Please fill out the following form to prepare for Exhibitions of Learning coming this Spring. Make sure you make the prior arrangements with your employers to ensure you can attend the expected days. Also, as another survey for data, please take the following Survey from Anthony.
Week of March 20-24 | Creation within your Discipline
Research papers and revisions are still rolling back and forth between students and Language Arts teachers. This is a friendly reminder to look at Skyward for communication about this evidence of learning.
This week, we look forward to seeing project plans, sketches, drafts, and prototypes come together. Please keep all evidence of your process. All the ideas and possibilities generated. All of the versions. Successes. Failures. All of it shows your thinking and will reveal to you (and others) how you make choices in your creative process.
Please note that some students may be shifting advisors for creation phase. Advisors need to fill out the change of placement form so that rosters can get changed. The new advisor will determine whether the change is possible, based on evidence of research and creative intent clarified by the student.
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
Students need to self-check and manage the following (and possibly more):
- Evidence for Infused Language Arts
- Annotated Bibliography, Formal Writing components, Revisions
- Creative Intent
Revisit your proposal; consider your research. At this point, you should be able to articulate what you are going to create, why - what are the parts and purposes of those parts in communicating your research, idea, emotion, who will be impacted by the creation, and how will you go about creating it? - Project Calendar
Each person needs a project management tool, a calendar at the very least. Map out the remaining days. Start by using the Project Block and School Calendars, but also consider your time outside of school. Best practice for a calendar design is to have one with two parts for each day 1) An intention for that day 2) Description of actual progress/activity. (Use what is most effective for your discipline. For example, engineers might use GANTT charts.) - Vision for Exhibition of Learning
In the next two weeks, we will be requesting your vision for an Exhibition of Learning - Including your 1) Project Title 2) Driving Question 3) Short Description 4) Exhibition Format
DISCIPLINARY GROUPS
Establish and use daily routines for the following:
- Sharing out intentions and clarifying steps for studio time (Example: Any period of studio time will begin with the group physically circled up, and intentions will be documented on students' personal planning tools as well as a public whiteboard.)
- Documenting and reflecting on progress (Example: Engineers use physical notebooks - every engineer has an engineering notebook, where there is a page per-day that is dated, signed off, and documenting progress.)
- Identifying needs, supports, experiences (Example: Any period of studio time will conclude with the group physically circled up, and progress will be shared aloud and documented on the public whiteboard. There will be one area of the board marked "parking lot" where students will identify needs, like "looking for an example of how different artists draw eyes" or "looking for a 20 minute conference with someone who has created a production schedule before.")
Establish and use weekly routines for the following:
(Examples from last semester)
- Analyzing professional models | Every student needs to present at least a single professional model during creation phase. (Example: Every Monday we will spend 30 minutes looking at a professional model and analyzing the choreographer, dancer, and/or audience perspective. Sometimes Molly will choose the model and facilitate, but students might also take this role - especially when the model is one they've studied as an extension of their project.)
- Facilitating workshops on disciplinary skill or process (Example: Each Wednesday we will have a 15 minute exploratory do now where in we will try something new in our or a related discipline.)
- Preparing for and facilitating feedback (Example: Each Tuesday we will have small group feedback, using the ladder of feedback to structure and document feedback. Each Friday we will have whole-group feedback, using a plan created by the project creator or group and facilitated with the assistance of an Advisor. There will be a schedule.)
- Additional disciplinary needs (Example: Schedules for using computers in editing room or dance studio.)
SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK
While there are many suggestions here, please make plans that include studio time for individual projects each day.
MONDAY
- (Ritualized week Model) Professional Models
A ritualized week will be modeled for new IDEAS Block Advisors starting with professional models on Monday.
TUESDAY
- (Ritualized week Model) Workshopping and Extended Studio Time
- Workshop someone’s project as a project block
- Fill out studio time journals, breaking up studio time into halves.
WEDNESDAY
- (Ritualized week Model) Tinker within the discipline - What can I do? Wednesday
- Take 15 minutes of your time to tinker with a small skill in your discipline. What can you do with your discipline skills in 15 minutes?
THURSDAY
- (Ritualized week Model) Workshopping and Extended Studio Time
- Workshop someone’s project as a project block
- Fill out studio time journals, breaking up studio time into halves.
FRIDAY
- (Ritualized week Model) Feedback Friday
- Gain valuable feedback on your project from someone else in the room.
- Advisors meet with students individually for creation phase evidence check #1.
REMINDERS
Research Papers were due on March 17th in Google Classroom
Schedule Writing Conferences with Addie and Heather
Give your project a meaningful title <-- Seriously
Molly and Tim will collect EoL information this week
EoLs are May 22nd to 25th <-- Take Monday thru Thursday off!
Friday, March 17, 2017 | Creation Phase | Self Assessment One
Guiding Questions:
- What do you need to know to continue creation?
- What do you need for materials?
- What have you created already?
- What are you struggling with in this phase?
- What are you rocking this phase?
Announcements
- Review and establish daily or weekly routines before next week.
- Review, tweak, and commit to routines and ways you will document progress individually and as a group.
- Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart
Do Now (20 minutes)
- Complete your first Self-assessment of Creation Phase. Where did I make progress in creation phase? Am I stuck on WRITING instead of CREATING? (Reminder that all writing revisions are to be done on your time, not during IDEAS Block anymore!)
