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Friday, October 31st

10/30/2014

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DP Update and Reflection Day!!

Goal: 
Reflect on your learning experience so that you better understand yourself as a learner, demonstrate critical thinking not just on WHAT you're studying but WHY you're studying it, and so that you can help Ashley refine the process for future students.

Starter:  Take the end of project/exhibition reflection survey posted above

Agenda

Don't Forget to Email me your Final Op-Ed Draft!
*I'll grade your visuals/projects and artist statements once you have posted them on your DP
1. Debrief exhibition as a class

2.   Example of an A+ DP Reflection + Go over DP Update/Reflection guidelines


3.  DP Update/Reflection Work Time + Movie

Homework
  • DP Update and Reflection (Due Monday)
  • Project Rubrics (pages 3 and 4)
  • Honors: Critical Reactions (1 page each) to one primary and one secondary due November 7th
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Thursday, October 30th

10/30/2014

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Goal:  Understand the requirements for exhibition and prepare your spiel 

Agenda
1. Starter


2. Announcements

  • Class fiesta tomorrow 
  • Exhibition logistics review: Be there 10 minutes early, dress up, bring your project, don't park in front of the store, support DJ's business, Questions from you??
  • Student helpers-- meet me HERE at 3:15 to get tables, chairs, table cloths, etc...
  • *Please don't forget to bring in your visual piece on Friday!  I want to hang them in the school and need to grade them. 

3. Conflict Resolution Role Play: Two volunteers!


4. Speed Dating with your exhibition spiel and Boy Band hits



5. If you are DONE with all of the exhibition checklist: Watch and discuss this Ted Talk, entitled "The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives"

  • What are the main differences between liberals and conservatives, according to the speaker?
  • What does this Ted Talk help you understand about your own views (liberal v. conservative)?
  • How might this help you at the exhibition and in life when discussing political issues and working with politically-diverse folks?

 Work Time
  • Email Ashley your final draft of op-ed 
  • Print your op-ed and Artist Statement 
  • Mount both artist statement and op-ed on construction paper
  • Last minute touches on your visual piece

 Work time Resources
Artist Statement Guidelines
 check-list for exhibition prep


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Wednesday, October 29th

10/29/2014

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By 3:15: Email me the jpeg of your poster with 300 resolution and your chosen dimensions

Goals:
  • Articulate WHY why we're doing this exhibition
  • (Begin to) understand what passive voice is

Starter:  

Our article in The Herald: Read the comments at the end
  • What are your reactions to the comments?
  • Why are we doing this exhibition?  (What do I want you and community members to take away from this experience? Why would I choose to hold it in a coffee house?)
  • Feel free to add to the comments on The Herald later on, but please keep them respectful and thoughtful.  

Agenda:
1. Discuss starter

2.  Announcements:
  • Posters for printing on the plotter-- emailed to me by 3:15 TODAY.
  • Time of exhibition and requirements for dress, what you bring, etc...
  • Friday party!
  • Parking at the exhibition: Please don't park in front of the store. Park "around the block" Try to encourage your parents to do the same. 
  • Any questions about exhibition prep?
  • Review what all you need to be doing for exhibition prep

3. Passive Voice Minilesson
Read the handout on "Passive voice":
  • In your own words, explain "passive voice"
  • Do the two examples on the backside of the handout

4. If Time: Watch and discuss this Ted Talk, entitled "The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives"
  • What are the main differences between liberals and conservatives, according to the speaker?
  • What does this Ted Talk help you understand about your own views (liberal v. conservative)?
  • How might this help you at the exhibition and in life when discussing political issues and working with politically-diverse folks?

 Work time Resources
- 
Artist Statement Guidelines

- check-list for exhibition prep
- Email me the jpeg of your poster with 300 resolution and your chosen dimensions
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Tuesday, October 28th

10/28/2014

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Starter:
Using ten words or less, write this sentence more concisely (aka: Streamline it!) 

Many have made the wise observation that when a stone is in motion rolling down a hill or incline that that moving stone is not as likely to be covered all over with the kind of thick green moss that grows on stationary unmoving things and becomes a nuisance and suggests that those things haven’t moved in a long time and probably won’t move any time soon.

Agenda
1. Brief class discussion: 

  • Share out your starters
  • Discuss why should we try to make our writing more concise?
2. Mini-Lesson:   "Conciseness"
  • Read through this document aloud as a whole class
  • Take time to rewrite the sentences where it says "rewrite"
  • Share your rewrites in small groups. Decide who has the best example for each rewrite. Star it if it is yours. 
  • Turn in your worksheet into the class homework tray
3. Work Time!


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Helpful Resource on MLA formatting (in-text and works cited page)

10/27/2014

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POWERPOINT LINK
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Monday, October 27th

10/27/2014

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Quote of the day: French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal once wrote something to the effect of: "If I had more time, I would have made this letter shorter"(1657)

Goal:  

  • Plan your work time goals for the week
  • Understand the areas in your writing that you can strengthen and begin refining your op-ed article. 

