A tree with prayer flags on the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. It was quite an experience to climb up to this point! Photo taken in 2014.
Dear class,
Today was our last day working with the Country Profile Project in class (hooray!) which means there is a lot of work ahead before next class, especially for students that did not have completed rough drafts today! Here's what we did today in class:
Today was our last day working with the Country Profile Project in class (hooray!) which means there is a lot of work ahead before next class, especially for students that did not have completed rough drafts today! Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 10: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Behavior LT1: I can manage my responsibilities as a student.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 10: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Behavior LT1: I can manage my responsibilities as a student.
Soundtrack: "You've Got A Friend" by Carole King and James Taylor. Selected for today because a good friend doing a peer review helps a lot, and I wanted everyone to know I was going to try to help as much as possible to get you in a position to be successful on this project. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 4/17/18:
News Brief - Kate
Peer Review
Work Time
Conferences
Work Time
Conferences
Homework: Read the blog! Final draft of Country Profile Project is due at the start of next class (submitted on Google Classroom or printed if you cannot turn it in there). Complete your CPP Reflection if you would like to try for college dual credit! Next news brief: Jaden W.
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News Brief: Kate had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: BBC.com - Theresa May 'deeply regrets' UK's colonial anti-gay laws. We found the United Kingdom again in our world maps and talked about this important story. Thanks, Kate!
The next news brief was assigned to Jaden W.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Peer Review: Today's class was supposed to be focused on getting as many good peer reviews on your historical investigation as possible. Here was the sheet I passed out in class for people to use.
Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to working on review or doing whatever possible on the Country Profile Project. Here is the final assignment, again, if you need to look at it:
The next news brief was assigned to Jaden W.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Peer Review: Today's class was supposed to be focused on getting as many good peer reviews on your historical investigation as possible. Here was the sheet I passed out in class for people to use.
Make sure that you look to correct spelling and grammar, as well as the format issues!
Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to working on review or doing whatever possible on the Country Profile Project. Here is the final assignment, again, if you need to look at it:
Conferences: As students were working on review, I called every student that I could in the class up to talk about where they were at, what support was needed, what changes I saw needed to be done, or in some cases, just asking what in the world has been going on for the last month, since there was so little productivity to be seen. For many students, there is a LOT of work over these next couple of days to be done.
As always, if you are confused about what to do, please email me or comment and I would be happy to help. I suspect at this point most students know what to do - they just wanted to put it off until the very last moment to get it done. Well, that moment has arrived. Work hard to get this done, please. Thank you!
As always, if you are confused about what to do, please email me or comment and I would be happy to help. I suspect at this point most students know what to do - they just wanted to put it off until the very last moment to get it done. Well, that moment has arrived. Work hard to get this done, please. Thank you!
