Monday, February 27 | Formal Writing Drafts

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Draft of your formal writing component will be due THURSDAY (March 2nd). The deadline for your final draft is tentatively set for Friday, March 10. 

DO NOW (If you haven't done so already- 89 of you haven't) : THESIS STATEMENT [4 min]
In G. Classroom, answer the Thesis statement question. You can always go back and revise it, so please write at least a draft of what you are thinking.


DO NEXT: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A DAY OF WRITING [3 min]
Open your formal writing document. Open the Humanities Research Paper Resources site.  Consider the expectations laid out on the site and the current status of your formal writing component. Document your SMART goal for today.

RESEARCH MODEL [3 min each]

STUDIO TIME | ESSAY DRAFT 
Please use your time today to take meaningful and productive steps towards a solid draft of your essay. Use this time to conference with your advisor, revise your thesis statement, solidify your arguments based on your thesis, or write your introduction (it is may be best to leave your conclusion until last).

• Share out your writing goal for today.
• Use your habits of self-discipline and innovation to complete your goal.
• Reflect on what you accomplished today and your next steps for home learning

TICKET OUT: When will you carve out time tomorrow to complete at least 30 minutes of writing? What will that 30 min involve (goal for the writing period)? 

Friday, February 24 | Formal Writing Drafts

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Due to the schedule this week and next, the draft of your formal writing component will be due NEXT THURSDAY (March 2nd). The deadline for your final draft is tentatively set for Friday, March 10. 

• Addie and Heather will be doing workshops over the next week. They will be meeting with Freshmen today at 10:15. Please stay tuned for a complete schedule. 

DO NOW: THESIS STATEMENT [4 min]
In G. Classroom, answer the Thesis statement question. You can always go back and revise it, so please write at least a draft of what you are thinking.


DO NEXT: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A DAY OF WRITING [3 min]
Open your formal writing document. Open the Humanities Research Paper Resources site.  Consider the expectations laid out on the site and the current status of your formal writing component. Document your SMART goal for today.

RESEARCH MODEL [3 min each]

10:15 Freshmen to the Cafeteria for a Thesis Statement workshop.

STUDIO TIME | ESSAY DRAFT 
Please use your time today to take meaningful and productive steps towards a solid draft of your essay. Use this time to conference with your advisor, revise your thesis statement, solidify your arguments based on your thesis, or write your introduction (it is may be best to leave your conclusion until last).

• Share out your writing goal for today.
• Use your habits of self-discipline and innovation to complete your goal.
• Reflect on what you accomplished today and your next steps for home learning

TICKET OUT: What is 1 next step you need to accomplish before coming into P-Block Monday?

Thursday, February 23 | Seminar Previews

There is no P-Block today. Please see the following schedule for seminar previews. 
Your formal writing component drafts are still due tomorrow. Please plan to be home learning tonight to be prepared for that hard deadline. 

Before 10:00, please sign up for your previews.

Roster for Previews

10:00-10:25 Preview 1

10:30-11:00 Preview 2

11:00-11:15 Town Hall

In advisory we will register for seminars. 

Wednesday, February 22 | Essay Drafting

DO NOW: All people who identify as male, please fill out this survey about body image. [3 min]

DO NEXT: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A DAY OF WRITING [3 min]
Open your planning documents from yesterday. Set a goal for your studio time.

RESEARCH MODEL [3 min each]

STUDIO TIME | ESSAY DRAFT 
A draft of your formal writing is due on Friday. Please use your time today to work towards that hard deadline. Humanities Research Paper Resources

• Share out your writing goal for today.
• Use your habits of self-discipline and innovation to complete your goal.
• Reflect on what you accomplished today and your next steps for GWT or home learning

TICKET OUT: What is one of your supporting arguments for your thesis statement? 

Tuesday, February 21 | Essay Planning

Monday, October 10 | Essay Planning

Deadlines:

• Annotated bibs: Past Due (Last Friday)
• Formal writing drafts: Due Friday
• Final Drafts: Due next Thursday

DO NOW: Complete the interest survey for a fellow student's research. 

