Learning Goals
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Learning Tasks
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Resources
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Monday
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Revising
writing to increase clarity and impact.
Writing
in a specific style
(WRV.02)
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DEAR
& Silent reading (20 minutes)
E6 Lab.
Students Word Process Essay (revise while typing & add a working
title)
Submit New Draft to course Dropbox
by end of the period
Hmk: Biography Finished and Quotes due Friday
Ongoing: Action Project (due end of
October)
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Tuesday
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Writing
in a specific style
(WRV.02)
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Minds-on:
Writing a News Report
Create
and Anchor Chart
Writer’s
Notebook: News Report on one Youth Hero
Unit
1 Test tomorrow
Hmk: Biography Finished and Quotes due Friday
Ongoing: Action Project (due end of
October)
Study for Test
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Assorted
Newspapers
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Wednesday
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Reading
any text so that I get it.
(RLV.01)
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Active
Reading Unit Test
Hmk: Biography Finished and Quotes due Friday
Ongoing: Action Project (due end of
October)
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Handout
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Thursday
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Reading
any text so that I get it.
(RLV.01)
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Minds-On:
Zimbardo and the Heroic Imagination
Writer’s
Notebook: What is a Hero?
Active
Reading: Zimbardo Article & annotating
Hmk: Biography Finished and Quotes due tomorrow
Ongoing: Action Project (due end of
October)
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Ted Talk: Heroic Imagination Project
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Friday
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Figuring
out what to write, getting it organized and writing about it.
(WRV.01)
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Minds-On:
Research Skills & Active Reading online
Writer’s
Notebook: Heroes in my world
Choose
Original Topic & Complete Research Report Planner
Begin
Annotated Bibliography
Hmk:
Ongoing: Action Project (due end of October)
New
book for Monday
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Netbooks
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Sept. 22-26, 2014.
Sept. 15-19, 2014.
Learning
Goals
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Learning
Tasks
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Resources
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Monday
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Apply
Active Reading
(RLV.01)
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DEAR &
Silent reading (20 minutes)
Writer’s
Notebook: If you had limitless money and power what would you DO to make a
difference in the school/community/world?
How would you do it?
Case
Study: Austin Gutwein assignment.
Homework:
Read Biography (35 pages).
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Tuesday
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Reading
any text so that I get it.
(RLV.01)
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Minds-on: Think-Pair-Share
~ Generating ideas
Case Study:
“One Child” & Annotate Text
View UN
address
Hmk: Unifying
the Theory (assignment) & Read 35 pages
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Wednesday
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Writing in an appropriate form
(WRV.02)
Understand
how I read and how to apply it (RLV.04)
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Minds-On: News
Article
Writer’s
Notebook: News Article about Malala
Annotation
Portfolio & Active Reading Reflection
Begin
Final Unit Project
Hmk: Read
35 pages
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Handout
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Thursday
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Writing in
an appropriate form
(WRV.02)
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Minds-On: Opinion
Writing
Writer’s
Notebook: Opinion Intro & Outline
Final
Inquiry Project Planning
Hmk: Read
35 pages & Final Unit Project
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Friday
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Writing in
an appropriate form
(WRV.02)
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Minds-On: Writing
Conclusions
Writer’s
Notebook: Opinion Body & Conclusion
Final Unit
Project: Conference
Hmk: Read
35 pages & Final Unit Project
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Sept. 8-12, 2014.
Learning Goals
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Learning Tasks
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Resources
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Monday
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Apply Active
Reading & Active Listening
(RLV.01 &
OCV.01)
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DEAR
Minds-on: Active Listening
Goal Setting
Inquiry Topic & Writer's Notebook: Disadvantages and advantages of being young? Are there young
people who have real power? How can young people acquire
power? What might young people do with their power?
Active Listening & Create a Hypothesis
Hmk: Research & Check your Hypothesis
Read 30 pages
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Tuesday
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Reading any
text so that I get it.
(OCV.02 &
RLV.01)
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Minds-on:
Annotating a text
Speaking and
Writing Inquiry
Case Study:
Jer’s Vision & Annotate Text
Hmk: How did
Jeremy Do It? (assignment)
Read 30 pages
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Writer’s
Notebook
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Wednesday
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Recognizing
styles of writing.
(RLV.02)
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Minds-On:
Understanding Tone
Writing &
Speaking Inquiry
Case Study:
Shannen Koostachin & Annotate Text
How did
Shannen Do It? (assignment)
Hmk: View Attawapiskat Youth Forum Video &
further Research
Read 30 pages
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Writer’s
Notebooks
Attawapiskat Youth Forum
(Hmk video)
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Thursday
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Reading any
text so that I get it.
(OCV.02 &
RLV.01)
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Minds-On:
Summarizing
Class Discussion
Inquiry
Case Study:
Craig Kielburger & Annotate Text
Summary
Assignment (assignment)
Hmk: Read 30
pages
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Friday
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Understanding
various media texts & how they are put together
(MSV.01 &
MSV.02)
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Minds-On:
Comparison
It Take a
Child: Various Media
Craig’s
Journey, Comparing, and Revising the Theory
Hmk: Read 30
pages
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It Takes a Child (video)
It Takes a Child (graphic text)
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