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Final Exhibition Prep...WOOOO!

11/28/2016

Announcements: MODEL SENATE SCHEDULE

Tuesday: Normal Classes
Wednesday: Seniors go to their normal electives 1st and 2nd period. Model Senate from 10-12. After lunch, there is work time and space in Lori's, Ashley's, and Kyle's rooms for speech revisions, political strategizing, and any other work you may want to be doing. Seniors go to normal 7th period class.
Thursday: Seniors go to their normal electives 1st and 2nd period. Model Senate from 10:30-12 and 1:00-2:15. Seniors go to normal 7th period class.
Friday: Classes as normal, but on the Wednesday schedule (only cores, no electives). Model Senate at Noble Hall on Fort Lewis Campus from 5:00-8:00 pm.

REMEMBER: YOU MUST BE IN EXHIBITION DRESS WHEN MODEL SENATE IS IN SESSION!

Speech Work Time:
Take 20 minutes to work on your speech. Tighten up the language, add an introduction or a strong conclusion, add evidence/research, etc. Think you're done? Come talk to Lori.

Speech Practice/Critique:
I will pair you up. Stand up and give your speech to your partner while they time you. When you are done, they should verbally give you feedback on the following:

How could they improve the performance aspect of this speech (body language, volume, pacing, etc.)? Remember, we will NOT have microphones on Wednesday or Thursday!
If their speech was TOO LONG: What do you think they should cut?
If their speech was TOO SHORT: What could they add? What was missing?
What was the strongest part of their speech? Why?
What most needs to be improved in terms of the content of their speech? How could they improve this?

EXHIBITION PREP: Follow the Checklist!
See checklist for what you need to accomplish individually and as a class for Exhibition. ALL of this needs to be done by the end of class.

HOMEWORK:

Bring Exhibition dress with you (or just wear it)
Make sure you are ready to go for tomorrow!

Speech Critiques, Placards, and PLP

11/18/2016

By the end of class....

Email me the revised draft of your speech
Put your printed placard (on regular paper, I'll have cardstock to glue it to on Tuesday after break) in your Model Senate Folder, then put the folder back in the box.

Senior POLs Guidelines (make a copy of this, and add it to your Drive)

Feel free to look over this if you want and do some more research over Thanksgiving but we will have Monday-Friday of the second week after Thanksgiving to work on these in Humanities. Your POLs will take place the last week of the semester before winter break. You will be required to participate in a critique panel for a number of students during that week.
This document is also linked on the Senior Project page of my DP. Please MAKE A COPY of it before you start editing it!

Agenda

Peer Critique
1. When you are done, if you feel your speech needs a lot of work, sign up for a conference with me . If you think your speech is in good shape, carry on with your revisions and placard design.
2. Lobbyists/Experts, same critique guidelines apply to your speech, just substitute "industry's perspective" for "Senator's perspective".
Make your placard! See the Mack Daddy packet for guidelines and rubric.
Refine your speech
Work on writing an amendment if you're planning to propose one

HOMEWORK:
None! Enjoy your break- we'll be plunged into Exhibition craziness when you return!

Exhibition Logistics, Speaker's List, and Speeches

11/16/2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Schedule: Don't forget, regular schedule today!
Exhibition Dress: Remember, for Exhibition, you must dress senatorially. Suits if possible! This applies to all three days of Exhibition.

Parly Pro Starter
In which you will receive vast amounts of information about Exhibition logistics.

AM Class: Berr and Mikayla run it
PM Class: Claire and Jonathan run it

Speaker's List
Sign up for a particular day that you would like to give your speech. See Lori to sign up for your day.

Speeches

Finish drafting your speeches.
If you finish early, come show it to Lori for feedback!

Senate Sport Cards
Get your card laminated and on a lanyard for use during exhibition.

Specialty Role Meetings
Lori meets with all specialty roles to check in about Mocket feedback and their upcoming deadlines.

HOMEWORK:
Come to class tomorrow with a full draft of your speech ready for peer critique and practice (does not need to be printed).

