Eng 9: 1st Fishbowl, Caine's Arcade, Advocacy Letters and More . . .

We'll start with a fishbowl discussion to explore our empathy and advocacy stations from last week.  This will be our first formally assessed listening and speaking experience.  We will formulate criteria together that I will use to assess your listening and speaking during the fishbowl.

We will be tying together the short story we read, the stations, and everything else we've done so far into this discussion.

We'll start with watching this video.  Be prepared to ask questions about the format at the end of the video.  I will be asking you to identify the rules and format established in the video.

Then we'll watch this fantastic video about Caine's Arcade, the mini-documentary that gave rise to Imagination Foundation.

You'll be completing a Notice/Wish/Wonder graphic organizer to demonstrate your understanding of the Caine's Arcade mini doc.   You only need to fill out

Once you finish your Notice/Wish/Wonder graphic organizer, you can start/finish your advocacy letter.  You have two choices.

Write a one page letter in which you ask a teacher, a parent/guardian, a friend, a coach or some other specific individual for help.  Explain what it is you need help with, why you need that help, and how specifically that person might help you.

OR

Empathize with an individual struggling with one of the challenges we've explored in class.  Adopt that person's point of view and write a letter in which that person asks for help from a teacher, parent/guardian, friend, coach or some other specific individual for help.  Explain what it is they need help with, why they need that help, and how specifically that person might help them.

OR

Empathize and advocate for an individual struggling with one of the challenges we've explored in class.  Ask one of their teachers, parent/guardians, friends, coaches or another specific individual to help that person.  Explain what it is they need help with, why they need that help, and how specifically that person might help them.

ROOTS 2.
Reminder that there is a Roots 2 quiz over Roots 1 and 2 on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  Use the quizlets linked in the sidebar to the right to help you study.   Use the jenga block creations you made the other day to help you -- ask your friends to send you the pics they took if you don't have them.

Next class, we are making stuff.  Next week, we are making stuff.  All month of October, we are writing and discussing and reading and making stuff.  What?  Yes.

OUT OF CLASS WORK.

Study.  Roots 1 & 2.

Quiz.  NEXT CLASS.

Write.

Advocacy Letter.

Due.  NEXT CLASS.

Put in your English 9 IN Folder.

Complete.

Notice/Wish/Wonder: Caine's Arcade.

Put in your English 9 IN Folder.