Hey all- I am out to try to catch up on grading after the camping trip last week. Please be good to James, and work as diligently as you did yesterday- I was really proud of how you tackled the reading yesterday in class. Keep it up!
Starter 10- Civilian Participation Graph Starter
We Wish to Inform You…Part 2 For Part 2, you should ALL re-read the text, then make sure you have the following tasks done before the start of class tomorrrow- I will be checking annotations and your vocab card at the start of class tomorrow.
If you finish with this early, you should get a jump-start on the short answer questions for Part 3. See the handout I gave you yesterday (it's also linked on the docs page of my DP) for these questions. Homework: Complete Part 2 read through. Make sure you have all annotations, vocabulary, and questions written for the start of class tomorrow.
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Starter 8- Social Darwinism Cartoon
Social Darwinism Review
Too Dumb for Complex Texts? Brainstorm in pairs:
Background info: Lori summarizes complex texts reading, match to brainstorm. We will need to practice these strategies on the reading I will give you today. We Wish to Inform You…
Homework: Finish read through #1, as instructed on the handout. DUE: Start of class, Tuesday. .Starter 7: White Man’s Burden Cartoon
Imperialism Motives Students make motives chart in notes
Matching and Analysis for Motives Students are given a packet at each table, must answer the analysis questions, match to the motive
Review
Social Darwinism
HOMEWORK Finish Social Darwinism handout if you didn’t finish in class. DUE: Start of class, Monday. This is tricky- do the best you can with it, and we'll review it on Monday. Think carefully, go slowly! Hello lovely students! As you know, I'm off on the 12th grade camping trip. The following post covers both Wednesday AND Thursday. Please be good for my subs, and I'll see you on Friday! Wednesday- Hotel RwandaStarter 5
Hotel Rwanda Watch the movie, stop it about 10 minutes before the end of class. Hotel Rwanda Notes In their groups, students should fill in their notes. What do they have so far? Make sure there’s something in every box. HOMEWORK- None Thursday- Hotel rwandaStarter 6
Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda Discussion In their groups, students should discuss for 10 minutes:
Hotel Rwanda Reflection Write one well-reasoned TEA paragraph that answers ONE of the following questions. Share it with Lori. Make sure that you are using specific examples from the movies to support your view
HOMEWORK: Finish Hotel Rwanda TEA Paragraph, and share it with Lori before the start of class on FRIDAY. Starter 3: Hotel Sudan Cartoon
Finish Timeline You have 10 minutes to finish and beautify your timeline cards.
Vocabulary
Ghosts of Rwanda (linked on the Documents page of my DP)
HOMEWORK- None, unless you are a student new to AHS or a foreign exchange student. Then your DP UPDATE is due by Wednesday at the start of class. Please make sure it has all 3 required pieces (3 paragraph reflection, seminar reflection, picture of Hero's Journey poster), is carefully proofread, and then EMAIL THE LINK to Lori. Starter 2
8 Stages of Genocide See the documents page of my DP for links to the Prezi and my lecture notes. Rwanda Timeline You will be assigned a date from Rwandan history. Use one of the three links below to find out what happened on that date: Next you will create an 8.5 x 11 card to put in our timeline. That card must be vertical, and must include:
HOMEWORK Finish DP Update (3 paragraph reflection, picture of Hero's Journey Poster, seminar reflection). DUE: Monday, 10/8 by start of class (email link to Lori) UNLESS you are new to AHS this year or a foreign exchange student. If you are new or foreign exchange, your DP Update is due on Wednesday, 10/10. Binder Cleanout and Organization: Set up your binder or 5 pocket folder in the following sections:
Starter 1: Skull Photograph
Introduce unit: What is genocide? How does it happen? How can it be prevented?
Building Genocide Schema: UN Convention on Genocide
HOMEWORK- Finish DP Update (3 paragraph reflection, picture of Hero's Journey poster, Seminar Reflection). DUE: Monday, start of class. Send link to 10th grade Humanities page to Lori. For more details, see yesterday's lesson post. Announcements:
Seminar Reflection DUE! Make sure the printed copy is in the basket, and that you have shared a digital copy. Starter: Look at our Class Expectations document, and check out the expectations for Students and for Both. Where do you think you are succeeding at meeting these expectations? Where do you think you are falling short, and why? Binder Cleanout and Organization:
Feedback for Lori: Please fill out this short Google Form to give me some feedback on how things are going for you so far! Thank you! DP Update: You should create a new tab for the Hero’s Journey Project. On that page should be the following things:
HOMEWORK: Finish DP Update, email Lori link to 10th grade Humanities DP page. DUE: Monday, 10/8 by start of class. REMIND STUDENTS:
Proofreading Workshop Students should not have headphones in or be on their phones AT ALL during this process.
Writing and Revision Time In the remaining class time, students should complete their seminar reflection (look at the front board at the green list, or the Seminar Reflection Guidelines that I gave out last week--this is also linked on the documents page of my DP). Students are welcome to listen to music as they write and revise. HOMEWORK: Final Seminar Reflection DUE at the start of class on Wednesday. Must be PRINTED and shared with Lori. PRINT BEFORE CLASS! Announcements:
NO STARTER TODAY Parenthetical Citations
Writing Time Time to finish drafting your two paragraph detailed response. If you are done with this, work on the other paragraphs. Peer Critique Trade papers with one other person. Follow the directions on the peer-critique sheet linked above. HOMEWORK Come into class tomorrow with a complete draft of ALL FOUR required paragraphs. Be ready for a proofreading workshop, then time to write and revise. |
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May 2022
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