THE MOCKET!

11/16/2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Parking: Special parking announcement from Libby and Sean!
NEST Friday: NEST Thanksgiving Feast on Friday from 11:36-12:56 in the Commons. Be there! Bring a dish to share, and appreciations for your classmates and teachers.
Lori's Advisory: We're skipping advisory lunch today--we will resume in January at Himalayan Kitchen!
Schedule: Remember, you resume your NORMAL class schedule tomorrow! So make sure you are back in your normal Humanities and Math classes!

THE MOCKET!
Meet in the Commons at 10:00 to being the Mocket. Make sure you have with you...

Mocket Bills
Parly Pro Sheet (with the phrases you need to use)
Mocket Schedule
Pen or pencil

We will debrief after, then release you for lunch at the normal time.

HOMEWORK:
Come in with your speech mostly drafted at the start of class on Thursday.

Speechwriting and Mocket

11/15/2016

IMPORTANT SCHEDULE STUFF FOR WEDNESDAY (tomorrow)

ALL seniors need to be here from 10:00-12:00 tomorrow. We will be meeting in the Commons, then splitting into committees.
If you are a specialty role (except lobbyists and experts), you need to be here from 9:30-12:00 tomorrow. Meet in Lori's room at 9:30.

The Mocket
For our Mocket activity tomorrow, you will printed copies of the following:

The Mocket bills
1. Bill 1: Climate Change Committee (Segregation of Animas High School by Age Class)
2. Bill 2: College Debt Committee (Equal Opportunity for Upper Lot Parking)
3. Bill 3: Immigration Committee (The Removal of Middle Schoolers from Facebook)
Parly Pro Guidelines (see docs page for this, or your hard copy)
Mocket Schedule
Pen or pencil
A sense of humor

Speech Writing
See the documents page for your speech guidelines and assessments. By the end of class today, you should...

Watch at least two videos of your senator speaking. Take note of the following, as you'll want to imitate them as closely as possible!
1. Speaking style
2. Mannerisms (verbal and physical)
3. Word choice/phrases
4. Accent
5. Physical posture/gestures
Have your speech thesis written
Have your entire speech either outlined or drafted

HOMEWORK:
Write your speech thesis, and outline two paragraphs before class Thursday.

Bill Study

11/14/2016

Specialty Roles Biz'

Scheduling task for executive, maj/min and chair/ranking members
Voting Procedure for Whips
Mock bills due at the end of class for experts and lobbyists

Senate Sport Cards
The laminator is broken (yell at Starbuck for letting her students use it!). We have ordered a new one, and it should be here by the middle of this week. Regardless, your sports cards are still due TODAY. Hard copies give to me- I will put them in a file for safekeeping. Digital copies send to me, correctly sized, and I will print them in color for you.

Work Division on Bills
I would like each student to send me an individual email telling me exactly which sections you worked on in your bill, and what you accomplished. If you feel your partnership was uneven in the workload division, now is the time to let me know. If you want me to consider this, I need to have this email in my inbox by the end of class.

Bill Study
I will give you the selection of bills that was chosen for each committee. Our goal today is to get a broad understanding of what is proposed in each of the chosen bills that we will be debating, and a very specific and comprehensive understanding of what is proposed in the bill for your committee. All bills and instructions for the bill study are linked on the Docs page of my DP.

Complete Step 1 in groups of 4 for all three bills
Complete Step 2 individually
We'll come together the last 20 minutes of class to do a Q and A with the authors of the bills

HOMEWORK
Finish Bill Study if you didn't finish in class.

Senate Sport Cards and Placards

11/11/2016

ALL BILLS AND NOTES SHOULD BE IN AT THIS POINT!

Parly Pro Starter
Chairs and Ranking Members will run our Parly Pro Starter for the day.

Senate Sport Cards
Create your Senate Sport Card! Confused? See the doc in your packet, linked on my docs page, and the examples hanging behind my desk.

