How many wooden blocks are in a game of Jenga?

October 27, 2015

A. 54B. 48C. 72D. 32E. 24

54Jenga was invented by Leslie Scott based on a game her family played when she was young. The object is to build a tower of blocks and each player must remove a block without knocking it over. Whoever knocks the blocks over is the loser.

Turn In: The Other Wes Moore

Part 2 Handout The Other Wes Moore

Part 3 Handout Your grade paper

Learning Objectives: Analyze The

Other Wes Moore as a whole

Write concisely and clearly

A. I could teach this objective to the class!

B. I have a pretty good grasp of this one.

C. I’m not completely comfortable with this one.

D. I don’t really understand this one.

E. I don’t understand this one at all.

Final Literature Circle Create a poster for The Other Wes Moore Try to promote the book (get others to

read it) You must use at least three quotations

from the book Everyone in the group must contribute When you are finished, begin looking at

the discussion questions

Final Literature Circle Take out a piece of paper Write what you like about each poster

(beginning with your own group)

BREAK

SOCRATIC SMACKDOWN

Socratic Smackdown Choose 6 discussion questions as a group

and circle them (everyone in the group must agree)

Create 6 Socratic circle discussions Group decides how many will be in the middle

at once Everyone must be in the middle at least once The group must have at least one person

scoring/keeping time for the discussion Discuss each question for 5 minutes

Socratic Smackdown Write each person in the group’s name on

the bottom of your score card (including your own)

Go back to your original seats Grade each person out of 10 points Hand in your score sheet

USING BIG WORDSLink

“THE OTHER _________” ASSIGNMENT

Learning Objectives: Analyze The

Other Wes Moore as a whole

Write concisely and clearly

A. Yes, completelyB. MostlyC. Sort ofD. Not reallyE. Not at all (I’m

lost!)

Homework

Due Thursday, October 29, in class: Reading Art Project and Paper (typed, hard copy

due at the beginning of class)Due Thursday, October 29, at 11:55 p.m.: Submit the “Turning Points” assignment for half

credit (if you did not already turn it in) Post to the weekly discussionDue Sunday, November 1, at 11:55 p.m.: Rough draft of Essay #3 to Turnitin “The Other ______” Assignment to Turnitin Respond to at least two students in the weekly

discussionDue Tuesday, November 3, at 11:55 p.m.: Peer reviews of Essay #3Working on: 2nd office visit on or before Tuesday, November 3rd

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