Tuesday, 4/21

Today's Driving Questions
What DRIVES you to take action BESIDES a grade? WHY are you taking action?
What is the best way for YOU to take action for this project?

1. Take Action project launch

• Ted Talk on Taking Action in unorthodox ways "The Shared Experience of Absurdity":  What change is this guy trying to bring about and why? 
• Read through the Take Action project description as a class
• Q and A with Ashley about project guidelines
• Take Action Google Folder of resources

2. Take Action Brainstorm

• As a group, try to come up with as many project ideas and potential audiences from our community as possible!
• Add your ideas toTHIS GOOGLE DOC 
• If possible, include a link to an image or an organization to provide examples for other students

3. Sense of Place writing work time
Students gone yesterday, check in with Ashley about deadlines/announcements

**Having trouble SHOWING vs. TELLING or using the Grand Style? Check out this short video Jmac made to help students:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSYbVA4bJiM

Resources:

• minilessons Stations (good examples of excerpts from student writing focused on specific skills)
  
•  Sense of Place Essay Task Statement, Rubric + Examples and Sources for Inspiration 
• Google Doc Folder to all project resources
  
• Quick link to writing mini-lessons folder 
  
• Elements of Nature Writing handout + Metaphors/Similes/Analogies/Alliteration/Assonance
  
• List of poetic devices
• Categories of Sense of Place: Relationships to Place and Community Attachments