221+Agenda+-+9.1.11

__Due Today__
 * Student Survey
 * Wiki Account

9:25 - 9:30 - Welcome and good news

9:30 - 9:45 - Share favorite "Freedom Writers" Quotes
 * "How do I know you're not just a liar standing up there?"
 * "What are you doing there that makes a damn difference in my life?"
 * "That's why the relationship is so powerful because once it is gained you become family."
 * "I see who you are. Do you understand me? You are NOT failing."
 * "Unteachable? I don't think so. Misunderstood is a better way to put it."
 * "You can be anything you want to be. There's more out there than you can see."
 * "A teacher listened and respected their stories enough to learn how to teach them."
 * "Figure out how to teach them instead of letting them fall through the cracks."
 * "Yo. These kids was 14! I had to keep telling myself 'cuz they really went through some stuff."
 * "On the first day of school there was a huge separation in the class . . . .all these tensions."
 * "Why should we trust you? Because you're a teacher? We don't know you."
 * "The reason Erin Gruel had success with these kids was because she decided not to listen to what everyone had said about them or even what they had said about themselves."
 * "I'm not just going to give you my respect just because you're called a teacher."
 * "So you better make up your mind because until you tell me this is all you deserve, I'm not letting you fail. Even if that means coming to your house every night until you finish the work."
 * "Because an F is all I'm worth."

9:45 - 10:05 - How to use a Wiki

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 * Demonstration (See this page)

10:05 - 10:30 - Brainstorm student characteristics that influence academic achievement and school performance

10:30 - 11:00 - Diversity examples

11:00 - 11:10 - Break

11:10 - 12:00 - Diversity examples

12:00 - 12:05 - Upcoming Assignments Read these three assignments for Tuesday, 9/6 1. http://www.ucpress.edu/content/pages/10454/10454.ch01.pdf 2. "An Indian Father's Plea" 3. Chapter 1 in the textbook

(Expect to discuss the readings in class on Tuesday as well as take a brief quiz)