DO NEXT: DEFINE SYNTHESIS [2 min]

On a sticky note or other piece of paper, define synthesis in your own words.

GATHERING: CONSTRUCT MEANING [10 min]

As a group, create a share definition of the word "synthesis" and discuss patterns. How can you take the pieces of knowledge, argument, and perspective that you gained through research and synthesize it for a thesis?

RESEARCH MODELS [3 min each]

REVIEW FORMAL WRITING COMPONENT | RESEARCH PAPER [5 min]

• All IDEAS Block students are required to write a formal research paper. If you wish to construct an essay other than a research paper, you must setup an appointment with Addie for approval. Even if you have not gotten approval, you can begin the planning process today.
• Many think a research paper is merely an essay in which they define a topic. For example, they might research Web2.0 tools such as blogs then proceed to define what a blog is, who invented the blog, who uses a blog and why. This is true, but only in part. The main function or purpose of the research paper is to first analyze the topic (define Web2.0 tools and describe how they impact society) and second construct an argument in regards to the topic (Web2.0 tools turn the average writer into a true scholar with publication of writing).

There are four main elements to a research paper.

1. Introduction
2. Definition: The definition paragraph introduces your audience to your interpretation of the topic. This paragraph will answer the majority of the closed questions you researched, but it also needs to include your personal understanding of the topic. For example, while there is a specific definition of empathy, how we demonstrate empathy as individuals varies greatly, which is open to interpretation.
3. Argument: This is the portion of your essay in which you will synthesize your argument using academic research. Remember that an innovative argument not only recognizes the conversations about the topic via academic research, but also adds to the conversation by offering new insight not yet considered.
4. Conclusion: Restate thesis. Restate argument. Restate purpose. Sounds simple. It is not. Remember that restate actually means that you have already provided your readers with this information once. While it is important to do so again to remind them of what your paper was about, you are actually doing so in a new way, not in fact restating. Restating is redundant and boring to your readers.

STUDIO TIME | ESSAY PLANNING [10:20-11:10]

Begin the planning stage of your essay by creating a visual outline. This can be done in several ways.

The Traditional Method: Effective for those students who like to organize their ideas using a strict structure. (Dan’s favorite)

The Doodle Method: Effective for those students who like to use images, symbols, text (doodles!) to assemble their ideas. Notice in this Pinterest example, the argument of the essay is in large letters at the bottom: “We use stories to make sense of and predict our lives.” (Addie’s favorite)

Sticky Notes: Effective for those students who like to move, manipulate, re-organize their ideas. (Beckah’s favorite)

CLOSING: SHARE OUT [11:10-11:15]
What is the argument?

Friday, February 16 | Annotated Bibliographies Due Today

DO NOW:  [10 min]
Select the source and annotation you are most proud of or that was most helpful to you.
DOCUMENT: a word that is powerful and strong within your writing, a phrase that summarizes the source, and a sentence that you wrote that shows a connection back to your topic and your research.

GATHERING: WHIP AROUND [5 min]

Share out 2 of the elements you documented in the do now.

RESEARCH MODEL PRESENTATIONS [3 min each]

STUDIO TIME: ANNOTATED BIBS [10:20-11:10]

• What is your research goal for today? What do you want to learn and how will you use your habits of observation, reasoning/interpreting and self-discipline to obtain this information?
  (Document this in your studio time journal or whatever way your P-Block has decided to collect daily goals) 
• 1-2 Annotations?
• Find the answer to -- questions...?
• Share out your goal for studio time.
• Follow your group norms, being respectful of the learning environment and remaining within your P-Block space.
• Reflect on your goal and set a home learning goal for yourself.

TICKET OUT [11:10-11:15]

• Submit your Annotated Bib to G. Classroom (If you have to make revisions, please unsubmit it. Do not email Addie to give it back to you)
• Show your advisor.

Thursday, February 16 | Annotated Bibliographies

DO NOW: PREPARE YOURSELF [2 min]
Do what you need to do to be ready to be productive today. Be ready to listen to the research models and then dive into your annotations.

