Tuesday October 25th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"Connect the Nouns" - Students get a minute and a half to come up with a short story that included the 2 nouns generated by a random noun generator. Students must keep fillers to a minimum, and make sure their story flows without confusing the audience. 

Daily Activity 

Organization and Visual Aid Discussion

Discussed organization, key reasons to organize, and helpful ways to be organized. 

Key Reasons for Organizing

• achieve goals
• manage time
• utilize free time and space

Way to be Organized

• calendars
• planners
• to do list
• storage boxes/crates/shelves
• binders/folders
• weekly cleaning and organizing

Went over various types of visual aid students can use, including Google presentations which the students began using last week in class. 

• Power Point
• Props
• Video
• Charts

Major Project 

Students continue working on their project via Google presentation. 

Tuesday October 18th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"Continuous Story" - Students get a minute to come up with an original, alternative end to one of their favorite stories. Students must keep fillers to a minimum, and make sure their story flows without confusing the audience. 

Daily Activity 

"How to Write and Give a Speech" - Students practiced their note taking skills by reading this note taking book in class. Book was projected on screen while instructor read the text aloud. Students took notes on the text using the Cornell note taking format. 

Major Project 

Introduction -  Students used the computers to research their topic, take notes on their topic, and write an outline. 

Tuesday October 11th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"Alternative Ending" - Students get a minute to come up with an original, alternative end to one of their favorite stories. Students must keep fillers to a minimum, and make sure their story flows without confusing the audience. 

Daily Activity 

"How to Write and Give a Speech" - Students practiced their note taking skills by reading this note taking book in class. Book was projected on screen while instructor read the text aloud. Students took notes on the text using the Cornell note taking format. 

Major Project 

Introduction -  Students used the computers to research their topic, take notes on their topic, and write an outline. 

Tuesday October 4th, 2016

Agenda

• Icebreaker
• Daily Activity
• Major Project

Icebreaker 

Short, 15 - 30 minute, activities that get campers ready for our daily activity and major projects. Icebreakers include games like charades, tongue twisters, telephone game, and more.

"Action Story" - Students make up an action-packed story; the student and audience have to act out the actions words as the students tells the story! 

Daily Activity 

"How to Write and Give a Speech" - Students practiced their note taking skills by reading this note taking book in class. Book was projected on screen while instructor read the text aloud. Students took notes on the text using the Cornell note taking format. 

Major Project 

Introduction -  Students used teh computers to research their topic, take notes on their topic, and write an outline.