Double+Advisory+Ideas

Double Advisory Ideas
 * Meet with Trish in aerobics room for a refresher on multiple intelligences and learning styles
 * Students should make nametags with these items on them during orientation so teachers can get to know this information - should get that information from the seventh grade team
 * Watch //Temple Grandin//
 * Autism presentations
 * Work on signs and photographs "Making the Invisible Visible" (with Martin Tucker)
 * Big Friends/Little Friends
 * Watch //Wasteland// (particularly pertinent to Earth Day awareness; about largest landfill in the world and what can come from it.)
 * Watch //Pelada//:
 * Make a list of things you are passionate about and you intend to do when you are older. Be specific. ex: a sport, a career, a college you plan to attend, the place you will live, etc.
 * What will it take to achieve these goals?
 * What role, if any, will talent and/or effort play in achieving these goals?
 * What would you rather that others recognize in you:
 * 1) talent
 * 2) effort
 * 3) a combination of both
 * 4) What will you do in the event that one of these goals appears to no longer be attainable
 * //**Brain Rules**// Since John Medina's //Brain Rules// is a school-wide read, I've pulled his list of twelve rules and accompanying videos for us to share with students. The videos distill the rules into manageable bits.They should help the students think about how and under what circumstances they learn best. Jason, your kids can go to their surrogate advisories for this. Trish, you are welcome to join us!
 * //**Brain Rules**// Since John Medina's //Brain Rules// is a school-wide read, I've pulled his list of twelve rules and accompanying videos for us to share with students. The videos distill the rules into manageable bits.They should help the students think about how and under what circumstances they learn best. Jason, your kids can go to their surrogate advisories for this. Trish, you are welcome to join us!

Before beginning: *Ask students to generate topics that they think will be important for how the brain works.

*Share and distribute the list of twelve rules. (I'm reducing the lists for us to give out to the kids to attach in their planners.) *Ask students to star the rule they think will most affect them as learners. *Play the introduction, and then the videos. (less than 45 minutes total.) *Stop to discuss after each, or at the end of all. *Survey class to see if their prediction is accurate based on the videos. *Ask students to generate a list of suggestions to help them apply these rules for their learning.

[] (video links) [] (list of rules)

I think this plan will take about an hour.