You can find your finalized POL schedules here: POL 2013 Schedule
*You are not required to be at school on the day when you are not presenting*
*Please bring your own lunch*

You can find the basic handout  and RUBRIC of what to cover in your POL here:  POL handout

Check out this video to see the model POL that we watched in class to see what a great POL looks like:  Model POL

We've had all day today to practice.  Get in a little more practice tonight, make sure you have all your evidence ready (DP and/or physical evidence), and relax.  

Students who are panelists will be asking questions of presenters.   You MUST be at school the entire day that you are scheduled to present your POL and be a panelist.

However, faculty will be the only ones assigning the grade for the POL.

You will immediately know after your POLS if you passed or if you must re-take it on Friday.
Parents are not required to be at the POLs (in fact, given the pressure that some students feel, we encourage parents to stay home.

12/16 POL Prep

Bring in your copy of Brave New World on Tuesday
Have your revised notecards completely done by Tuesday.
Check out this video to see the model POL that we watched in class to see what a great POL looks like:  Model POL

We will have all day Tuesday to practice our POL presentations.

You can find your finalized POL schedules here: POL 2013 Schedule

You can find the basic handout of what to cover in your POL here:  POL handout

Students who are panelists will be asking questions and giving feedback to the faculty about their peer's performance. You MUST be at school the entire day that you are scheduled to present your POL and be a panelist.

However, faculty will be the only ones assigning the grade for the POL.
You will immediately know after your POLS if you passed or if you must re-take it on Friday.
Parents are not required to be at the POLs (in fact, given the pressure that some students feel, we encourage parents to stay home.

12/13 POL preparation

HOMEWORK:

* If you were in class on Friday, I have changed this handout so that it is easier for those who missed class to understand.  Just focus on completing your notecards this weekend.*

*If you missed class on Friday, please complete the handout listed below this weekend*

Word version
PDF version

Bring in your copy of Brave New World on Monday
Have your notecards ready for Matt to check on Monday

We will have both Monday and Tuesday to prepare for POLs.

You can find your POL schedules here:  Word version      PDF version

Students who are panelists will be asking questions and giving feedback to the faculty about their peer's performance. You MUST be at school the entire day that you are scheduled to present your POL and be a panelist.

However, faculty will be the only ones assigning the grade for the POL.
You will immediately know after your POLS if you passed or if you must re-take it on Friday.
Parents are not required to be at the POLs (in fact, given the pressure that some students feel, we encourage parents to stay home.

Exhibition Prep

Take this survey
You should have 3 notecards that answer the following 3 questions for Brave New World Exhibition. You should be proactive in addressing these points when you present your project to parents and faculty on Wednesday night.  

1. What is one of Brave New World’s messages?

1. We focused on developing Clarity in this project.  Which one of the five choices (moment, frame, image, word, or flow) do you think your team used most effectively in this project and why ?

1. Which of the following did you improve in the most, and why?

a. Team-work

b. Perspective

c. Evidence 

Project Reflection Information

Once you have completed the project, please do the following for project wrap-up:

1.  BOTH Students from each team email matt.dooley@animashighschool.com with an email titled:  "BNW:  Artist first name, Author first name"

Example:  "BNW Matt and William" could be the title of the email.

Your email should have the links to the following on google-docs.

1. Artist statement
2. Theme Explanation
3. Any Challenge Extensions that you did.

2.  Complete Project Reflection

1. Create word document titled “Project Reflection”, with your name and date in the top right-hand corner.  Answer the following questions.  No spelling or grammatical errors.  (Have Matt approve before you post it
2. Describe briefly what the project was about (use the Project Description handout:  click Click this link.
3. Describe which Learning Objective you improved the most in (either Perspective, Evidence, or Teamwork)
4. Describe which Content skills you improved the most in, depending on your job (see below):

              Artists:  Facial expressions, resemblance, body language, stylistic                          devices 

              Authors:  Analyzing a theme, Explaining artistic choices, citing effectively,               or revising for clarity

Describe what you would like to improve on for our next project.  For example:

          1. Improving writing skills
          2.  Communicating more in a group project
          3.  Reading and annotating more effectively or consistentl
          4.  Giving more helpful peer critiques,
          5.  Participating more in socratic seminars
          6.  Improving personal organization
          7.  Using evidence more effectively in discussions and writing

Or something entirely different!

