Hi students! 
There are several due dates to keep in mind as you work on your projects this week. 

MONDAY 1/29 
- SLR Proposal and Rough Draft (of interview questions or survey questions ) - one per group in your Google folder - due by midnight.    
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE TEMPLATE FOR THE SLR PROPOSAL 

WEDNESDAY 1/31 
- REALLY BIG IDEA CHART (please fill out the one with five columns, and get rid of the other templates). Save it to your group folder. You only need 1-2 sentences explaining the connection between your topic and the generalization. You only need ONE copy per group and place it in your group folder. 
Click here for the REALLY BIG IDEA CHART TEMPLATE

- LANGUAGE OF THE DISCIPLINE BOX must be filled out (this is part of the "ISD" document) - You can access the ISD through a google doc or slides version below. 
Click here for the ISD template - Google docs version
Click here for the ISD template - Google slides version 

THURSDAY 2/1 
- You will have a driving question quiz this day - You will be expected to write your driving question (out of memory), explain what it means, and write out how your driving question/topic is related to the five generalizations for the universal theme of conflict (which you must also memorize). This is a test grade. 

FRIDAY 2/2 
- Reflection #2 due - You already have this template copied in your INDIVIDUAL folders. Now, you will be filling out the second box (on the second page) of the same reflection document you worked on previously (as the first reflection was due this past Sunday night). 
- OPPOSING SIDES box in your ISD - This is ONE of your generalizations boxes. You should be able to complete this box and use textual evidence/in-text citations. I want you to start filling out your ISD, so that you can have it ready to be approved and to print as you finish up your boards in the next couple of weeks! 

GATE SYMPOSIUM - "What's your driving question?" FROZEN TREAT PARTY - Don't forget to go to the cafeteria/stage area after school on Friday to receive your frozen treat for showing your signed/approved driving question! 

UPCOMING DEADLINES! 
Next Monday - SLR Results are due - Some groups may get an extension on this (with permission), especially if their interview is not scheduled yet. CLICK HERE FOR THE SLR RESULTS TEMPLATE 
Next Tuesday - Relevant Resolutions Map is due 
Next Friday - Creative Board Plan is due 

Hi, scholars! Now that you have an initial topic proposed, you are ready to start your scholarly research. I would like for all of you to have 3-4 articles by next Wednesday, January 17th. For each of the credible sources/articles you find, you must complete an article tag. You can find a copy of the article tag linked below, but you must print it out and write it by HAND. There are also many copies of this article tag in my classroom. Please be sure to take a few copies for yourself!

REMEMBER, EVERY PERSON IN THE GROUP MUST HAVE HIS OR HER OWN COPY OF THE ARTICLE TAG PER ARTICLE. EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR READING AND INTERACTING WITH THE NON-FICTION TEXTS! 

Do you have to print the articles? NO. You can save them (annotated versions) in your google drive folders OR through your Kami accounts. I will be checking that you have them periodically, so please do not discard them. Plus, you need to reference them for textual evidence. Be sure to lightly annotate them (write comments, connections, and highlight important parts of the article). 

After finding the 3-4 articles, we will start drafting driving questions and then finish up our scholarly research by finding the remaining 6-8 articles (as level 2 students need 9-12 articles in total). Please watch the very long but extremely important video below, as we are missing several days of instruction due to the MLK Jr. Holiday and MAP Testing. 

Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me. Do your best, Mustangs! 

Click here to access the template for the "CONFLICT PROPOSAL FORM" which should be updated and ready to grade. It should be in your group folder on google drive, so that Ms. Park can check it this weekend. 

Wow, it's been a while since Ms. Park has posted anything on this website! The last month (December 2017) has been spent working on four argumentative essays! We learned how to attack the prompt, organize our textual evidence, write effective thesis statements, outline our essays using the T-EPA-EPA-C method, and revise our work to improve our writing! We are done with our argumentative unit, and now that we're back for second semester, we are ready to tackle our huge Project-based Learning endeavor called GATE SYMPOSIUM! This year, our theme is "Relevant Resolutions" and you just received your booklets today. Be sure to watch the first video in the GATE SYMPOSIUM 2018 Playlist on Ms. Park's YouTube channel today (for homework). If you have questions, jot them down and save them for tomorrow's in-class discussion. Welcome back, everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!