As the weekly format remained the mostly same for the last 3 weeks, I'll post them all at once below. Agenda: Week 4
Agenda: Week 5
Agenda: Week 6
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This week was our first full week of classes, so students were able to complete a writing assignment in addition to the other 3 lessons we've been doing for the last 2 weeks. Agenda
Reflections
Last week was another short week, so I only saw students 3 days, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We bypassed the (what will be) "Wednesday" lesson which is a writing day. Agenda
Reflections
Last Monday was a Professional Development day, so it was an abbreviated week. For regular 4-day weeks, the plan is:
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Reflections
I often ask students 3 questions when asking them to reflect on a unit or project.
Student Responses
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
Reflections
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:
Student Projects Included:
Reflections:
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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