In order to get a little Regents preparation in, students reflected on their change projects by writing an argumentative essay answering the question: Was my project successful? They used the data (some quantitative, some qualitative) collected during their projects as evidence as well as a circle discussion in our class in which students were given feedback on their project. Agenda
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This week, students are just working on their change projects in groups, doing whatever needs to be done to ensure it is completed by this Thursday. Next week, they will write their argumentative essays about whether they believed their project was effective or not. Agenda:
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For the last week and a half, students have been formulating their plans for their group change project. I let students select their own groups based on common interests in social issues. Due to computer availability, students researched relevant statistics in between filling out the project proposal sheets. Agenda
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Last week, students chose topics (i.e. social problems) they were interested in and created circle lessons which they facilitated for their class. Students' circles were powerful and well thought out. Several students commented that these circles were some of the best circles this year! Agenda
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Last week, students chose a reference from Ensler's "Refuser" poem to research. Some chose to look up specific women's lives, others looked up wars or more general problems mentioned in the text. We shared our research in a circle, and brainstormed other problems in society we would like to solve. We concluded the week with a problem tree activity to determine the root causes of some of the social issues discussed. Agenda
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Too often, I fall into the trap of pushing to "get more done" which I interpret as cramming more information and activities into a unit, when the students would actually benefit more from stopping and refining what they have already done. This seems like a good exercise for mastery-based education and allows students an opportunity to receive peer feedback. Agenda:
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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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