RESEARCH MODEL PRESENTATIONS [3 min each]

GATHERING: WEATHER REPORT [10 min]

What is the status of your annotated bib?

STUDIO TIME: ANNOTATED BIBS [10:15-11:10]

• What is your research goal for today? What do you want to learn and how will you use your habits of observation, reasoning/interpreting and self-discipline to obtain this information?
  (Document this in your studio time journal or whatever way your P-Block has decided to collect daily goals) 
• 1-2 Annotations?
• Find the answer to -- questions...?
• Share out your goal for studio time.
• Follow your group norms, being respectful of the learning environment and remaining within your P-Block space.
• Reflect on your goal and set a home learning goal for yourself.

TICKET OUT [11:10-11:15]

• Set a calendar invite for yourself with the time and goal for tonight's home learning based on you progress today. 

Wednesday, February 15 | Annotated Bibliographies

DO NOW: DRIVING QUESTION SHARING [2 min]

• 78 students still need to complete the question on G. Classroom. Please do so today. You can always go back and edit it later if it changes. 
• If you have submitted your question, please set your goal for studio time using whatever documentation technique that was determined by your P-Block. 

RESEARCH MODEL PRESENTATIONS [3 min each]

STUDIO TIME: ANNOTATED BIBS [8:05-8:40]

• What is your research goal for today? What do you want to learn and how will you use your habits of observation, reasoning/interpreting and self-discipline to obtain this information?
  (Document this in your studio time journal or whatever way your P-Block has decided to collect daily goals) 
• 1-2 Annotations?
• Find the answer to -- questions...?
• Share out your goal for studio time.
• Follow your group norms, being respectful of the learning environment and remaining within your P-Block space.
• Reflect on your goal and set a home learning goal for yourself.

TICKET OUT [8:40-8:45]

• Set a calendar invite for yourself with the time and goal for tonight's home learning based on you progress today. 

**TOWN HALL AT 8:45**

Tuesday, February 14 | Annotated Bibliographies

ANNOUNCEMENTS + CALENDAR

• Annotated Bibs are due FRIDAY, FEB 17
• No school on MONDAY, FEB 20 (President's Day)
• We will start outlining our formal writing on TUESDAY, FEB 21
• Formal writing drafts are due FRIDAY, FEB 24
• ACT FEB 28 and WorkKeys MARCH 1 (Schedule TBD)
• Formal writing final drafts are due THURSDAY, MARCH 2
• No School MARCH 3 (Teacher records day)

Based on the calendar, you WILL have to do home learning in order to get your ELA components completed on time. Please plan accordingly. There is GWT every night (except Weds) after school. 


DO NOW: SURVEYS [3 min]

• Journalism Survey 
• Stress Survey
• Stress Survey #2

DO NEXT: DRIVING QUESTION SHARING [2 min]
On G. Classroom, please ANSWER the question with your driving question.


RESEARCH MODEL PRESENTATIONS [3 min each]

STUDIO TIME: ANNOTATED BIBS [10:15-11:10]

• What is your research goal for today? What do you want to learn and how will you use your habits of observation, reasoning/interpreting and self-discipline to obtain this information?
  (Document this in your studio time journal or whatever way your P-Block has decided to collect daily goals) 
• 1-2 Annotations?
• Conference with advisor about your driving question?
• Find the answer to these 3 questions...?
• Share out your goal for studio time.
• Follow your group norms, being respectful of the learning environment and remaining within your P-Block space.
• Reflect on your goal and set a home learning goal for yourself.

TICKET OUT [11:10-11:15]

• Set a calendar invite for yourself with the time and goal for tonight's home learning based on you progress today. 

