Responses to Book One (due by Friday, 3/8)

Question stems to use to create and answer inquiry questions to go with your book:

• How do/does/did...?
• What procedures or actions...?
• What problems...?
• What happens when...?
• What is/was the role of... in...?
• What is/was the difference between...?
• What causes/caused...?
• What are/were the effects/results of...?
• How/why did... decide to...?
• Who/what influenced...to...?
• What is/was the relationship between...and...?
• What are the competing sides...?
• How does/did... change...?

(question stems from The Thoughtful Researcher-- Libraries Unlimited)

Contemporary education article (read one for Monday)

Each author below has musings on contemporary education and new ways to approach education that are worth reading and considering.  Please read at least ONE of these articles and bring notes with you about this article to class on Monday.  You will be able to use these notes for an in-class writing.  You should take note of both general, summarized ideas from the article and record quotes of particular interest or that strike a chord with you while reading.

1. "The Value of a Pointless Education" by Jay Parcells (2013/2014)
2. "Non-academic skills are key to success but what should we call them" by Anya Kamenetz (2015)
3. "The Gift of Boredom" by John Spencer (2018/19)
4. "Nine Competencies for Teaching Empathy" by Michelle Borba (2018)

Tasks for this week...

This week, we are focused on looking at parallelism and other syntactical elements, and various pre-20th century writers' views on education.  We will be familiarizing ourselves with various terms of importance from ch. 3 in class as well:
parallelism
parallel structure  

The works we will be reading include:

• Francis Bacon's "Of Studies" and Samuel Johnson's "On Studies" (a response to Bacon's work) using this doc as we discuss
• Emerson's "On Education":  in-class reading using D.A.N.C.E. skills and discussion with this application activity
• Quotes from Henry David Thoreau about education & this modern perspective on Thoreau's education views

Multiple-choice practice:
Khan Academy
Common Lit-- this is for practice only, not a required assignment:
Common Lit 4th hour-- code PY96LB
Common Lit 5th hour-- code NVDBJ7
Feedback and correct answers will be given after you complete the assignment and I "grade" it on the program (usually within 24 hrs. of completion).

Welcome to class!

In my absence today, here are your directions:
Please take out your notes from the tasks posted HERE.
Divide into smaller groups with each of the articles represented (one red articles reader, one green, and one orange).  Take time to share and teach one another in your group what the articles you read were about, and take notes as you learn about their assigned articles.
Then, go on to share about the main ideas and intentions of the TED talks each of you chose to watch.  

Once all have shared, head back to your seats to work silently and independently for the remainder of the class period.  Read and take notes on the ideas given about links between education and citizenship in this article.

Finally, pull ideas and sources together to respond with a synthesis writing about the role of education in a democracy. This essay can be typed or handwritten and will be due on Tuesday, 2/12.

Tasks for this week

HERE are the reading tasks for this week with due dates added in.

Also, continue to read in your inquiry-based project book, and plan to have reading time for this book in class on Thursday and Friday.