PYP Exhibtion Class Meetings

PYP EXHIBITIONSharing the Planet

6D and 6E Class Meetings

Meeting 1Friday, May 6th

Room 814

Exhibition Task

• Group task

• Exhibition board

• Speaking about the issue

Assessment

• Presentation Rubric

• Journal Rubric

Inquiry Process

• Follow each step to complete task

• Each do different tasks, then share

• Analysis will require discussion

Today’s Tasks

• Form group Essential Agreements

• Define and understand purpose

• Share prior knowledge

• Brainstorm questions

Meeting 2Monday, May 9th

Room 814

Googledocs

• Title should be “#- Issue” (e.g. #23 - Access to Education)

• Add group members names and classes to the top of the page (e.g. Janice Ng, 6D)

• Invite Dr. Mcleod and Ms Fenton

• [email protected]

• [email protected]

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Essential Agreements• Use positive language

• We agree to

• We will...

• Include agreements regarding:

• Use of googledocs

• Use of resources (paper, copying, etc.)

Tracking Card

• Each group to create two cards with:

• Group Number

• Issue

• First and last names of members

Digital Stories

• Show your knowledge of facts

• Show your understanding of the issue

• Use texts, images and audio to share your story

• Consider your purpose and audience

• Use success criteria for powerful presentations (on Ms Fung’s website)

Today’s Tasks• Group Meeting:

• Revisit homework tasks• Set “items to discuss”

• Essential Agreements• Big Inquiry Question and Supporting

Questions• Investigation Planner• Digital Story

• Discuss items (make notes)• Set tasks for each group member

• Tracking card (2 per group)

Meeting 3Wednesday, May 11th

Room 814

Library• Encouraged to use library for

research

• May go during Library class time

• May go during work periods

• Book Ms Holm in advance if you need her help

• Use the back area where all resources are

Mentors• Choose contact person for the

group

• Use correct letter writing conventions (see examples)

• Carbon copy Dr. M and Ms F on emails

• Be respectful of your mentor’s time

• Be prepared for meetings

Exhibition Booklet Article

• Use guiding questions

• Write about 200 -250 words

• Edit and proofread with group

• Ask mentor to do final check

• Due on Tuesday, May 17th

• Send soft copy to Ms Fenton

Investigation Planner

• Big Inquiry Question

• Based on Central Idea

• Specific about your issue

• Specific about HK

• Supporting Questions

• Skinny and specific

• Support answer the BIQ

• More is more

Working Smart

Today’s Task

• Group Meeting:• Revisit homework tasks• Set “items to discuss”

• Big Inquiry Question • Supporting Questions• Investigation Planner• Digital Story - get started• Article - draft started


Meeting 4Thursday, May 12th

Room 814

Investigation Planner

• Big Inquiry Question

• meaty

• Support Questions

• skinny (to collect data on)

Concepts

• Look at BIQ and SQ and highlight the PYP concepts that stand out

• Less is more!

• Choose related concepts if they are obvious

• e.g. “Abuse” for animal abuse

Lines of Inquiry

• Take your SQs and turn them into lines of inquiry

• no more than 4

• statements

• “slim” statements

Data Collection Plan

• Data collection should include a variety of sources and types:

• primary data

• secondary data

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• global and local contexts

Transdisciplinary Skills

• When deciding on skills, refer to your data collection plan

• Relate these to the PYP Transdisciplinary Skills

• Choose skills that you will focus on as a group--> reflect on these

• Also reflect on the skills that you are developing personally

Attitudes

• Not urgent to get this done this week.

• Choose ones that stand out from you planner.

• May be useful when you write your article.

Field Trips• Go only if useful for data collecting

• Go after school or on weekends

• Miss class only if absolutely necessary

• Permission from mentor and HR teacher

• Permission from parents

• Supervised by an adult

Today’s Tasks


• Investigation Planner- complete• Concepts• Lines of inquiry• Skills• Digital Story - get started• Article - draft started- due Tuesday


Meeting 5Monday, May 16th

Room 814

GoogleDocs

• Avoid using too many colours

• Change all text to black

• Use headings

• Use a clear font

• Use a medium font size

Article• Due tomorrow: Tuesday, May 17th

• Send to Ms Fenton via email by 2:30 pm

• Title of article: “#14 - Air Pollution”

• Names of group members at the top of the article: “Jason Chan, 6D”, “Dean Allen, 6D”...

