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Welcome, Seniors!  Opening Seminar and Class Values

8/26/2015

 
Set Up- Accept invite to Google Classroom, walk them through how to do the Starters. (5-10 min)

Starter 1.1- Choose one to respond to  (10 minutes)
Option 1:  Describe the last time you learned something of value.
  • Where were you?  
  • How did you learn it?  
  • Where did the information come from, and what did you do with it?  

Option 2:  What is the most important thing in the world?  
  •  Justify!  Why this, above other things?
  • How do you connect to this—describe/explain.  
  •  How can/do you use your role here as a student to pursue this? 

Pair/Share  (5 min)
Find a partner, share what you wrote, general thoughts.

Seminar (60 min)
We seminar for two reasons:  To get to know you and discuss big issues that underlie many of our daily decisions and behaviors, and to make our thinking visible.  In this seminar, we have two themes:  Integrity and Education, and Control.  The seminar is ungraded.

Class Values (40 min)
Group activity to determine our class values, and develop a shared agreement around those values.

HOMEWORK:
None!  Enjoy your first schooly night!


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