Monday, May 19, 2014

TPOL Prep Day 1

TPOL Prep Lesson Day 1

TPOL Expectations (20 mins)
·         Read the expectations handout, the rubric, and the questions as a class – highlight as we go what you will need to remember
·         Write at least one question on the page
·         Q and A session with me about TPOL

Categories Brainstorm (10 mins)
·         Go over categories, give models of a few others  with the ‘as a’ as a generative prompt – as a brother, as a leader, as a maker, etc.
·         Students generate as many other categories as they can, write the best ones on the board
·         Students write their favorites on the assignment sheet to broaden the concepts they can work from

Content and Metaphor Hooks Brainstorm



Modeling
·         Give students example of a content category:  as a project designer
o   Discuss ways that you could apply the focusing question to this category
·         Give a simile prompt to help them develop a hook – Creating original projects is like …
o   Having a baby
o   Painting on a canvas
o   Forging new paths in the jungle
·         Take them through an extended metaphor example…
My own:
®     Teaching freshmen this year has been like growing a garden
Subsidiaries:
®     Water, nutrients, sunlight=my content and project ideas
®     Each planted seed becomes its own plant
®     A diverse garden is better than monoculture!!!
®     We are harvesting and soon will feast on the rewards of this fertile journey

Show model TPOL’s:  Robin and Hunter
1.  What is his or her hook/theme/metaphor?
2.  How did presenter address focusing question?
3.  What evidence did presenter use?

Brainstorm
·         Students choose either content or hook/metaphor  or both to work on
·         Go over brainstorm possibilities – list, outline, web, talking (outside) etc.
·         Students choose their own format for brainstorming and spend time brainstorming their speech.

Write your hook today!

WORK TIME!!!!

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