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__**3 December, 2013 - Brainwave and Resilience Units**__

__Updates/__ Assignments
 * students must fill in the higher level questions and a summary for Cornell notes on the page where the chart is located. Due tomorrow - Wednesday.
 * Write down 5 sentences from Chapters 16 & 17 of Three Cups of Tea that have dependent clauses. Then create 5 sentences of your own design that have subordinate or dependent clauses in them. Topics for the sentences may relate to Three Cups of Tea or the Big Idea "Success over time requires persistence." Due Wednesday.
 * Continue reading and annotating //Three Cups of Tea//, Chapters 16 - 17 due Thursday.

__**Periods 2-3 - Brainwave - Teaching and Learning**__

Students will teach their 20 minute lesson to another student in class focusing on the lesson plan they developed. They will then turn the tables and become the learner for a different 20 minute lesson. Whole class discussion with chart discussing the four ideas below. 1. Learning was easy because... 2. Learning was difficult because...  3. Teaching was easy because...  4. Teaching was difficult because...

Assignment - students must fill in the higher level questions and a summary for Cornell notes on the page where the chart is located. Due tomorrow - Wednesday.

__**Period 6 - English**__

Students will work in table groups to share their annotations from the text related to resilience. Whole class discussion on resilience to clarify understanding of big idea.

Whole class discussion of subordinate or dependent clauses in sentences.

Assignment - Write down 5 sentences from Chapters 16 & 17 of //Three Cups of Tea// that have dependent clauses. Then create 5 sentences of your own design that have subordinate or dependent clauses in them. Topics for the sentences may relate to Three Cups of Tea or the Big Idea "Success over time requires persistence."