9/22 Aborigine Brain Dump

            Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

•  show understanding of the main ideas and important details about Ancient Aborigines

Why?

• to become better readers and writers
• to develop your ability to process information

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  I want to get a sense of what you know.  (This is not a quiz.)  By yourself and without resources, answer the questions posted at this link.                     5 minutes

3.   Look through your sketchnote.  Jot additional main ideas that should be there.                         5 minutes

4.   Wait for whole class discussion:  top down organizer                       5 minutes

5.    guided brain dump                       5 minutes

6.     ranking                            5 minutes

7.   small group share                            30 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me all you can about Ancient Aboriginal peoples.

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9/21 Aborigines Brain Dump

           Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

•  show understanding of the main ideas and important details about Ancient Aborigines

Why?

• to become better readers and writers
• to develop your ability to process information

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  A brain dump is getting all the information you possibly can about a topic out of your brain.  You don't use resources.  You don't get ideas from other people.

The purpose is to make your memory stronger.  You're working your brain to remember main ideas and details.                     1 minutes

3.   Whole class discussion.                        5 minutes

4.   Brain dump                       5 minutes

5.    Paired sharing                       5 minutes

6.     choice                            5 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me all you can about Ancient Aboriginal peoples.

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9/19 Aborigine Sketchnote

          Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

• create a sketchnote to show understanding of the main ideas and important details about Ancient Aborigines

Why?

• to become better readers and writers
• to develop your ability to process information

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  In Google Classroom under RESOURCES, go to WHAT ARE SKETCHNOTES.                     1 minutes

3.   Watch the video on sketchnotes and examine the 3 examples.                        7 minutes

4.   By yourself, thoughtfully plan and create your own sketchnote on Ancient Aborigines.                       40 minutes

• include a title
• focus on main ideas and important details
• fill the page with images, words (brief), symbols, arrows, and containers to organize the ideas
• add color at the end

You should be able to have a finished sketchnote by the end of the period.

5.    At the top of your scrap paper doc or in your notebook, write at least 10 questions about the Ancient Aboriginal peoples that someone could answer using your sketchnote.                       

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Show me your sketchnote.

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