So Much Stuff!!!

Welcome back to the daily grind.  Ahhhhhhh!

Read this article and have it read, marked and understood by Wednesday in class.  Be wary of printing.  It's quite long.

Also, I shared so much SAS today...book recommendations, articles, sites, etc.  Find a classmate and ask for notes if you were absent or not able to wake up your mind in class.

And MWF...pairs will be assigned by Thursday or Friday.  If you were absent and would like to participate, let me know.

I am tired.

My throat hurts.

Thank you, M. for the cough drops.

xoxo

Happy Break

Y'all, enjoy your time away from school.  I won't be posting much I don't think - a bit of a break for me as well.  I'll definitely share some SAS at some point but please get offline and get outside.  Grateful for each of you and what you have taught me thus far.

xoxo

Cultural Legacy and Planes

You guys rocked the discussion today particularly periods 4 & 6.  Thank you for that.  And thank you to GH and EB for the chat and for AC and LL for playing varsity level critical thinking.

I cannot wait for SAS tomorrow.  I have so much to share I can't choose.  Sophie's Choice, y'all.

I'll see you in class.

xoxo

Charlie Todd

What trips me out the most is how different all of my classes are - it's bizarre and fun and strange.  But one thing that was the same today was the shared experience (ha) of the TED Talk.  Thank you for watching it with me and I hope you got something from it.

Tomorrow, we will be having an Outliers class discussion.  I WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICES.  So have at least 3 quality questions ready for the discussing.  What are your thoughts about Gladwell's theory?  What is your history and how does it impact your life?  And wow - what about your history's impact on your interactions with others?

Friday is SAS and then, blissful vacation to follow.  Yay!!

xoxo

p.s. - Looking at my calendar, I realized a couple important deadlines...

**Outliers needs to be ALL read by Thursday, December 3rd.
**End of the 6 weeks is Friday, December 4th. 
**Create Something Project due in class on Wednesday, December 16th.

A Catch Up Class

I hope you found the class time useful.  I certainly observed a lot as I worked.  Anyhoo, tomorrow, TED Talk Wednesday??? so come with your Chimamanda Adiche notes from last week.  You'll leave them with me so have them an an entrance slip of sorts.

Thursday is Outliers, chapter 7.  I just finished rereading and annotating.  My goodness.  Who We Are + Where We're From = a whole lot...Have 3 questions ready for class on Thursday.

Friday, our final SAS before break.  Rooting for the voices we never or rarely hear.  Help encourage others to present....

I'll see y'all tomorrow.

xoxo

"Put yourself in the way of beauty." ~ Cheryl Strayed

Tuesday

If you didn't finish the online assessment from today, please be prepared to finish it in class tomorrow.

District Literacy Assessment: 

1. Go to: this link
2. Login with your district username and password, the same one you use to login to the netbooks. 
3. You should see Pending Assessments on the right.
4. Choose Literacy Interim Assessment -Grade 11. 
5. Read the directions carefully as you work through the assessment. 
6. Write your journals when you finish.

If you did finish the test, you will use your class time to catch up on your Daily Journals (you should be writing #58 today/tonight).  If you're all caught up on journals, then you should read and annotate Outliers Chapter 7 "The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes".  All done with that, too? Then work on your SAS for Friday, TED Talk notes, and/or work for other classes.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will be watching our 10th TED Talk, Thursday is Outliers and Friday is SAS.

For Thursday, come to class with at least 3 quality questions you have about the chapter.  We will start the discussion with the questions so come to the party with some chips, man.  

Shout out to period 2 for their patience.  Love y'all.  (You'll have to take your test tomorrow.) 

And thank you to all the classes for participating in the online test.  No fun, I know.  And a special shout out to AS for teaching me something valuable today.  Yay for learning.

xoxo

Testing Day

District Literacy Assessment: 

1. Go to: this link
2. Login with your district username and password, the same one you use to login to the netbooks. 
3. You should see Pending Assessments on the right.
4. Choose Literacy Interim Assessment -Grade 11. 
5. Read the directions carefully as you work through the assessment. 
6. Write your journals when you finish.