…tonight’s Homework Sheet™ is posted here:

Seen and Heard Lists: at least one item to each list, every day.  This is part of our training in Clarity: noticing the world around us.  What is actually going on?

Campaign for Mini-Brain: 30 minutes tonight on your speech (more if you are behind).

Continue with the work we began exploring today.

• What can you incorporate from the Brené Brown/Obama podcast? Look through your notes or reread the transcript.
• What can you incorporate from our discussion about the Clinton DNC speech?
  • Personable, folksy storytelling, as if you are talking to a group of friends
  • Meaningful details
  • Sometimes subtly slipping in your key points and sometimes highlighting them and making them very clear
• Remember that these stories do not have to be about THE MOST EPIC TIME I DID THIS AND IT CHANGED THE WORLD AND EVERYONE IN IT; they can be stories of tiny moments; they can be stories of times when you did the opposite of the quality you are showcasing and it had a negative impact and your learned why that quality is so important as a result; they can be stories about times you wished you had demonstrated that quality; they can be stories about you witnessing someone else doing that thing and learning from it and now trying to do that yourself—there is no one way of persuading us.
• At the same time, don’t shy away from owning these qualities—it is 100% okay to have pride in embodying these traits

Socratic Circle tomorrow: please make sure you have your notes ready and your copy of U.C. with you.

• What do you think was interesting about chapter 9? What questions do you have about it?
• What techniques do we need to have a good understanding of for our graphic novel?
• How might be apply certain techniques in specific moments in the story?

Goals: for tomorrow, please reconsider a goal in relation to Division 7: something specific you can do tomorrow to help increase friendly relations between our classes.  Write it down in your comp book.  Ask yourself, “Is this S.M.A.R.T.?”

Late Work: what is your plan?

…your friendly neighborhood Homeweek Sheet™ is posted here:

Seen and Heard Lists: at least one item to each list, every day.  This is part of our training in Clarity: noticing the world around us.  What is actually going on?

Class Agreement: What kinds of things do you think our class needs to agree to do?  Think do rather than don’t.  Dare to do it for reals – we need this. Spend about 30 minutes on this tonight.

Understanding Comics: our next Socratic Circle, on chapters 3 and 4, will be held Wednesday.  Use the handout to help guide your prep.  Be an active reader and an active note-taker.

Use what you learned last week to help you take a forward step this week, in terms of prep.  Tip: thorough prep can increase confidence in sharing ideas.

Socials: how do you play Civilization V?  Continue with your on-line exploration.