3.    On your DP, create a tab titled “Graphic Novel Project”

1. Upload your project reflection so readers will see it immediately when they click on the tab.
2. Take a picture of each page of your graphic novel.  Upload the pictures so that they are easily visible.  

Exhibition Prep

You should have 3 notecards that answer the following 3 questions for Brave New World Exhibition. You should be proactive in addressing these points when you present your project to parents and faculty on Wednesday night.  

1. What is one of Brave New World’s messages?

1. We focused on developing Clarity in this project.  Which one of the five choices (moment, frame, image, word, or flow) do you think your team used most effectively in this project and why ?

1. Which of the following did you improve in the most, and why?

a. Team-work

b. Perspective

c. Evidence 

12/9 Project Reflection Information

Once you have completed the project, please do the following for project wrap-up:

1.  BOTH Students from each team email matt.dooley@animashighschool.com with an email titled:

"BNW:  Artist first name, Author first name"

Example:  "BNW Matt and William" could be the title of the email.

Your email should have the links to the following on google-docs.

1. Artist statement
2. Theme Explanation
3. Challenge Extensions:   --Individual author CE:  attach your challenge extension

                                                 --Individual artist CE:  write in message, "I did an artist CE"

                                                 --Pair CE:  write in message, "We did a pair CE"

2.  Complete Project Reflection

1. Create word document titled “Project Reflection”, with your name and date in the top right-hand corner.  Answer the following questions.  No spelling or grammatical errors.  (Have Matt approve before you post it
2. Describe briefly what the project was about (use the Project Description handout:  click Brave New World Project Overview to view)  Click this link if the first link doesn't work.
3. Describe which Learning Objective you improved the most in (either Perspective, Evidence, or Teamwork) and which Content Skills you improved the most in 

Artists:  Facial expressions, resemblance, body language, stylistic devices 

Authors:  Analyzing a theme, Explaining artistic choices, citing effectively, or revising for clarity

Describe what you would like to improve on for our next project.  For example:

          1. Improving writing skills
          2.  Communicating more in a group project
          3.  Reading and annotating more effectively or consistentl
          4.  Giving more helpful peer critiques,
          5.  Participating more in socratic seminars
          6.  Improving personal organization
          7.  Using evidence more effectively in discussions and writing

Or something entirely different!

3.    On your DP, create a tab titled “Graphic Novel Project”

1. Upload your project reflection so readers will see it immediately when they click on the tab.

1. Take a picture of each page of your graphic novel.  Upload the pictures so that they are easily visible.  

12/6 HW/Review

HW:  Work on your graphic novel project as needed.
See here if you need an extra copy of the final draft formatting sheet.  This is also under the "Class Handouts" page.

Click below if you want to review the project rubric.  These are also posted under "Project Rubrics"on the lower-left of this DP.
Graphic Novel Project Rubric (word version)
PDF version

Review:  Today we played musical chairs (with some awesome techno music) to start off Friday Funday, and then had project work time.

12/5 HW/Review

HW:  Work on your project as needed.

Check out this link to see the final rubric that you will be graded on for the Graphic Novel Project
Click here
If that word document doesn't open, try the pdf here

Review:  Independent worktime all day today

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/77ZSKZK

12/4 HW/Review

HW: Work on project as needed
Review: In-class worktime all day today

12/3/ HW/Review

HW:  Work on your project as needed.
Review:  Today we had independent work time all day.

12/2 HW/Review

HW Tonight:  Do any extra work you need outside of class to prepare for our Exhibition next Wednesday December 11th.  If you are working steadily in class worktime, you should have enough time to be prepared for Exhibition.
 
Review:  Today we had in-class work time for all of class, specifically:
Peer Critiques of Theme Explanations
Rough Draft approval and began final drafts of graphic novels