Take attendance while they get out their reading homework and
their notebooks. They also need to pick up a copy of the class calendar from
the front table by the door.
Groups will finish at different times, so explain both parts
at the beginning.
Part 1: Students had a reading assignment for homework (a
portion of a textbook chapter, pp.78-87). Today they are going to use that
reading and continue on. Have students PICK a partner (no groups of three
unless there is an odd man out). They need to list this partner in the front of
their AP Seminar notebook as their “Brainstorming Partner.” When this is done,
hand out the QUEST worksheet (one copy per group). They should list both names
at the top and then use it as a guide for the conversation about the reading
homework. Please remind them that the goal is NOT to get done fast, but to be
thorough and thoughtful. I am grading for deep responses, not completers.
The QUEST partner sheets are to be turned in to the first
basket in the front of the room. They ALSO need to turn in their individual
QUEST sheets from Thursday’s class to the same basket.
Part 2: With their partner, students will read pp. 87-96.
Each student will record KEY ideas and major stakeholders (who is involved or
affected by this issue?) in their journals, after discussing the section with
their partner. They can write in the margins, but I don’t want them to
highlight the text. They can read and discuss as they go, or they can read
silently and then discuss. They will be sharing key ideas and stakeholders with
me and the class tomorrow.
If, for some reason, they do not finish this in class, it is
homework so they are ready for discussion tomorrow morning.