Put your final images on one document, and email to Lori to print in color (you will have 2 total images, as you will have an image for the front and back of each card). Make sure the images are either 3 x 5 or 4 x 6
We will laminate on Monday!

HOMEWORK:

ALL: Finish your Senate Sport Card, and either email to Lori to print in color following the instructions above, OR print it yourself at home, and bring the printed copies in on Monday.
Specialty Roles: Read all the bills. Choose your top bill for each committee. We meet first period Monday to choose the docket!

Bill Revisions and Finalization

11/10/2016

Parly Pro Starter
Complete the parly pro starter with Lori presiding.

Bill Revisions
Complete and finalize your bills. Make sure that you have...

Check it against the rubric
Make sure you proofread for punctuation, spelling, grammar, and formatting
Leave the bill number BLANK. We will fill that in once we choose the docket

TURN IN YOUR BILLS AND NOTES- Share them with Lori by 8:30 am on FRIDAY.

Bill Critiques

11/9/2016

SCHEDULE SHIFT!!
This will be in effect from Weds. November 2 through Weds. Nov. 16.

Immigration: 3rd- Math, 5th and 6th- Humanities (Ashley). WEDS: 1- Math, 2- Free, 3 and 4- Humanities.
Climate: 4th- Math, 5th and 6th- Humanities (Lori). WEDS: 1- Free, 2- Math, 3 and 4-Humanities.
College Debt: 3rd and 4th- Humanities (Lori), 6th- Math. WEDS: 1 and 2- Humanities, 3- Math, 4- Free.
Executive and Whips: Follow the schedule for Climate Change (see above). You will be able to jump back and forth between rooms as you see fit during this time once you check in with Lori.

Parly Pro Starter
Do the parly pro starter, with Lori presiding.

Bill Revisions
Revise and finalize your bills! A few notes:

Check it against the rubric
Make sure you proofread for punctuation, spelling, grammar, and formatting
Leave the bill number BLANK. We will fill that in once we choose the docket

Thank You Cards
Sign and write on the thank you cards for our experts!

HOMEWORK
Finish your bill. Share it or email it to Lori NO LATER than 8:30 on Friday. No flexibility here, not even by a minute. Email early, rather than late.

Bill Writing- Day 5

11/8/2016

SCHEDULE SHIFT!!
This will be in effect from Weds. November 2 through Weds. Nov. 16.

Immigration: 3rd- Math, 5th and 6th- Humanities (Ashley). WEDS: 1- Math, 2- Free, 3 and 4- Humanities.
Climate: 4th- Math, 5th and 6th- Humanities (Lori). WEDS: 1- Free, 2- Math, 3 and 4-Humanities.
College Debt: 3rd and 4th- Humanities (Lori), 6th- Math. WEDS: 1 and 2- Humanities, 3- Math, 4- Free.
Executive and Whips: Follow the schedule for Climate Change (see above). You will be able to jump back and forth between rooms as you see fit during this time once you check in with Lori.

EXPERTS TODAY!

Ruthie Uhl, former college student. 10:10-12:00. College Debt Committee
Bruce Baizel, Earthworks. 12:40-1:30. Climate Change/Energy Committee
Christi Zeller, La Plata County Energy Council. 12:40-1:30. Climate Change/Energy Committee

Objectives: By the end of class today, you should…

Have the preamble done. You will add to it as you keep revising, but the core of it should be complete, with ample evidence and facts.
Have your bill completely drafted. Remember, a good bill has 5-8 sections, and at least two of those sections have sub-sections that go into greater detail.
Consult with at least one expert. We have one expert here today for College Debt, and two for Climate Change/Energy. Use them!
Print TWO copies of your bill for critique. You could do this tomorrow, but chances are you'll forget, want to print in class, and then I will be highly irritated (and count your bill late).

Remember to use the BILL TEMPLATE on my DP once you start actually writing your bill!

HOMEWORK:
Have TWO printed copies of your complete drafted bills at the start of class tomorrow. DO NOT PRINT AT THE START OF CLASS.

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