Personal Expert Unit
Become an EXPERT on a Famous ATHLETE/PLACE/THING of YOUR CHOICE!
Objective: Students will become experts on the famous folk or topic that is hand-picked by your teacher, and then present those findings to the class.
DEADLINES!
5/4: (beginning of the hour): Publish ___5__ hours of research and submit 50 Cornell Notes from 5 Sources, a Working Outline, and a Work Cited page.
5/6: begin presentations.
5/6: Peer editing.
5/11: Publish entire paper for teacher grading including Working Outline and Work Cited
Monday, 4/27:Choose a topic begin reading, taking Cornell Notes, developing your outline, and including all your sources on a Work Cited page.
Criteria:
1. Male/Female,
2. Ethnicity,
3. Nation/Part of the World,
4. Sport,
5. Inspiring/Crazy/Complicated/Similar to one of the five in a certain way/Other
You give me your preferences on all 5 criteria (if they matter), and then I give you a topic. Then, you begin reading (Wikipedia first, although it's not an official site, you should use it to organize your preliminary outline, and it should list multiple other credible sources).
Tuesday: Continue the process of becoming an expert on your topic. Read begin identifying sources, creating cornell notes, and reading about your topic.
Announced: Average Joe/Jane Unit Essay optional rewrites are due before class on 5/13.
Explained the working relationship between the Working Outline, the Cornell Notes, and the Work Cited. Kids work on all three the remainder of the week.
Wednesday-Thursday: Continue learning and taking CNs, working on the WO, and the WC.
Friday: Complete research including Submit 50 Cornell Notes (number them in increments of 10), a Work Cited which includes a minimum of 5 credible sources, and a working outline.
Monday, 5/4: Decision Day: kids decide if they're going to do a presentation or a paper. Brief handout: Paper or Presentation.docx.
Tuesday: Mr. Lipe met w/ students, and then students draft or plan presentation.
Wednesday: begin presentations.
Thursday: continue presentations.
Friday: Continue presentations.
Monday, 5/11: Papers are due at the start of the hour. Continue presentations.
Nothing below this line is official.
Tuesday: Complete presentations.
Monday, 12/1: Finished presentations or played a game. There is no makeup necessary.
Tuesday: E-learning day: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/22859689975589?p=we06dMHdU5qJZbHhA7. Students are assigned to look at the next Unit.
Wednesday: switch unit to Games We Play.
Thursday: Continue presentations in 2nd and 3rd; 5th hour reads this article: https://vault.si.com/vault/2007/02/26/everything-is-illuminated.
Gave Drafting Tips (button above) and begin drafting.
Click here for the Peer Evaluation Instrument