Reading, Writing & Making (sense)
U School Humanities
Happy Martin Luther Kings Day
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hope you enjoyed your MLK day of service or rest break.
You can make big academic gains if you apply yourself. Use your time wisely during check-ins, tune-ups, mini-lessons, and on demand assessments to prepare for greatness.
We happy to see more students are getting on track. The number of students who have to remain for Independent Learning on Wednesday, has decreased for this week.
Below is important news you can use.
Awesome Myths
We are excited to read all the amazing myths students are creating.
Before you submit your best draft of your myth we need to see evidence that you received and incorporated feedback from your peers. We will not give you formal feedback on your myth until we see that you got feedback from your peers.
MEGA shout-out to Diamond T, whose narrative (myth)is up for consideration for the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest..
Goal Setting - If you fail to plan you plan to fail
Most students who are consistently setting goals on a weekly basis, are the students who are making the most progress.
While most students who are consistently not setting goals, are off track.
Furthermore, the students who are doing work (homework) out side of class are, the students who are ahead in their progress reports.
Value your time! It is one of the most important things of value that you control at the U School. Don't forgot to complete your DAP.
Looking for some more inspiration ,check out the Kid President Talk about MLK
Odyssey Fate Vs Free Will Unit
Students you who are on track are doing a close reading of of the Epic Poem the Odyssey and preparing to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of viewing the film versus the text version of the Odyssey. For tips on analyzing film check out this video link.
Students who are ahead in their work are working on a World Religion Timeline and Religious Perspective of Fate vs Free Will HOT Tasks.
To Learn more about this unit, check out the Student Facing Unit Guide (SFUG)
Fate Vs Free Will 1.02 Argumentative Writing Unit Guide Here
Kid President Talks about MLK #LoveDreamDo
What's your dream.
Shout Outs
Shout to the Dance Team Members. We look forward to more students demonstrating the U Schools values in your Humanities Classrooms.
Diamond - Empathy & Leadership in dance (both in practice but also on pushing the team forward as an organizer!)
Tatyana (first year) - for Persistence & showing up to practice both days
Donnell- Leadership & Collaboration in dance (let's bring the same passion to your school work!)
Akyah L. - Persistence & Collaboration
Call For Students to Co-Present at Educon
Would you to share your #LoveDreamDo ideas with other students and educators from around the country. We are seeking students to co-present with U School teachers an amazing education conference.
What is EduCon?
EduCon is both a conversation and a conference.
It is an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas — from the very practical to the big dreams.
See Mr. Reed or Mr McGeehan if you would like to attend.
Saturday, Jan 30, 2016, 10:00 AM
Science Leadership Academy, North 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Humanties Team- Check Us Out: Then & Now
Samuel Reed Then & Now
I teach my students at the U School to read write and make -sense of the world-. My passions include arts in education, media literacy and understanding youth culture. I blog for the ‘Philadelphia Public School Notebook’ and published an article titled, ‘Connected Learning and the Rules of Engagement’ for ‘Heinemann’s Digital Campus’. I organize Boys.Write.Now and Girls.On.Fire, Art and Writing Workshops, and I organized a 2013 Cardboard Challenge in Philadelphia. I have been fortunate to live and travel abroad to such places as Botswana, Kenya and Russia.
Charles McGeehan Then & Now
I've been teaching in Philadelphia since 2010, and I have worked at 5 different schools, both charter and public. I am so excited to be at a place like The U School, where I see myself working for many years to come.
I grew up in Media, Pennsylvania, about 15 miles from our school. Both of my parents were teachers for many years - but I didn't always know I would follow in their footsteps. I grew up loving sports, and going to lots of high school, college, and professional games with my Dad. I went to UNC-Chapel Hill, and spent a lot of my time going to basketball games.
Rebecca Coven Then & Now
Ms Coven was assigned to another high school as a part of her student teaching responsibilities at the University of Pennsylvania .
Join me us in thanking her for her dedication and time spent at the U School. She wrote each and every 10th grader a special good bye card.
Ms Coven please keep in touch with us.
We are going to miss you!
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