The document summarizes that Beaver, Oklahoma is home to the World Cow Chip Throwing Championship. It states that this small town started hosting the championship in 1970 as part of its annual western-style festival. The festival includes events like a chili cook-off, horseshoe throwing, and a parade in addition to the highlight - the cow chip throwing competition. The summary cautions that sandals are not recommended for the cow chip throwing event.

1. Which state is home to the World
Cow Chip Throwing Championship?
A. Maine
B. Wisconsin
C. Oklahoma
D. Florida
E. Colorado

2. You would need to travel to
Beaver, Oklahoma, which
proudly claims the (undisputed)
title of the Cow Chip Throwing
Capital of the World. This
western-style festival of fun was
started in 1970, and includes a
chili cook-off, parade, horseshoe
throwing, carnival rides, golf
tournament, and, of course, the
highlight of everyone’s day, the
World Cow Chip Throwing
Championship. The wearing of
sandals is not recommended!

3.  Analyze and
discuss your
novel
 Consider Ken
Robinson’s ideas
about our
educational
system
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.

6. Remember, the rough draft is due on
Sunday, so the closer you can get
today, the better.

8.  Summarize your TED Talk—what was the
speaker’s main point?
 Would you recommend it?
 Record each person in your group’s TED Talk
and recommendation

9.  Diagram the educational system as you know it
 For example—
 Pre-school (How does it work? Who goes? Who
teaches it?)
 What’s next?
 Include as much detail as possible but do not
get specific to your life or Porterville
 If you don’t know something, put a question
mark

11. Link

12. Link

13. Due Thursday, November 19, in class:
 Read and annotate the Ken Robinson article
 Based on Robinson’s TED Talks, interview, article,
and your own ideas from everything we have
read, design a new educational system
 Draw it in the same way we drew the current
system in class
 Prepare for your literature circle
Due Thursday, November 19, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Post to the weekly discussion
Due Sunday, November 22, at 11:55 p.m.:
 Respond to at least two students in the weekly
discussion

14. Link

15.  Analyze and
discuss your
novel
 Consider Ken
Robinson’s ideas
about our
educational
system
A. Yes, completely
B. Mostly
C. Sort of
D. Not really
E. Not at all (I’m
lost!)

16.  Leslie
 Matthew
 Berelin
 Alex
 Cassandra

17.  Elizabeth
 Yoana
 Janet
 Allen
 Crystal