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Week 15: Friday, December 9, 2022

 Welcome: 

Happy Friday & welcome to the first full week of December! As many of you might be aware, Ms. Brinson put together a calendar full of spirit days for the month so it's been great seeing so many different costumes and personalities. The school also continued the Operation Giving Tree collection this week and the students had clubs on Thursday. Finally, we watched one of my favorite commercials ever on Friday--a video on YouTube for West Jet called "A Christmas Miracle." 


This Past Week: 

This past week was all about starting our new topic & conducting independent research for their Common Craft Videos. Here's a quick rundown of what we did each day. 
  • Monday: The students were given time today to finish up their work on #020-Quarter Two Essay. The students that were finished were then given time to get a jump on their research for our Common Craft Video Project on Native American tribes. 
  • Tuesday: We took time today to fill out a Frayer Organizer to help the students better understand the term "Reparations" because the question that will drive most of our work for the rest of the quarter is "Should the United States pay reparations to Native American tribes?" The students then got into their groups and started to research the culture of the Native American tribe they selected. 
  • Wednesday: We started the day doing a Frayer Organizer about the term "culture" since it is such a big part of this assignment. The students were then given time to continue their research for the Common Craft videos. 
  • Thursday: The students spent the day today finishing their research and adding the MyBib Chrome extension to help create MLA citations they will need for this project. 
  • Friday: We finished the week by starting to work with their fellow group members to plan the video portion of their Common Craft project. 

Next Week: 

This upcoming week is all about creating the Common Craft videos. We'll spend time discussing the rubric on Monday and developing a plan for success before diving into script writing. The students will then spend the remainder of the week writing scripts, planning and creating props, and then practicing their videos. The goal is to be ready to film their video on Tuesday, December 20. 

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