POL Prep: Monday, December 14th

POL Prep Resources

• POL Planning Packet (must be filled out by you and submitted to the teacher in whose room you are spending these two days)
• POL Task Statement
• POL Panelist Question Bank
• POL Rubric

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TODAY'S AGENDA
8:15-9:45
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CLASS Biz

• See the whiteboard's Announcements
• Ashley's Journal from walking the trail

​POL Prep
1. A Case of the Monday's and Office Space: "Interview with the Bob's" Scene
2. Go over the agenda for today and tomorrow
3. Review POL Expectations

• Be sure to highlight Strengths AND areas of growth
• Directly address the question “How do you make this place better?’
• Don't say your weakness is procrastination!  Automatic 1 in the content category of the rubrc
• Be creative!
• Q and A from students about guidelines

4. Critique Past Student Examples
 A. Critique Tristan's using the ruric: Tristan's Rap (recording)  Tristan's rap (lyrics)

• Individually fill out the rubric
• Small group share out
• Whole class discussion

 
​B. Check out a few more examples and informally chat about the quality of the example according to the rubric

• Marley: Video and Brochure
• Sarah L.
• Brandon Navratil
  Ethan-- painting 1, painting 2

5. Academic and Cultural Strengths 

• Example of a thoughtful comments: "I appreciate the insightful comments you contribute during small group discussions and seminar"; "You are a talented artist and always give helpful critique on my art projects for Humanities exhibitions"; "Your writing skills are through the roof and I'm impressed by how strong of a poet you are"; "You always have a positive thing to say to someone to brighten their day"; "You are non-judgmental and that helps make other students feel comfortable at Animas". "I appreciate the ways in which you provide a different perspective for us in our discussions"
• Write your name on top of a paper
• Pass your paper around and highlight strengths in that person in both the academic and cultural/social sense

9:45-10:00 BREAK

10:00-10:45 
Thinking Outside the Box On Ways to Contribute Discussion

• Video #1 Danny Macaskill-- Kinesthetic Learner, opening our minds to what is possible  on a bike (5 minutes)
• Video #2: Sir Ken Robinson: "Life is your talent discovered" (figure out what you're talented at, we need all types!)
• Reading #1: Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
• Reading #2:  Roles People Play in Groups

Discussion Questions:
A. How do these ideas/readings challenge traditional models of education and notions of "success" in school?
B. How does this content inform your understanding of your own intellectual and cultural strengths AND areas for growth?  Decide which of Gardner's Intelligences you think you most possess and which you need to work on strengthening AND which of the "roles" from reading #2 that most correspond to you and which you think it would be helpful to you to improve.  WHY?
C. What are other ways NOT discussed in these readings that you can contribute to culture? (peer critiquing? unique perspectives/backgrounds?) For example, if you are a hardworking student who focuses exclusively on academics and is not in any clubs, etc... is that a positive contribution? Why/why not?
D. How can you or others bring these ideas INTO POLs?
 
10:45-11:30:  Open Brainstorm time:  Complete pages 2 and 4 of the PLANNING PACKET
GOAL: Coming out of this you should be able to identify at least 3 key strengths in your academic and cultural contributions and LINK/COLLEGE at Animas and SUPER SPECIFIC pieces of evidence to support each strength as well as 3 areas for refinement AND ideas for how you'll present your POL.

11:30-12:10 LUNCH

12:10- 1:10: Work Time

• Coming out of this you must have a draft of your deliverable (What is your POL content and HOW will you deliver the message? i.e. powerpoint, song, rap, extended metaphor, act, etc..)
• Email your supervising teacher your draft (ticket out the door)
• Complete Steps 2 and 4 of the planning packet (pages 3 and 5)
• Create a draft or outline of HOW you'll deliver your presentation.

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 1:10-1:20 Share-out: What types of evidence can you use? (be specific); What are creative ideas for presenting your POL? Make a list on the whiteboard.

1:20-2:15  Work time to the end of the day (fill out planning packet)