times this week, due to holidays. Agenda
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This post outlines the second week of our I am an Emotional Creature unit. This is the first week of reading from the book, which follows the class's regular weekly format. Agenda
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I really wanted to focus on the essential question this week and get students excited about what kind of ways are best to communicate or convince people of something. In retrospect, I didn't like this week's topic. I think it would have been much better if I had introduced the project itself in an exciting way. (I'm now thinking of starting a DonorsChoose page to raise money for a charity of the "winning" group's choice. This way, the final project will have a purpose. I want people from community to come in for the final project presentations and have each group try to creatively convince the guests and the class their cause/charity is deserving of the fundraised money. I think this would also motivate students for the rest of the unit as well. Agenda
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