AE: Project Calendar

Calendar

Quarter 1

• Bio: What did you refer to for Q1 speech practice, Mika? What did you call it?
• Health/Geography: Geography (to support English novel) and to look at some possible AE issues as addressed by other countries (workers’ and animal rights, food safety practices, regulation, health/medical for poor)
• English: Claims vs evidence practice?

Quarter 2

• Bio: Student Congress format practices per Mika’s suggestion
• Health: Socratics, current events, debates (relevant to Food Inc topics as possible tied to health curriculum)
• EDA: JANUARY Show Food, Inc. with note taking (students identifying issues for debate each day)
• EDA: JANUARY Topic surveys on the Tuesday/Wednesday before semester 1 finals
• EDA: JANUARY Assign and distribute topics – project launch and overview during Monday of finals week
• EDA: JANUARY Assign reflection questions by topic (for eventual blog post) during Monday of finals week

Quarter 3

Week of January 28 (T/W/R/F)

• Work on Reflection Questions (for Socratics) by topic (EDA Tues/Wed)
• Review DVD chapters by topic (FIRE Wed) – 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE
• Socratics for each topic (Health 1-4 and Bio 5-8 Thu/Fri) – each student participates in at least two Socratics
• Generate debate topics (FIRE Fri) - 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE

Week of February 3 (M/T/W/R/F)

• Introduce and draft sample resolutions (English Mon)
• Critique and consolidate sample resolutions (English Tue/Wed)
• Generate articles for general topics 1-8 (EDA Tues/Wed)
• HOW TO: Discussion of claims versus evidence, referencing evidence (FIRE Fri) - 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE

Final resolutions for each topic posted to WIKI over weekend (Conni)

Week of February 10 (M/T/W/R)

• Assign final resolutions (English Mon/Tues)
• Group discussion and generation of  possible arguments for CON side (FIRE Wed) - 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASEBASE

Week of February 18 (T/W/R/F)

• Research for CON side (EDA Tue/Wed)
• HOW TO: Challenge questions  and clash against the CON side (FIRE Wed) - 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE
• Outline for CON side (English Thu/Fri)

Week of February 24 (M/T/W/R/F)

• Group discussion and generation of  possible arguments for PRO side (FIRE Wed) - 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE

Week of March 3 (M/T/W/R/F)

• Research for PRO side (EDA Tue/Wed)
• HOW TO: Challenge questions  and clash against the PRO side (FIRE Wed) - 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE
• Outline for PRO side (English Thu/Fri)

Student Stance Assignments (PRO or CON) Posted to WIKI over weekend (Conni)

Week of March 10 (M/T/W/R/F)

• Assign stance (English Mon)
• Assign claim/evidence cards for STANCE (English Mon)
• Practice activities for clash and challenge questions – not necessarily related to AE (English Tue/Wed)
• Available for group support (FIRE Wed) – 8 classrooms TOPIC HOME BASE
• Practice activities for clash and challenge questions – not necessarily related to AE (Bio Thu/Fri)
• Search and locate resources to support STANCE (EDA Tue/Wed)
• Additional research time (Health Thu/Fri)
• Post articles to edmodo (English due over weekend)

Week of March 18 (T/W/R/F)

• Write introduction card and closing card (English Tue/Wed)
• Work on claim/evidence cards for STANCE (FIRE Tue)
• Available for group support (FIRE Wed) – 8 classrooms TOPIC  HOME BASE
• Practice (FIRE Thu/Fri)
• Practice activities (English/Bio/Health Thu/Fri)

Monday, March 24 – America Eats Student Congress Event