Starter:

1. Complete the check-list for exhibition prep and the work time planning guide on page 2.

2. Open your op-ed article feedback from me and carefully read my feedback and your first draft grade as indicated on the attached rubric. Answer these questions in your starter notebook:
  • If you can't see my tracked changes, tell me and I'll print the document for you!
  • What is the most significant improvement you need to make in your sentence structure?
  • What are 2 more significant refinements you need to make regarding your argumentation/perspective/rhetoric/philosophical/constitutional connections?
  • What, if any, questions do you have for me about my feedback? 

A note on my feedback:  
Don't be alarmed!  I had to get straight to the point and thus there is more critique than positive feedback.  I still think you are all wonderful, smart and beautiful human beings, I just care more about you becoming outstanding writers than making sure you feel all warm and fuzzy after reading my critique. After all, these are drafts. There should be room for improvement. 

Announcements

  • Sign-up for class party contributions
  • If you signed up for an exhibition prep role, meet with me during work time today!
  • Review deadlines for the week 
  • How to accept track changes in word
  • Helpful resource for MLA formatting (see today's blog post with the powerpoint link)

Agenda
  1. Go over starter questions (op-eds and exhibition prep deadlines)
  2. Announcements 
  3. Mini Lesson: Common errors in your op-ed articles with student examples  
  4. How to cite the U.S. Constitution
Works Cited entry:
U.S. Constitution. Amend. XII, Sec. 3.  

Parenthetical Citation (In-Text)
The Seventh Amendment states, "QUOTE" (US Const. amend. XII, sec. 3). 


Work Time:
Execute your work time goals for today

artist statement instructions
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Friday, October 24th

10/24/2014

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Starter
Watch John Stewart's interview of Bill O'Reilly

Questions to reflect upon:
  • What points surprised you from this interview?
  • What arguments stood out to you as persuasive or insightful?
  • What did you learn from this interview about how to or how NOT to have a productive and meaningful dialogue about controversial issues?

Work Time
Political Campaign Project Work Time!
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Thursday, 10/23

10/23/2014

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Starter:
Note: If you did not see Sister Helen's talk, defend your own perspective on the death penalty

1. What were your impressions from Sister Helen's talk yesterday?  What inspired you, challenged you, surprised you, frustrated you, etc...? 



2. What did you learn about the death penalty?


3. Did your perspective change at all? 


Announcements
  • Book Club assignments (missing David Etz's choice and double check Keely)
  • Tips on how to manage your time this week to be set for the Exhibition.
  • Sign up for X-Block: 
Tristan Govreau
Ethan Lotfinia
Joren Joyce
Brittan Collins
Trevor Jordan
Al Thompson
Alicia Martinez
Anish Wells


Agenda
A. In your starter notebook--> Evaluate this example works cited page
Part 1:  Basic Observations:
  • What do you notice about the order in which the citations are listed?
  • What do you notice about the formatting?

Part 2: Evaluate the credibility of the sources:  
  • Which one(s) seem to be the most credible?   Why?
  • Which one do you have some doubt about its credibility? Why?
  • Which source seems like it would be the most biased? Why?
  • What perspective does this student seem to be omitting? Why type of source would you recommend he/she seek out to balance the types of sources cited here?

B. Artist Statement Guidelines

C. Work Time:
  • Refine your works cited page or create one and send it to Ashley when done.
  • If you don't have enough credible sources for your own op-ed, consider doing more research.
  • Keep working on your visual piece
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Wednesday, 10/22

10/22/2014

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Goal:
  • Deconstruct doublespeak as it is applied to the Colorado voting ballot
  • Understand that being a responsible and informed voter takes some work:  prior research, critical thinking, and a strong sense of  JUSTICE.
  • Get some more work done on  your visual piece. 

Starter
1.  Do you know any of the Amendments or Propositions that we get to vote on for this November's Colorado voting ballot? Which one(s) do you know?


Announcements
  • Reminder:  Sister Helen Prejean speaking 3rd period
  • Book Club assignments (missing David Etz's choice and double check Keely)


Agenda
1. In small groups, examine the gobbledygook of the language used to describe the two Amendments and two Propositions on this year's ballot


Sample Colorado Ballot (page 2)
A. Read your assigned bill (Amendment 67, 68 or Prop. 104 or 105)
B.  Summarize the bill in your own words
C.  What words or phrasing confuses you or seems unclear?


2. Spokesperson present your bill to the class

3. Read the Durango Herald article about ballot wording debate: 

Discuss:

  • What is the debate around language for each bill?
  • How would you vote on each issue? Why?

3. Work on your visual piece!

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Tuesday, October 21st

10/20/2014

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Goals
1. Decide which book you would want to read this year's third project ("Happiness and Meaning")

2. Continue to create a provocative and rhetorical political campaign project piece
3. Understand the work of Sister Helen Prejean

Starter
Read THESE BOOK DESCRIPTIONS and then take the above survey.

Agenda
1. Visual Project work time


2. Tomorrow, Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking is coming to Animas during 3rd period.  f you can't make the Animas talk, she is speaking at Fort Lewis College, tonight from 7-9 p.m. in Whalen Gymnasium.


Watch:
1. Trailer to Dead Man Walking
2.   "A Life Against Death: The Work of Sister Helen Prejean"

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