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HW due Friday:

1. Today in class we spent more time getting comfortable with the idea of our energy unit argumentative essay. We learned about writing thesis statements and topic sentences and considered what claim we wanted to make related to our Energy Unit.

For homework, students should spend 18 more minutes with the work we started in class. This class work included the following steps...

a. Look through my yellow Energy unit folder (especially consider Brainstorm Research activity worksheet)
b. What could my claim related to the Energy Unit be?
c. Do I have enough knowledge/evidence to support my claim? Go through your yellow Energy unit folder and E-Core Journal. Check in on some links on the blog.
d. Work on Graphic Organizer 1…

This is the Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer 1 we used in class. 

Mindfulness Group Jigsaw Work

Balance

https://www.eyeandear.org.au/page/Patients/Patient_information/Balance_Disorders/How_does_the_balance_system_work/

Crow pose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeAHINIZfXY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBzWk1bx9P8

Proprioception/ Coordination

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/for-better/articles/2018-04-11/proprioception-the-unsung-hero-of-the-senses

https://www.verywellfit.com/what-are-the-proprioceptors-3120368

Half Moon pose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EriPRTk1ly0

Crossing the Midline

https://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-06-corpus-callosum-childs-superhighway-connecting-emotional-logical-sides-brain-better-learning/

Eagle pose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MNiGagY0TU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC9XQWc6ukk

Parasympathetic Activation

https://www.doyouyoga.com/top-5-benefits-of-forward-folds-90857/

Forward Folds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Uhp5tphAs

Energy Argumentative Essay Resources

Argumentative Essay - Graphic Organizer 1

Argumentative Essay - BRAINSTORM Research - Graphic Organizer

Energy Sources - Resources

Energy Change Maker - Resources

Energy Change Maker - Student Found Resources

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HW due Thursday:

1. Argumentative Essay - Thesis Statement Practice 
a. Side 1 is notes and examples to help you and side 2 is the homework

If you were not able to take a leadership role at Morning Meeting, make sure you have completed the following Morning Meeting Participation Assignment by Friday.

We are NOT traveling tomorrow and will be at school doing awesome things for the day. Our trip to Reed College Cooley Gallery was rescheduled to Thursday, April 4th.

Service Opportunity TONIGHT from 6:30 - 8:30 @ SES in the Auditorium: Oregon Humanities Conversation Project

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Sorry for the late blog post. Tuesdays I have long meetings after school!

HW due Wednesday:

1. Hero's Journey Assignment #4
a. In addition to to completing the assignment linked above that we worked on in class last week and today you also need to do the following...
-Create 3 images that represent a main character in your book. Write a caption under each image that explains in 1 sentence how that images relates to your character
-List 3 details that you think make a main character in your book a "hero" or "change maker."

Morning Meeting - Brainstorm - Michael's Class - Wednesday, 2-27

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HW due Tuesday:

1. Complete the Mic Crenshaw Spoken Word Poetry Unit Reflection. This is a quick reflection and all questions should be treated like assignment questions. None of them are on the level of an "Essential Question."

If you were absent today and are able to, it would be great if you wrote out 8 bars on the topic of "Who Am I?"

Tomorrow we will spend time sharing our "Who Am I" spoken word poems that we worked on in class today. You are encouraged (but not required) to spend another 11 minutes working on this tonight.

If you have been tracking your Read-A-Thon reading units or getting pledges, bring your paperwork into school tomorrow.

3/1 - Weekend Check In

Hi core class! Between the snow days and the 8th grade retreat/6th + 7th health rotations we haven't met for awhile.

You are still expected to be finished with your first Hero's Journey + Change Maker book by Monday.

Speaking of which, this is a reminder that Monday is the last day of the Read-A-Thon!!! How has that been going for you??? I feel like we are not connected in it very well as a core class community because this was such a weird week. Definitely update your units and check in on any pledges people have made for you. Monday is dress like your favorite book character day. I'm excited to see all your creative reading energy in class Monday morning!

Everything else that we left hanging last week we will check in on when we are back together on Monday. This includes your Powell Butte Plant Restoration Field Study Assignment I never collected and the Hero's Journey + Change Maker Reading Assignment #4 that Jeff gave you last Tuesday. We will connect and check in on both of those on Monday. You are NOT expected to have finished your reading assignment #4 yet. Don't worry about it.

Read daily this weekend, make sure you have finished your first Hero's Journey + Change Maker book, and enjoy the weekend!