Class

1. All but one of the countries listed have
flags which are red and white. Which
does not?
A. Canada
B. Japan
C. Bangladesh
D. Switzerland
E. Austria

4.  Use the Early
Alert program
 Analyze The Other
Wes Moore pages
97-122
 Check in with
your survival
group and
reassess your
progress in the
class
A. I could teach this
objective to the class!
B. I have a pretty good
grasp of this one.
C. I’m not completely
comfortable with this
one.
D. I don’t really
understand this one.
E. I don’t understand
this one at all.

5. 2:35 and 3:30

6.  You have one hour in your groups
 Begin with the summary
 Discussion director is the leader for this
meeting
 He or she decides who goes next
 Each role should take four or five minutes
 Then, the discussion director should keep the
discussion going for the rest of the hour

10. Free write—write without picking up your pen or pencil until I say stop. Do
not worry about grammar, spelling, or sounding silly. Start with the
prompt and go where your mind takes you.
Prompt:
 What have you failed at in the class this
semester?
 What have you failed at in life this
semester?
 Did you meet your month goal that we did
at the beginning of the semester?
 What is your revised goal for the semester?
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11.  How is the group doing? (Check-in)
 Assess the success of the group (both
as a group and as individuals)
 Share your failures and goals
 How can you help others in your
group with their goals?

12.  Use the Early
Alert program
 Analyze The Other
Wes Moore pages
97-122
 Check in with
your survival
group and
reassess your
progress in the
class
A. Yes, completely
B. Mostly
C. Sort of
D. Not really
E. Not at all (I’m
lost!)

13. You are still responsible for Tuesday’s
literature circle and your TED Talk
presentation on Thursday (two
different groups)!

14. Due Thursday, October 15, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Post to the weekly discussion
Due Sunday, October 18, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Submit your assignment to Turnitin (see handout)
 Respond to at least two students in the weekly discussion
Due before your literature circle that would take place on Tuesday:
 Read The Other Wes Moore pages 125-157
 Complete a reading log
 Complete your assignment for the literature circle
Due Thursday, October 22, in class:
 Bring your TED Talk handout
 Bring your sentence (if you haven’t already done so)
 Read The Other Wes Moore pages 157-186 (end)
 Complete a reading log
 Complete your assignment for the literature circle
 Read They Say/I Say “So What? Who Cares?”
Working on:
 2nd Office Visit

15.  Watch your assigned TED Talk as a group
 Individually, complete the TED Talk
handout
 As a group, create a presentation for the
class that includes a visual aid
 For the presentation, you should include
these four items:
 Introduction to speaker
 Summary of talk
 Evaluation/analysis of the talk
 Connect to The Other Wes Moore

16.  Three options to connect The Other Wes Moore
to your TED Talk in a one-to-two page essay
 Use SEE paragraphs!