Monday, February 13 | Annotated Bibliography

DO NOW [3 min]
Based on your driving question and initial research from last week, what is your research goal for today? What do you want to learn and how will you use your habits of observation, reasoning/interpreting and self-discipline to obtain this information?
(Document this in your studio time journal or whatever way your P-Block has decided to collect daily goals)

RESEARCH MODEL PRESENTATIONS [3 min each]

ANNOUNCEMENTS + CALENDAR [2 min]

• Annotated Bibs are due FRIDAY, FEB 17
• No school on MONDAY, FEB 20 (President's Day)
• We will start outlining our formal writing on TUESDAY, FEB 21
• Formal writing drafts are due FRIDAY, FEB 24
• ACT FEB 28 and WorkKeys MARCH 1 (Schedule TBD)
• Formal writing final drafts are due THURSDAY, MARCH 2
• No School MARCH 3 (Teacher records day)

Based on the calendar, you WILL have to do home learning in order to get your ELA components completed on time. Please plan accordingly. There is GWT every night (except Weds) after school. 

STUDIO TIME: ANNOTATED BIBS [10:10-11:10]

• Share out your goal for studio time.
• 1-2 Annotations?
• Conference with advisor about driving question?
• Find the answer to these 3 questions...?
• Follow your group norms, being respectful of the learning environment and remaining within your P-Block space.
• Reflect on your goal and set a home learning goal for yourself.

TICKET OUT [11:10-11:15]

• Set a calendar invite for yourself with the time and goal for tonight's home learning based on you progress today. 

Friday, February 10 | Driving Questions

DO NOW: PREPARE [2 min]
Do what you need to do to prepare yourself to be a productive and positive member of the group today. What do you need to physically have with you? What does your mindset need to be?


MODEL RESEARCH [3 min each]
If there are students that signed up to present a research model, please have them present during this time. These models should be at MOST 3 minutes.

• What is the source?
• What was interesting or unique about it?
• What did you learn from observing it?
• What additional questions arose as you observed it?
• Who would be a potential audience for this source?

GATHERING: 1-WORD WHIP [5 min]
Annotated Bibs are due next Friday. What superpower will you use to successfully meet this deadline?


DRIVING QUESTIONS [10 min]

1. Open your primary questions document (the one your have been adding to throughout the past week)
2. At the top, write "Problem Statement: __" and then identify what yours is.
• What is the problem you want to solve? What is the issue you have identified as your focus within your topic?
• Examples: 
• Males and females both identify men as the "smartest" gender. 
• There is an unequal ratio of men and women within STEM fields. 
• People's diets are causing increased obesity rates in the US.  
3. Read through your questions and highlight the ones that fit best with your problem statement.
4. Start crafting your driving question. 
• Based on the problem you identified and the questions you are asking, what is the focus of your project? What is the question that is driving your research and creation?
• "A driving question helps guide your research while still allowing you the ability to expand and build upon your project topic. It encourages you, as the researcher, to look beyond the surface level of your topic."
• "A good driving question will not be answered during the research process. In other words, you will not find the answer on the Internet or in some book. In fact, there are multiple ways to answer your driving questions. The research phase is about finding all of those ways BEFORE you provide one viable answer grounded in your experience."

STUDIO TIME [10:20-11:05]

1. Set a goal and stretch goal for your time today.
• Craft your driving question (due at the end of the hour)
• Conference with your advisor to solidify your driving question
• Finish any initial research or closed questions
• Annotate initial research sites. 
2. Use your habits of professionalism and habits of mind to successfully achieve your goal.
3. Reflect on your goal and your next steps for the weekend. 

CLOSING: WHIP AROUND [11:05-11:15]
What is your driving question? (Write it on a note card or sticky note with your name)

Thursday, February 9 | Annotations

DO NOW: RESEARCH MODEL SIGN UP
It is expected that by the end of the 4-week research period, you have presented one of the research tools you used and discussed it's value to your project and extensions for other people to use similar types of evidence. These presentations are no more than 3 minutes long. 

• Your P-Block advisor will have shared a calendar with you. Please comment with your name on the date you would like to present. 
• Please make sure there are no more then 3 people on each day for sake of time. 

DO NEXT: CREATIVE HUNT

• Independently read the student example of an annotated bib. You do not have to read all of them, but you should select at least 2 to observe and analyze for patterns.  
• What is the overall purpose of the annotation? Who is the audience?
• What are the parts within the annotation?
• What are the purposes of each part?
• What is unique about what the author wrote?

