Activities: Week 8

organized according to the 5 Uses of Advisory

(New) Virtual Mentor Initiative: I’ve started to reach out to people I know and on social media to get folks to be virtual interivews or mentors to kids. Please pass on to your social networks. I will connect people with anyone who signs up and is your connection. I’ll host a zoom for interested people twice a week m (Monday at 1pm and Tuesday at noon) and keep trying to find new people. If you can send out information to them and send out the sign up form -I’ll take care of the rest.
- Sign Up Form

(New) Media Manipulation – This high level resource (Media Manipulation Casebook) outlines three cases where extremist groups intentionally and systematically manipulated the media to get their messages of hate and bias in the system. – great resource for students who’s interest lies in media bias (pun intended).
(Continuing) AntiRacist Ed @ the Met: Website (See Pre-Stamped Work) They sent out a very thorough Newsletter this week with more direction and information. Here is a direct link to the very helpful Anti Racism Toolkit by Trimester with links.

(New) Sentence Combining. It is an active and engaging way to improve writing. Taking short sentences, or ideas and creating complete sentences (without being a run on) with the information. There are many ways to do it, and as you work through them, you can suggest new ways to focus – using a transition word, explaining how to add a descriptive clause, adding a semi-colon, etc. Mostly, students figure out how to get the ideas together and it is a way to help
(New) – Writing TemplatesTop Down Web Template (PDF) and Google Doc
- Bubble Graphic Organizer
- Frayer (PDF) and Google Doc
- Main Idea with Details Google Doc
(OLD) Materials from Workshop in Choosing Personalized Reading Goals + Personalized Reading Goals Menu

Classroom Conversation:

(New) Four Corners for Virtual Learning -You are probably familiar with Four Corners activity – where a group, in response to a question, decides if they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree to a statement. It is often used as a way to engage prior knowledge for a reading or video, which connecting with others and hearing diverse perspectives.
There are some statements below you could use as a general four corners activity, but they work best when connected to a topic you are going to discuss in class. You can also use topics related to social norms, workplace expectations, etc.
- Use this as an opportunity for students to provide a reason (data, explanation, example) to support their claim. It is good to start with less controversial topic more connected to experience then add more.
- Presentation for Four Corners
- Four Corners Jamboard Template Short – one page for all corners
- Four Corners Jamboard Template Long – one page per corner

(New) Four Tendencies Assessment
You may be at the point with your advisory to notice how positive habits are not being formed well and wonder why. This framework, the four tendencies, helps people see which of four types of personality they are in approaching habit formation. It is a simple personality assessment called the Four Tendencies test.

This test helps people figure out if they are Upholders, Obligers, Rebels, or Questioners. It gives you a chance as a team leader to see how your team best responds to your expectations and what might help students create new habits for themselves. It can also help them work with each other in more effective ways.

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