Post date: Feb 15, 2016 10:45:51 PM
Monday - No School
Tuesday - Feb. 16
Learning Target - When students leave Mr. Reynolds' room they will be able to explain - why quitting is actually a good thing (sometimes), why being the best in the world is vastly underrated, and how to explain what a dip is.
Classroom Tasks -
* View the intro Keynote to The Dip.
* View this Storify document as an introduction to The Dip.
* Wrap up narrative (a second draft of either the rite of passage or expertise will be due on Friday to peer edit).
Homework -
* Read pages 1-24 of The Dip. Complete this as you read.
Evidence of Learning - Students will display that they met the learning target through individual questions, classroom discussion, and through the Storify assignment and the reading questions from the first reading of The Dip (pages 1-24)
Wednesday - Feb. 17
Learning Target - When students leave Mr. Reynolds' room they will be able to state the discussion topics they devised from their first reading of The Dip, discuss what the biggest mistake they make in school is (and how this relates personally to them now), and identify the difference from a dip, a cul-de-sac, and a cliff.
Classroom Tasks -
* View the intro Keynote to The Dip.
* View this Storify document as an introduction to The Dip.
* Wrap up narrative (a second draft of either the rite of passage or expertise will be due on Friday to peer edit).
Homework -
* Write about a time you quit something. Focus on a snapshot moment when you realize that quitting was the only option for you.
Evidence of Learning - Students will display that they met the learning target through their rough draft snapshot of the time they quit something. Students will also share how this connected to Godin's aspects of "the dip."
Thursday - Feb. 18
Learning Target - When students leave Mr. Reynolds' room they will be able to - explain a time they quit and whether it was a smart decision or a bad decision as it relates to Godin's philosophy of "the dip." Students will also be able to identify the parts of a "dip" (when you should quit, when most people actually quit, when you should lean into the dip, and what makes you 'best in the world').
Classroom Tasks -
* In addition to discussing when they quit and applying it to Godin's theory, students will also have time to begin reading the second section of The Dip (25-55) and choose quotes and points to discuss in class on Wednesday.
Homework - Read pages 25-55 and respond to three of the topics shared with them on Drive.
Evidence of Learning - Students will display that they met the learning target through class discussion (graded format) of all that we have read so far (1-55).
Friday - Feb. 19
Learning Target - When students leave Mr. Reynolds' room they will be able to - explain why the dip is the reason they are here and why is it so important to be "the best in the world" and how that is subjective.
Classroom Tasks -
* Brief review of the key ideas from 25-55.
* Peer edit final draft of theme #2 (due Monday).
Homework - Write snapshot #2 about a time they quit. Focus on the moment that was the straw that broke the camel's back that caused you to quit. Example, maybe it was a moment from your homecoming football game when there were freshmen getting not he field in the final few seconds, yet you never got in. Show us that. Maybe it was a moment in practice where you realized that all of this effort and time just wasn't worth it. Show us that. Watch the TED Ed by Adam Kreek on "I Seek Failure" and respond to it.
Evidence of Learning - Students will display that they met the learning target through a brief session of notes and discussion, through peer revision of a second draft of theme #2 (rite of passage or expertise narrative), and through completion of the TED Ed Adam Kreek talk.