Intro to the SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE BUILDING (S.K.B.) Project

To see the document, click the link below:

Skill and Knowledge Building (S.K.B) Project 2015-16

This year you will be choosing an area of personal interest to explore, improve skills, and share your expertise. This will be a continuing project you will work on throughout the year with different parts due at different times.

Please make your own copy of the document. Remember to put your name in the document title and erase the phrase "copy of."

Email to Your Teachers Project

Begin by going to this document and making a copy:
Teacher Notification Project

then follow the instructions on the document.

Synergy Student-Vue, Research on Being Gifted, etc.

You will need to access Synergy "Student-Vue"  in order to complete some of your tasks for this class.  This is also an essential tool for you to keep track of your grades and communicate with your teachers. Click on the following link:

StudentVUE Account Access

You will use the same username and password here as you do to log in to the school computers.
You will see something like this:

On your class schedule, the Hyperlink for your teacher's names includes their email as well.  You will be using this to complete the Google survey form below.




As we discuss our experience and myths about being gifted, some of you will be doing this twice.   If you want to do some further research at this time, here are some great resources to check out:

• Frequently Asked/Answered Questions about giftedness
• Gifted 101, What You Need To Know
• Atlantic Monthly Article about Gifted Education
• Essays by Gifted Students:
• "Being Gifted"
• "A Gifted Child Speaks Out"
• 
  

Gifted Seminar: Multiple Intelligences

Click on the link for the Multiple Intelligences Document and follow the instructions.

Make sure you share your document with your Seminar teacher.  our email addresses are as follows:
Mr. Sullivan: samuelpsullivan@gmail.com
Mrs. Newton: newtshe@gmail.com
Ask a peer or teacher if you need help.

Gifted Language Arts (GLArts)

Project for Monday and Tuesday:
Evolution of our Language (Watch these Videos):

• TED ED: How do Languages Evolve?
• TED ED: How did English evolve?

You will need to take notes in the form of a mind map:

You can copy this map and add to it.  MindMiester will connect to your google drive.

Persuasive Essay: Standardized Testing

Your group essay is due by Monday!
Make sure you make a plan and divide the work effectively and fairly.
I recommend using the ProCon website for initial arguments, but you should look beyond it as well.
Here is the outline you should follow:

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY OUTLINE

TITLE (Main Idea):

1. PARAGRAPH 1- “THE HOOK”
1. INTRODUCTION: Introduce your topic with a hook.
2. (What are the two sides to the argument?)
1. SIDE 1:
2. SIDE 2:
3. *THESIS STATEMENT (What is your opinion?):
2. PARAGRAPH 2
1. REASON #1 (Why should someone agree with your opinion?):
2. Possible Objection to your argument you’re your response:
3. SOURCE:
3. PARAGRAPH 3
1. REASON #2 (Why should someone agree with your opinion?):
2. Possible Objection to your argument you’re your response:
3. SOURCE:
4. PARAGRAPH 4
1. REASON #3 (Why should someone agree with your opinion?):
2. Possible Objection to your argument you’re your response:
3. SOURCE:
5. PARAGRAPH 5
1. CONCLUSION (Summarize your thoughts):
2. RESTATE SIDE 1:
3. RESTATE SIDE 2:
4. RESTATE THE 3 REASONS TO AGREE WITH YOU:
5. OVERALL, WHY IS YOUR THESIS STATEMENT CORRECT? What impact does your point of view have on the world?

Logical fallacies and the standardized testing debate

You may do this project in groups from last time :

• Create a group document
• Create the same number of arguments against Standardized testing as you have people in your group.
• Read these descriptions of logical fallacies trying to see if you made any of these mistakes:
• Short descriptions: https://carm.org/logical-fallacies-or-fallacies-argumentation
• Detailed descriptions: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
• You need to identify one more logical fallacy than the number of people in your group (group of 3 - 4 fallacies, etc.)
• For more arguments, you can go to the Pro/con website: http://standardizedtests.procon.org/
• quote the argument that contains a fallacy.
• explain how the fallacy applies