San Diego Jewish Academy
9th Grade Humanities
Metacognition - First Nine Weeks


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"How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"
- E.M. Forster

Please take the time to carefully review the following list of topics and activities from our first nine weeks together. Use a highlighter to mark things that particularly made you think. What types of things are these? What works for you as a learner? Why? What doesn't? Why? What coping tools do you use when you need assistance?

Write a one-page reflection on these questions making specific reference to the list below. Please type your reflection. Spell-check and edit, and turn it in by Wednesday, November 8th.

Topics, Activities for First Nine Weeks
(See
Grade 9 Fall 00 Syllabus for more details on many of the activities)

  • Rules of conduct
  • Opening poem (modeling our expectations)
  • Design expectations
  • "The Cube"
  • Goal-setting (worksheet too)
  • Postcard from the edge
  • One academic goal
  • Vocabulary (review and quizage)
  • Analogies
  • Note-taking presentation
  • Reading journal letter
  • One true sentence
  • Show, not tell
  • Sense web
  • 21 Club
  • Lead paragraph
  • Organizing content
  • Using quotes
  • Writing a conclusion
  • Personal Quest Essay
  • Siddhartha
  • Siddhartha River map
  • Siddhartha quizage
  • House on Mango Street
  • Patterns
  • Grading philosophy
  • Grading rubric
  • Metacognition
  • Email
  • Individual conferences
  • Group discussions
  • Videos
  • In class workshop time (reading and writing)
  • Opening quotes


Site Map | Grading Philosophy | Grade 10 Fall 00 Syllabus | Grade 9 Fall 00 Syllabus | Quotes | WordList | Glossary | Graphic Organizers | Rules of Thumb | On-Line Resources | WriteDesign | Co-Teachers - Doug and Melissa | Gallery
E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net or Melissa at mjmckinstry@earthlink.net

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