• Proofread by adult (content, conventions)

Special Awards

• CISPA Pursuit of Learning Award

• Alan Dick Spirit Award

• Both presented at graduation

• Note your peers who demonstrate the criteria

• Student votes

Attitudes and Attributes

• You are showing all of these while preparing for the Exhibition

• On Unit planner, choose those that are most relevant for your group

• Less is more!

• Reflect on the group attitudes and attributes in your journal

• Reflect on any of the attitudes/attributes as well

Google Tools

• Wonder Wheel

• Timeline

Absences during Exhibition

• Bangkok Cup (Group 1)

• Mark, Cynthia, Janice

• Illnesses

Today’s Tasks


• Attitudes • Attributes• Digital Story - continue working on

this• Article - final draft due Tuesday• Clean up googledocs

• Discuss items (make notes on googledocs )• Set tasks for each group member

Meeting 6Wednesday, May 18th

Room 814

Unit Planner Organizer• Make a graphic organizer to

include:

• Transdisciplinary theme

• Central Idea

• Lines of inquiry /concepts

• BIQ/SQs

• Related concepts

• Knowledge

• Skills

• Attitudes

• Action

Good ApplicationsInspiration

Bubbbleus.comPagesWord

even...YOUR HANDS!

Also add...Issue

Member NamesGroup Number

Googledocs

• Comment boxes are for teachers and mentors

• Add comments in live discussion or in the googledoc

Data Collection• Use observations and newspaper

articles

• Be specific with tasks for each group member

• Work smart!

• Review data to this point-

• where are the gaps?

• what is the data telling us?

• Make new plan for data collecting

Interviewing• Create good questions for interview

protocol

• Pilot interview protocol with people from other groups

• Refine protocol

• Record notes/audio /video

• Reflect on interview

• Be prepared

• Be polite

Today’s Tasks

• GROUP MEETING!!• Revisit homework tasks• Set “items to discuss”

• Planner Graphic Organizer (due on Friday)

• Digital Story - continue working on this

• Clean up googledocs• Discuss items (make notes on googledocs )• Set specific tasks for each group member


Room 814

Add to Essential Agreements

• Use resources wisely

• Print only when necessary

• Reuse any paper that can be reused

Journals

• Write regularly

• Check rubric and self-assess

• Not just a recount

• Write about your learning

• 5 essential elements of the PYP

• surprising events

• connections

• emotions

Planner Graphic Organizer

• Due today

• Two copies

• Put up on the bulletin boards

• group number oder

E-mail Etiquette

• Use letter writing conventions

• Use formal tone

• Use formal language

• Self and peer edit before sending

• Give time for people to respond

• Only one contact person per group

Telephone Etiquette• Prepare for phone call

• Practise before calling

• Introduce yourself (name, school)

• Explain purpose of call

• Get the right person before asking Qs

• Be polite and appreciative

• Not allowed to use school phone

Peer Review

• Share investigation with peers

• Get feedback from 2-3 other groups

• Improve investigation

• Practise for Exhibition

• Thursday, May 26th (9:45 - 10:30 am)

Peer Review - to include

• BIQ and SQ

• Data collecting methods

• Data analysis methods

• Major findings

• support claims with facts and evidence

• Connections

• Conclusions (answer BIQ)

• Solutions for the problem

• Action (the group will take)

• Suggestion action for others (See Dr. M’s example)

Due Dates

• Digital Story - Wednesday, May 25th

• Peer Review - Thursday, May 26th

• Exhibition Prep- Friday, June 3rd

• Group 1 - June 7/8

• Group 2 - June 9/10

Today’s Tasks


• Digital Story - continue working on this

• Peer Review - think about framework• Discuss items (make notes on googledocs )• Set specific tasks for each group member

Meeting 8Monday, May 23rd

Room 814

Data Analysis• Synthesize all data

• Clean data and print out on A3

• Do this today to see where data has gaps

• Qualitative

• find themes

• Quantitative

• use numbers as evidence (Mark’s report)

Googledoc

• Change “page set up”

• landscape

• margins smaller

Graphic Organizers

• Use whatever works for your group

• Organize according to your data collection needs

• See those on class conferences/blogs

Journal

• Organization- dates, headings

• Check rubric!