GROUP DISCUSSION: CREATIVE HUNT

• Share out observations and thinking (please document for later reference)
• If questions arise, please email Addie for clarification

STUDIO TIME: ANNOTATIONS

Students should have completed their proposal revisions and their initial research by today. The focus of studio time today is to use reasoning and interpreting skills to create annotations for the sources used during research thus far. Students should have at least 3 sources annotated by the end of the week. 

• Set your SMART goal in the space determined by your advisor. 
• Share out your goal with the group (so we can hold each other accountable).
• Write quality annotations per the model and the Humanities site.
• Reflect on your goal.

Annotation reminder: Please use a Google Doc to write your annotations before adding them to Easybib. This will prevent the lose of thinking and writing in case of an automatic refresh. REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR ANNOTATION BEFORE CLOSING EASYBIB!

CLOSING: WORD. PHRASE. SENTENCE.

Share out 1 word, phrase, or sentence you wrote today in an annotation that you think is unique, creative, or interesting. 

Looking into the future: 

Tomorrow we will craft our driving questions. It is also the day your first research check-point is due. Your advisors will be assessing your habits of wondering and observing over the last week of research phase. 

Wednesday, February 8 | Research Studio Time

DO NOW: COMPASS POINTS [10 min]

Purpose: Students will look closely at the evidence of their thinking and learning, in order to create a detailed summary of their progress and identify next steps.

• Independently, all students should look at their feedback on their documents (physical and/or digital). Staff should respond to or collect clarifying questions.
• Independently, all students should complete a detailed compass points for their project or their role in their group project. Emphasis on detailed!
• N >> What do you need to know? Clarifying questions you have for staff or about your own topic? What are your priorities going into research?
• E >> What are you most excited about now and in the near future?
• W >> What are you worried about? What specific obstacles are you facing in your project?
• S >> What are your immediate next steps? What does your feedback suggest that you need to do? What suggestions do you have for yourself?

PAIR SHARE [8 min]

• Students should find a partner- not in the same group  and preferably one who they don't normally work with
• Share your compass points with each other
• Review them, add comments with feedback offering additional suggestions and adding more detail.

SHARE OUT [5 min]

• What questions or need to knows are there for the good of the group?
• Advisors, please share these with Tim and Addie. 

STUDIO TIME: CLOSED QUESTIONS [8:20-8:50]

Purpose: Students will continue or begin research, according to the next steps identified above. Staff will check in with each student, giving emphasis to students who do not have completed or approved proposals.

• Identify a studio time goal. Share it.
• (Note: This will become a routine. Where will students in your group document studio time goals and progress? How and when will reflection take place? Tomorrow's gathering will be focused on this.)
• Staff will set priorities for conferencing during studio time.
• Reflection on studio time.

Proposals should be completed, revised, and ready for assessment by this point. In order to have enough quality time researching, it is important to continue moving forward. This means additional time outside of P-Block time. 

TICKET OUT: 1 interesting or exciting piece of information from your research today. 1 additional question you added to your document

Tuesday, February 7 | Research Phase Officially Begins

Today, we will be starting in our RESEARCH groups. Please be on time and ready to share your ideas with your new group. 

DO NOW: SHARE THINKING [3 min]
Share your P-Block folder (which should have ALL you documents and thinking in it) with your new advisor.

DO NEXT: PREPARE ELEVATOR SPEECH [5 min]
You have 30 seconds in an elevator with someone who is looking to fund a new project. They already know what P-Block is, but they don't know anything about your project. 
Prepare a 30 second elevator speech about your project, the problem, your plan, etc. Even if you are working in a group, everyone must share one out.

GATHERING: SHARE SPEECHES [1 min total per person]
Everyone in the group will take turns standing in front of the group sharing their speech. 30 second speech + 30 second thumb vote and feedback.
At the transition, the next person should come up front and the Feedback Collector should be giving the notes to the previous presenter.

Presenter: In 30 seconds, convince the audience to buy into your project. Then, listen respectfully for 30 seconds to feedback.

