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Wednesday, May 29th

5/29/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Presentations on Wednesday, May 29th.
If you did not take the RI test on Friday, please do so today.

1. Final Presentations

Give positive, specific feedback to the people whose names you have drawn.
Be a respectful, attentive audience to your classmates!

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Tuesday, May 28th

5/24/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Presentations on Wednesday, May 29th.
If you did not take the RI test on Friday, please do so today.

1. Wrapping up

Final poem together--you choose
- 1st read--underline the line that sticks out to you/sketch next to the poem/first impressions.
- 2nd-3rd read--What do you question? What do you notice? What interesting/unusual?
- 4th read--What's the tone? Does it shift?
- 5th read--what's this poem mean to you?

2. Workshop Presentations

Look at rubric
Peer Feedback on presentations

Movie

Adobe Spark
I Movie

Podcast

Audacity

Speech

Google Slides, Prezi, etc.

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Friday, May 24th

5/22/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

On Tuesday, get peer feedback on your presentation
Presentations on Wednesday, May 29th.

1. Literature Circle

Final comments on Googledoc to your group.
Self Evaluation/Give feedback to Feliks on the process.

2. Take RI test

3. Workshop Presentations

4-5 minutes, multi media
Present part/all of your cover letter (or something else).
Think about your audience! Make something interesting!!

Movie

Adobe Spark
I Movie

Podcast

Audacity

Speech

Google Slides, Prezi, etc.

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Wednesday, May 22nd

5/21/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Presentations begin on Wednesday, May 29th.

1. Literature Circle

Read/Finish book
Add 1-2 questions/comments to your Google doc about the connections between the article/book.
- Respond to questions/comments from your group.
Add 1-2 songs to the group score or playlist with an explanation for why you added them.

2. Begin presentations

4-5 minutes, multi media
Present part/all of your cover letter (or something else).
Think about your audience!

Movie

Adobe Spark
I Movie

Podcast

Audacity

Speech

Google Slides, Prezi, etc.

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Tuesday, May 21st

5/20/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Senior Portfolios and Cover Letters due today by midnight.
Presentations begin on Wednesday, May 29th.

1. Literature Circle

Read/Finish book
Read the article your group selected to connect to your book. Add 1-2 questions/comments to your Google doc about the connections between the article/book. Due Wednesday end of day.
Add 1-2 songs to the group score or playlist with an explanation for why you added them.

2. Workshop

Turn in your Final project/begin work on presentation.
Final project FAQ
- Does the cover letter have to synthesize all of your Senior Portfolio entries? No.
- Do I need to do Senior Portfolio entires for the Spring months we skipped: No. The in-class reflections can stand in for them.
- Does my presentation to the class have to be the same as what I write in my cover letter? No, but it can be.
- Does my cover letter have a length requirement? Yes--about 1000 words. If you are writing a series of poems (a genre that might be shorter but more challenging) see me.
- Any other questions?

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Monday, May 20th

5/17/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Senior Portfolios and Cover Letters due Tuesday, May 21st
Presentations begin on Wednesday, May 29th.

1. RI post-test

2. Literature Circle

Read
Respond to Flipgrid questions from group members. Please make sure that every student gets at least one response.
Read the article your group selected to connect to your book. Please have the article read and be prepared to discuss the connections on Wednesday.

3. Workshop

Final project FAQ
- Does the cover letter have to synthesize all of your Senior Portfolio entries? No.
- Do I need to do Senior Portfolio entires for the Spring months we skipped: No. The in-class reflections can stand in for them.
- Does my presentation to the class have to be the same as what I write in my cover letter? No, but it can be.
- Does my cover letter have a length requirement? Yes--about 1000 words. If you are writing a series of poems (a genre that might be shorter but more challenging) see me.
- Any other questions?

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Friday, May 17th

5/16/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Senior Portfolios and Cover Letters due Tuesday, May 21st
We are officially in the last two weeks of the trimester! Any late work/redos no later than Monday!

1. Workshop

Final project FAQ
- Does the cover letter have to synthesize all of your Senior Portfolio entries? No.
- Do I need to do Senior Portfolio entires for the Spring months we skipped: No. The in-class reflections can stand in for them.
- Does my presentation to the class have to be the same as what I write in my cover letter? No, but it can be.
- Does my cover letter have a length requirement? Yes--about 1000 words. If you are writing a series of poems (a genre that might be shorter but more challenging) see me.
- Any other questions?
Read
Respond to Flipgrid questions from group members. Please make sure that every student gets at least one response.
Work on cover letter/Senior Portfolio
Do any missing journals

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Thursday, May 16th

5/15/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Senior Portfolios and Cover Letters due Tuesday, May 21st
We are officially in the last two weeks of the trimester! Any late work/redos no later than Monday!

1. Literature Circle

What is the right tone for our videos?
Groups: Find an interesting article that is connected to your text (in theme, background information, author, etc).
- Share articles and nominate the one to assign to your group.
  - Length
  - Interest
  - Potential for discussion
What do you like better: videos or discussion on Google Doc?

2. Workshop

Final project FAQ
- Does the cover letter have to synthesize all of your Senior Portfolio entries? No.
- Do I need to do Senior Portfolio entires for the Spring months we skipped: No. The in-class reflections can stand in for them.
- Does my presentation to the class have to be the same as what I write in my cover letter? No, but it can be.
- Does my cover letter have a length requirement? Yes--about 1000 words. If you are writing a series of poems (a genre that might be shorter but more challenging) see me.
- Any other questions?
Read
Respond to Flipgrid questions from group members. Please make sure that every student gets at least one response.
Work on cover letter/Senior Portfolio
Do any missing journals

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Wednesday, May 15th

5/15/2019

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Goals:

I can reflect on my academic experiences and express my reflections in a piece of writing.

Announcements:

Senior Portfolios and Cover Letters due Tuesday, May 21st
We are officially in the last two weeks of the trimester! Any late work/redos no later than Monday!

1. Reflective Projects