Finish wiki personal page
Take multiple intelligences survey
Read explanation
At the top of your personal page, write a reaction: what do you think of the results?
For next class, document your attempts to teach someone something (perhaps you'll teach a sibling to shoot baskets or teach your parents how to use Facebook). Use your experience with multiple intelligences to answer the following questions; post your answers in the discussion forum on your personal page (hint: you can copy and paste these questions into a post):
--To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)?
--In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts?
--What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take?
For next class, document your attempts to teach someone something (perhaps you'll teach a sibling to shoot baskets or teach your parents how to use Facebook). Use your experience with multiple intelligences to answer the following questions; post your answers in the discussion forum on your personal page (hint: you can copy and paste these questions into a post):
--To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)?
--In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts?
--What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take?
Interdisciplinarity:
Groupwork: What counts as evidence of learning? Edutopia Video
Problem: What is the healthiest meal for 2-3 people that can be made for under $5
With your group, you will need to research and solve this interdisciplinary problem; on Friday, your 5 minute presentations will be judged by an ex-restaurant manager. Here are some issues you may wish to consider:
--What does "healthiest" mean?
--How much is enough for 2-3 people?
--What resources will be required to prepare the meal and how might these add to the cost? (for instance, do you need to travel to the store to get it? cook it on a stove? gas or electric?)
Revisit your teaching attempt and your healthy meal research/presentation:
How did genre, audience, and purpose figure in those processes?
Post your answers in the discussion forum on your personal page (hint: you can copy and paste this question into a post)
Reread multigenre assignment: What Topics, Genres, Audience(s), and Purpose(s) are you interested in pursuing? Answer "topic talk" questions for two possible topics and post your answers at the top of your personal page (not your discussion forum).
(Note: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into your personal page)
Please come prepared to discuss this work in class.
Sample Multigenre Project
Groupwork: Using our class rubric, what grade would you assign to the sample project and why?
Topic proposals due next class: What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work? Post your responses at the top of your personal page.
Research/Conferences
At least 2 FQI sheets due by end of class
Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets;
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
compose beginning/outline/draft of that genre for your project;
come prepared to discuss during next class.
Research/Conferences
At least 10 FQI sheets due by end of class
Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets;
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
compose beginning/outline/draft of that genre for your project;
come prepared to discuss during next class.
Now that you've finished more than half of your project, reflect on how you might synthesize your genres using a repetend or linking mechanism, and how you might "package" your project; post this brief reflection to your personal page, and come prepared to discuss
Synthesis/Packaging:
Checklist
Look at sample projects
Discuss synthesis/packaging
How will you present our class? To Mr. Lessnau's high school students?
What will you be looking for as you watch presentations?
As you read other projects?
Post to personal page
Prepare for presentations;
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Prepare for presentations;
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Prepare for presentations;
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Prepare for presentations;
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Prepare for presentations;
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Prepare for presentations;
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
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Class policies/Routines
Syllabus/Assignment
Take multiple intelligences survey
Read explanation
At the top of your personal page, write a reaction: what do you think of the results?
Groupwork: represent results of survey in different ways
Miss Tolliver video
--To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)?
--In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts?
--What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take?
--To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)?
--In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts?
--What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take?
Groupwork: What counts as evidence of learning?
Edutopia Video
With your group, you will need to research and solve this interdisciplinary problem; on Friday, your 5 minute presentations will be judged by an ex-restaurant manager. Here are some issues you may wish to consider:
--What does "healthiest" mean?
--How much is enough for 2-3 people?
--What resources will be required to prepare the meal and how might these add to the cost? (for instance, do you need to travel to the store to get it? cook it on a stove? gas or electric?)
Groups present healthiest meal presentations
Audience
Genre
How did genre, audience, and purpose figure in those processes?
Post your answers in the discussion forum on your personal page (hint: you can copy and paste this question into a post)
One mode, multiple genres
Multigenre Research Video
(Note: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into your personal page)
Please come prepared to discuss this work in class.
Group brainstorming
Whole-class discussion
Post your responses on your personal page.
Discuss sample project and WAS sheets
Post your responses on your personal page.
Groupwork: Using our class rubric, what grade would you assign to the sample project and why?
Process journal
Sample FQI sheets
Endnote/Protopage
How is what we've done so far connected?
Using available resources
Identifying reliable sources
Quoting, paraphrasing, and citing sources
Making an Endnotes and Works Cited page
Library research
--Driver's License
--Magazine ad
--YouTube video
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
Update process journal
At least 2 FQI sheets due by end of class
--Essay
--Diary entry
--Poem
Derive characteristics/criteria
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
Update process journal
At least 2 FQI sheets due by end of class
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
compose beginning/outline/draft of that genre for your project;
come prepared to discuss during next class.
Group: discuss genres and characteristics/criteria
Update process journal
At least 10 FQI sheets due by end of class
At least 10 FQI sheets due by end of class
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
compose beginning/outline/draft of that genre for your project;
come prepared to discuss during next class.
Group: discuss genres and characteristics/criteria
Literature Circles meet to set schedule
Buy Literature Circles books for 10/25:
Monster
Nothing but the Truth
Shooter
Up the Down Staircase
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
Buy Literature Circles books for 10/25:
Monster
Nothing but the Truth
Shooter
Up the Down Staircase
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
Update process journal
Discuss process
Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 1
Update process journal
Discuss process
Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 2
Update process journal
Meet in MCHS 2205
Try these visual tools:
-Wordle example
--Picnik example
--Jaycut example
--Comeeko
Or audio tools
--Myna example
-- http://www.grsites.com/sounds/ and http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
--Audacity
Or annotation tools:
VoiceThread
Viddler
Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 3
Update process journal
Discuss process
Checklist
Look at sample projects
Discuss synthesis/packaging
What will you be looking for as you watch presentations?
As you read other projects?
Post to personal page
Discuss presentation preparations
Discuss peer responses with Mr. Lessnau's class
Prepare for presentations
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Respond to at least 3 of Mr. Lessnau's students' projects
Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Discuss reflections
Projects due