Audience: Listen respectfully for 30 second speech while writing any questions or feedback you have for the presenter. After the presentation, participate in a thumb vote and 30 seconds of feedback.

Time Keeper: Please keep time for the presenter and the feedback

Task Manager: Please help the time keeper by redirecting the group back to the task when necessary

Feedback Collector: Collect the feedback after each presentation and make sure it gets to the presenter


STUDIO TIME | PROPOSAL REVISIONS + CLOSED QUESTIONS  [at least 30 min]
1. Review and revise your proposals. These will be your first ELA P-Block grade of the semester. Please make sure you have considered all feedback provided to you. It might be helpful to look through the feedback from your elevator speech and make sure the questions that were asked are answered or reiterated in your proposal.

2. Closed questions research and more questions. This semester the first few days of research phase will be dedicated to answering the questions you posed during ideation and asking more.

• Determine the way you will be collecting and documenting your research. 
• Answer your CLOSED QUESTIONS today. What do you need to know about your topic that will give you a better understanding of it and the problems related to it?
• Ask MORE QUESTIONS. Throughout today, you should add at least 2-5 MORE questions to your open and closed question document (it might be helpful to do this in a different color)
• Cite and annotate sources in Easybib
• Create your annotations in a Google Doc first. In the past, we have had trouble with Easybib reloading randomly and students losing annotations. To safeguard against that, please write the annotation in a doc first and then copy and paste it into Easybib. REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR ANNOTATIONS!

TICKET OUT [5 min]
What is 1 interesting/intriguing fact/idea you learned today? What is 1 additional question that came out of your research today?

Monday, February 6 | Proposal Revisions

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Proposals were due to Google Classroom on Friday.  They are officially late.  Please turn them in ASAP for review tonight.  Advisors will be making final decisions on RESEARCH location (which may be completely different than your intended CREATION location). If you don't have the Google Classroom code, please ask your advisor to invite you to the class. 

DO NOW: [5 min]
Go to the Proposal Page on the IDEAS Block Blog.  Look over the page and ask any clarifying questions about the proposal process or expectations.

GATHERING: Headline [15 min]
Purpose: Isolate and share the essence of your project to focus revision.

• Imagine you've finished your project. Write a headline that announces what you have accomplished, solved, found, expressed, or otherwise done. 
• Headlines must have a noun and action verb; they are short but specific; they bring attention to the most important information; the report newsworthy happenings.
• Share headlines.

STUDIO TIME: Revising Proposals [45 min]
Purpose: Engage in a conversation about projects through interpreting feedback.

• IDEATION Advisors should share feedback with students’ proposal drafts submitted from Friday.
• Students consider that feedback and revise as needed.
• What is your next step?
• Complete missing proposal pieces.
• Revisions of Proposal - What specifically?
• Communicate with IDEATION Advisors, seeking help and clarification.
• Please stay within IDEAS Block rooms. IDEATION Advisors may arrange collaborations, if needed, through Google Hangouts. 

Have you turned in your proposals and made revisions based on the feedback you were given? If, and only if, both of those are true and your ideation advisor approves, you should start answering your CLOSED QUESTIONS. 

Please remember to...

• document ALL your thinking, further questions, found information, etc. Make your thinking visible! This is evidence of your habits of mind and will also be essential for the continuation of your project. 
• add your sources to Easybib and annotate them. It is easier to do it right away than have to come back to it. 

TICKET OUT: Evidence of Learning [10 min]
Purpose: Share proposal status.

• Have you submitted the Proposal Submission Form and attached your completed Proposal?
• If yes, GREAT! If no, state how you will get this completed by 3 PM today.  Keep in mind that proposals were DUE LAST Friday.

Friday, February 3 | Proposals Due Today

The focus of Friday is the continual work to clarify thinking about projects through writing. These proposals are essentially the criteria against which students can measure their own success and growth. At the same time, they serve as a map for how we will use staff and school resources to support each project.

