1/26

Happy end of term 2 everyone!

Enjoy the long weekend.

HW due Tuesday:

1. Real Life Exhibit Field Study Assignment
2. Read your Human Rights Novel daily

1/25

Thank you for your engagement, critical thinking, and willingness to share and challenge today during and after our time at the Real Life Exhibit.

HW due Friday:

1. 4 Bar Friday (inspired by Damian Lillard - 4 Bar Friday - Damian Lillard)
...Write 4 bars (based off our work with Mic Crenshaw... essentially, 4 lines) about either your experience at the Real Life Exhibit today or about your thoughts on homework

We will be working with Mic again in the morning after PE and will be spending time continuing our discussion on the Real Life Exhibit in the afternoon.

Tomorrow is the last day of Term 2. Turn in any late work before the end of the day!!!

1/24

HW due Thursday:

1. Term 2 Service Reflection due tomorrow. 
...Either print it or get it sent to me no later than 8:30 AM.
...Consider the rubric, expectations around conventions, and your areas of focus based off your term 1 reflection (Service Reflection Graphic Organizer + Rubric)
...If you think are already finished, spend at least 15 minutes going back through your reflection with the support of the rubric while paying special attention to conventions and find at least one more thing to add to your reflection

2. Get your field study permission slip signed and turned in please!!!

3. Field Study to the REAL Life Exhibit through Medical Teams International this Thursday. Bring a lunch!!! Come to school with 3 facts about Medical Teams International and their REAL Life Exhibit based off the info on their website: http://www.medicalteams.org/home/real-life-exhibit

Friday is the last day of Term 2!!! All late work should be turned in by then.

Awesome work today with Mic. Thanks for your engaged thinking, writing, and sharing. Here is a link to a video of the band that Mic talked about (his friend is the drummer) today during his performance --> Too Many Zooz - Subway Performance

1/23

HW due Wednesday:

1. Work on your Term 2 Service Reflection for 27 minutes tonight. This is due Thursday.
...Consider the rubric, expectations around conventions, and your areas of focus based off your term 1 reflection (Service Reflection Graphic Organizer + Rubric)

2. Make sure you have your Human Rights novel in class tomorrow!

3. Get your field study permission slip signed and turned in please!!!

Field Study to the REAL Life Exhibit through Medical Teams International this Thursday

Friday is the last day of Term 2!!! All late work should be turned in by then.

1/22

HW due Tuesday:

1. Human Rights Card
...Include the following: Human Rights Article #, explanation of this human right in your words, image with a caption that represents your human right
...Make this bold and clear as it will hang up in the classroom throughout this unit and we want to be able to see it!

2. Bring your Human Rights Novel to school tomorrow!

Extra Credit:

In preparation for our spoken word poetry work with Mic Crenshaw starting tomorrow, check out a piece by Mic Crenshaw and write down one line that stands out to you and why.

Mic Crenshaw - Superheroes
Mic Crenshaw - Obvious
Mic Crenshaw - Earthbound
https://www.miccrenshaw.com/home

HW due Thursday:
1. Term 2 Service Reflection
a. Remember to use the rubric as your guide while you work (Service Reflection Graphic Organizer + Rubric)

Field Study to the REAL Life Exhibit through Medical Teams International this Thursday

Friday is the last day of Term 2!!! All late work should be turned in by then.

1/19/18

Finish your Term 2 Service Hours!!! We will work on our reflection in class together Monday afternoon and the final reflection will be due Wednesday, January 24th. 

HW due Monday

What are human rights?
1. Check out this Human Rights Slideshow
2. What is your assigned human right (UN Declaration of 30 Human Rights)... If you were absent today, pick one from the 30 that you want to focus on
3. Go back through the slideshow and focus on your specific human right
4. Go to the Human Rights website and learn more about your specific human right through a 1 minute video specific to your human right #.
5. Go back through our first Human Rights video and find your human right to learn a bit more
6. OPTIONAL (if more info is needed) --- Spend 5-10 minutes learning more about your assigned human right online. Here is a Know Your Rights website to start at
7. Create a quick image with a caption that shows what your human right means... We will use that quick image in class on Monday to make a more detailed, thorough, and clear image as a part of a human rights art activity

Spoken Word Poetry
In preparation for our spoken word poetry unit with Mic Crenshaw ((http://www.miccrenshaw.com/), watch one spoken word poetry video. Write down 3 words that come to mind right after you are done with the video.

shane koyczan - to this day

Prince Ea - Why I Think This World Should End
Denice Frohman - Accents

Brenden Wellington - America in 4 Minutes

Who Am I? - Life by Sara

Portland Public Schools - Verselandia (2 hours long presentation from PPS high school students doing spoken word!)

OR FIND YOUR OWN!

1/18

Sorry all for the super Late post. Just getting to a computer after a long afternoon of meetings and such. Your homework is to read for 30 minutes and to monitor your comprehension every chapter using sticky notes in your human rights novle