Do Next (5 minutes)
- Quick Jot- Recorded in notebooks, at the beginning of a studio time journal, or on a Post-It note -
- How do you envision your project at Exhibitions of Learning? Close your eyes and imagine the end result. Share out responses
Goal Setting (13 minutes)
- (3 minutes) - Completed on Studio Time Journal following Smart Goal format. Pair and Share Goals
- (5 minutes) - Goal Sharing: Quick 3-5 words
- (5 minutes) - Get set up and started based on goal. Do you understand what you need to do? Do you have any frustrations or setbacks?
Studio Time (32 minutes) Return to classroom spaces by 11:00 if working in the hallways!
- 17 minutes: Start studio time with directed purpose behind what you are accomplishing. Last 5 minutes clean up the room if studio time involved building materials or art supplies
- 5 minutes - Take time to Pair-Share your accomplishments and quick feedback before you write your reflections.
Ticket Out (5 minutes)
- Complete studio time reflections completed on Studio Time Journal sheets
- Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart
Friday, March 17, 2017 | The Writing Center
Scheduled and open writing conference schedule:
PLEASE show up on time for your scheduled writing conference.
Writers are showing up late and affecting other conferences.
Thursday, March 16, 2017 | CREATION PHASE | Check in and Studio Time
Writing Conferences
What do you need to know to continue creation?
Guiding Questions:
What do you need to know to continue creation?
- What do you need for materials?
- What are you excited about creating?
- What scares you about this phase?
Announcements
- Review and establish daily or weekly routines before next week.
- Review, tweak, and commit to routines and ways you will document progress individually and as a group.
- Perhaps Compass Points will offer clarity on this: What is needed? What are the worries? What suggestions to people have? What are we excited about?
- Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart.
- Tomorrow you will fill out your first Self-Assessment of your creation phase. Next week you will be doing an evidence check based on your art form intention. Your CREATION Advisor will conference with you on where you are in your creation process.
Do Now (2 minutes)
- Mental Preparation and Material Setup (notebook and Web-Portfolio). Coordinate the day with partner(s). If time permits, starting thinking about and developing your goal for studio time today. Think ahead.
- Make sure you are in your art form group.
Do Next (5 minutes)
- Compass Points - Make this visible on a Large Post-It or piece of paper
- N: What do you still need to know? What do you need for materials still?
- E: What excites you about creating?
- W: What are you worried about in creation phase?
- S: What are some suggestions and advice you have for newbies?
Goal Setting (13 minutes)
- (3 minutes) - Completed on Studio Time Journal following Smart Goal format. Pair and Share Goals
- (5 minutes) - Goal Sharing: Quick 3-5 words
- (5 minutes) - Get set up and started based on goal. Do you understand what you need to do? Do you have any frustrations or setbacks?
Studio Time (50 minutes) Return to classroom spaces by 11:00 if working in the hallways!
- 45 minutes: Start studio time with directed purpose behind what you are accomplishing. Last 5 minutes clean up the room if studio time involved building materials or art supplies
- 5 minutes - Take time to Pair-Share your accomplishments and quick feedback before you write your reflections.
Ticket Out (5 minutes)
- Complete studio time reflections completed on Studio Time Journal sheets
- Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 | CREATION PHASE | Professional Models
Establish and use weekly routines (Examples)
Guiding Questions:
- How do others create in your art form?
- How will you filter your thinking through your art form?
- Are you in the correct place?
Announcements
- Take time to discuss either daily or weekly routines needed.
- Continue the process of identifying creative intent if needed.
- Students should seek and pair share professional models. (Who do you have a creative crush on?)
- Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart.
Do Now (2 minutes)
- Mental Preparation and Material Setup (notebook and Web-Portfolio). Coordinate the day with partner(s). If time permits, starting thinking about and developing your goal for studio time today. Think ahead.
- Make sure you are now in your art form group.
- Who is willing to bring in a professional model to present tomorrow? Think about it! Everyone will be presenting a professional model within their creation discipline to share out throughout the next phase. It is up to your group to establish your routine to do so.
Do Next (5 minutes)
- Quick Jot - Quick Jot
- What artists/engineers/makers/actors/dancers/etc. do you have a creative crush on? What makes them someone to admire and respect?
Professional Model (15 minutes)
- Professional Model Presentation and Discussion based on a Thinking routine that is chosen by your advisor or established by the group.
- Check out these professional models:
Goal Setting (13 minutes) - Share a professional model with someone else in the room. You will share you a model tomorrow. Also, Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart.
- (3 minutes) - Completed on Studio Time Journal following Smart Goal format. Pair and Share Goals
- (5 minutes) - Goal Sharing: Quick 3-5 words - Make Goals visible in the room (use a whiteboard,
- (5 minutes) - Get set up and started based on goal. Do you understand what you need to do? Do you have any frustrations or setbacks?
Studio Time (35 minutes) Return to classroom spaces by 11:00 if working in the hallways!
- 30 minutes: Start studio time with directed purpose behind what you are accomplishing. Last 5 minutes clean up the room if studio time involved building materials or art supplies
- 5 minutes - Take time to Pair-Share your accomplishments and quick feedback before you write your reflections.
Ticket Out (5 minutes)
- Complete studio time reflections completed on Studio Time Journal sheets
- Choose one student to bring in a professional model they have researched and have them pick a thinking routine they want to run through.
- Fill out the Materials Request Form for Stuart.
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