DO NOW: REVIEW YOUR PROPOSAL [10 minutes]

• Read what you have written thus far and self-assess (based on the rubric) what you need to do to show proficiency in the standards being assessed.
• Identify your next steps for effectively and proficiently communicating your proposal

STUDIO TIME and CONFERENCING: Finish Writing Proposals [10:15 - 11:10am]

Purpose: Engage in a conversation about projects through interpreting feedback.

• Share out your next step you identified in the do now.
• Follow the studio time norms your group decided on yesterday.
• COMPLETE your proposal!

Advisors: Please meet with each of you students to fill out the survey shared with you.

TICKET OUT: Evidence of Learning [11:10 - 11:15am]

• Turn in your Proposal to G. Classroom
• Fist to Five: How confident do you feel about the proposal you are submitting?

Thursday, February 2 | Proposals

DO NOW: DO NOW: PROPOSAL REVIEW [5 minutes]

Read through what you wrote yesterday. Highlight (in your proposal document)

- 1 word that you think is powerful or emotional

- 1 phrase that summarizes your idea

- 1 sentence that is not yours (a quote)

DO NEXT: WHIP AROUND SHARE OUT [5 min]

• Share out at least 1 of your do now answers with the group
• What is 1 next step you have for your writing process today?

SET UP STUDIO TIME NORMS [5 min]

• Set up norms for Studio Time writing based on your space and group.
• Determine noise level.
• Determine location for conferencing with staff and create an order/sign up for conferences needed.

STUDIO TIME: WRITE [10:15 - 11:05am]

Purpose: Complete proposals for creative and innovative projects.

• Students should stay in their project block rooms today. Since everyone needs their own proposal, groups can share documents with one another or email if needed. Staff should keep Hangouts open, in the case that exceptions need to be made. 
• Write proposals.
• Make sure no one wants to say "so what?" when they read about your project idea.

TICKET OUT: NORM CHECK [11:05 - 11:15am]

• What worked well within studio time?
• What needs to change for tomorrow?
• How would you rate your use of studio time? (fist to five)

Students, please remember that your proposals are due tomorrow! You will be meeting with your P-Block advisor to submit it.

Staff, please remember that we will meet Monday at 4:00pm to review proposals. Please gather as much information about students' intentions with their projects as you can. This can be done through project block, advisory, and classes.

Wednesday, February 1 | Proposal Introduction

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN OUR SCHEDULE FOR TODAY! WE WILL BE SWITCHING P-BLOCK AND TOWN HALL

ERIN'S ADVISORY WILL BE HOSTING TOWN HALL AT 7:55 TODAY, THEN WE WILL TRANSITION INTO P-BLOCK. THIS IS TO ALLOW TIME FOR AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPOSAL AS A WHOLE SCHOOL BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO P-BLOCK FOR SMALL GROUP OBSERVING AND PROCESSING. GUIDED WORK TIME WILL FOLLOW P-BLOCK. 

_________________________________________________________________________________

DO NOW: PREPARE FOR LEARNING [2 min]

• Please review the agenda and then put all technology off and away
• Make sure you have a physical copy of the proposal components and a writing utensil

CREATIVE HUNT | PROPOSAL

Individual Silent Review  [5-7 minutes ] 

Annotate based on the following questions:

• What is the purpose of the proposal? 
• What is new and interesting? 
• What are the clarifying questions? 
• Based on the proposal what do you think the importance of projects are?

Group Discussion [10 minute]

Go through the questions as a group. Create a parking lot with questions if necessary. Please email Addie with any group parking lot questions. 

STUDIO TIME | WRITE YOUR PROPOSAL

Start a draft of your proposal. Use your ideation think thus far to drive your writing and persuasive rhetoric. Use the proposal components document on the proposal page to guide your writing process.

If you are still in the process of initial research, questions, etc, today should be your last day to do this. Please have your idea to a solid enough point that you can start your proposal. GWT and home learning might be necessary to get to this point. 

PROPOSALS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY!

9:30 TICKET OUT: 1 word, phrase, or sentence you wrote today that you are proud of or that you think best highlights your project idea. 

Students should make their way to GWT at 9:30.