March 21, 2019

Objective:  I can initiate and participate effectively in a 4-corners discussions to share my thoughts on our reading thus far building on others’ ideas and expressing my own clearly and persuasively about the characterization of Christopher McCandless (SL11-12.4).
Agenda:

• Entry Task: As you come in, look at the 4-corners posters stand next to the poster you think best represents your thoughts on McCandless at this point in your reading.  Be ready to share your thoughts by having out your journal.
  
• Review the Speaking and Listening Rubric
  
• Share with the people in the same corner as you your thoughts on Christopher McCandless
  
  • Make sure you have evidence for your claim--use your journal.
    
  • Select a spokesperson, but be prepared to add ideas yourself if another group disagrees with yours.
    
  • If you are persuaded to join another group, move there.
    
• After the discussion, self-assess on your Speaking and Listening Rubric--this is a portion of your score, the majority comes from your reflection which will be scored by the teacher.
  
• On your way back to your seat, grab a Chromebook if you wrote your Synthesis essay there; your Visual Text will also be returned to you.
  
  • Review your scores for each--note your self-assessment on the visual text and compare that to the score you received.
    
  • Your journal for Into the Wild also has a very explicit Rubric; make sure you utilize it to create your best product that reflects your learning
    
• If you would like to make quick edits to your Synthesis Essay or Visual Text, you may use this class time to do so.  For more significant edits, you may utilize this weeks’ access times or do so as homework.
  
  • Edits will only be accepted this week.
    
• Exit Task:  If you are satisfied with your essay and visual text products, you can either make test-corrections to your visual text vocabulary OR study the Into the Wild vocabulary on Quizlet for our retake next week.