- Mini-Sticky Notes
Gathering (no more than 15 minutes)
PREP List
Write down your To Do List for the research phase on the sticky notes provided. Only write one task per sticky note. Review and rework your To Do List using the PREP method.- Prioritize: Sort the tasks into three groups in your Process Journal under the labels Research, Creation, People - Place the tasks that are essential to your research under the Research label. Place the tasks that are essential to your creation under the Creation label. Place the tasks that require you to communicate with other individuals (i.e. pblock advisor, ELA advisor, partner, professional, etc.) under the People label.
- Reorganize: Predict how much time the two most important tasks will take to complete (doesn’t matter which labels these task are under). Write in a day of the week on those two sticky notes. Separate those sticky notes in your Process Journal. These are the two things next week you will make sure you do by the day you just wrote on the sticky note.
- Eliminate: Separate two sticky notes that are either unrealistic expectations for the week or things that won’t have a negative impact on your life if they don’t get done. Place these sticky notes under a long-term To Do’s label.
- Plan Ahead: Forecast three important To Do’s that you know you will need to schedule time for in the weeks to come. Also, place these sticky notes under a long-term To Do’s label.
Writing Studio (30 minutes)
Journal Prompt
Respond to the prompts below directly in your process journal. While there is not one way to write or approach these prompts, you should use specific details in order to make your reflection clear and your ideas understandable. Remember that you will be looking back at this writing and thinking in order to create your essay.
ELA Standard
Today’s reflection standard is EVIDENCE.
Respond to the prompts below directly in your process journal. While there is not one way to write or approach these prompts, you should use specific details in order to make your reflection clear and your ideas understandable. Remember that you will be looking back at this writing and thinking in order to create your essay.
What makes you say that? What is your current understanding of the topic? What are your individual ideas about the topic? What makes you say (or in this case write) that?
I Used To Think...Now I Think? How did the research change your perspective about the topic?
So What? Based on your current research, why is your topic important? What is important for your audience to learn from your topic What are your next steps in the research process?
ELA Standard
Today’s reflection standard is EVIDENCE.
- How did you gather evidence about your topic? What mediums did you use and why?
- How did you use the evidence you gathered? (i.e. define of topic, summarize topic, support argument, suggest a solution, etc.)
