Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
To understand school policies and classroom expectations
To examine the direction of this year’s studies
To participate collaboratively in a project both as a class and as a team to build group cohesiveness and security

AGENDA:
Sketch Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrHoDJinMQI
Critical Thinking Discussion:
Using Kagan’s Structure Mix Pair Share, students will answer the following questions with Kagan Structure Time Pair Share:
Partner A: What is the main message of this clip?
Partner B: How is the message relevant to me?
(Switch Partners)
Partner A: What is the connection to literature?
Partner B: What drives our descriptions of ourselves and of literature?
(Switch Partners)
Partner A: Identify “curtains” that separate us from understanding.
Partner B: Propose a reason why it is that it can be difficult to analyze literature.
Goals for AP studies this year
Classroom expectations

HOMEWORK:

Summer Reading: due Friday 8/29
Syllabus & UGO form Signed: due Wednesday 8/27