• Be specific about your information

• Ask mentor to check regularly

• Ms Fenton and Dr. Mcleod to check

Today’s Tasks


• Data Analysis• Digital Story - due Wednesday (May

25th)• Peer Review - due Thursday (May

26th)• Discuss items (make notes on googledocs )• Set specific tasks for each group member

Meeting 9Wednesday, May 23rd

Co-operation

• Frustration is normal

• Not having your own way is normal!

• LISTEN to your group members

• Majority/Compromise/Consenses

• Reflect on group members

• Reflect on SELF

Games and Internet Use

• Absolutely not allowed

• Be principled!

• Self regulate

• Regulate peers

• Respect feedback from peers

• RULE for Breakout Room

Digital Stories

• Complete today

• Send to Ms Fenton via 6E Dropbox

• Send by 2:30 pm

• Make sure everyone has a copy of video

Data Analysis

Data Analysis

Cause 2

Definition

Cause 1

Solution 1

Solution 2

Peer Review - to include

• BIQ and SQ

• Data collecting methods

• Data analysis methods

• Major findings

• support claims with facts and evidence

• Connections

• Conclusions (answer BIQ)

• Solutions for the problem

• Action (the group will take)

• Suggestion action for others (See Dr. M’s example)

Problem, Solutions, Action

Problem

Solution Action

Define the problem locally (and globally)

List solutions that are already being taken

List other possible solutions

List action that can be takenby various groups:

StudentsParents

GovernmentsNGOs

Cause, Effects, Solutions

Causes

Effects Solutions

List the causes of the issues

List effects of this problem on different groups of people

(society) and on the environment

List solutions that are already being taken

List other possible solutions

Today’s Tasks


• Data Analysis• Digital Story - due Wednesday (May

25th)• Peer Review - due Thursday (May

26th)• Discuss items (make notes on googledocs )• Set specific tasks for each group member


Peer Review Feedback• Peer Review format is NOT the

Exhibition format

• Feedback is to help with Exhibition

• Reflect on the process of the Peer Review

• what have you learned?

• how will you apply this learning to the Exhibition

Exhibition Key Points• You will enjoy the Exhibition!

• Everyone will need to do their part

• Opening Ceremony (30 minutes)

• Exhibits- visitors talk to you about issue

• Visitors/adults will challenge you

• Not a presentation, but a conversation

• Individual conversations

• Assessed by visitors

• Be polite and passionate

• Task 1: Prove Central Idea

• Task 2: All visitors feel they should take responsibility and action

Feedback from Facilitators

• Mr. Dave:

• showed passion regarding issue

• suggest that you direct visitors to other agencies if you don’t have answers

• suggest that you also take action yourself

• suggest that you focus on collaboration and teamwork

• Ms Holm:

• able to explain process

• suggest that data is put on display (show hard facts) - table, graphs, etc.

• suggest that you have supporting data for all your claims

• give the shy people a chance to talk

• if you are shy, try to speak with confidence

• refrain from saying “stuff” to describe something; be specific


• Mr. Woods:• extremely impressed with professional dialogue and understanding

• suggest that use formal language when speaking

• suggest that you refrain from using “like” as a filler

• suggest that you back up statements with FACTS/ hard evidence• suggest that you show confidence and passion

• Mrs. Archer:• felt good about everything heard yesterday; learned a lot from you!

• well prepared, articulate, and clear

• suggest that you be more clear with action that you will take

• suggest that you be specific with action that others can take

• suggest that you need to clarify your understanding; answer question asked

• suggest that you let partners have a chance to speak; don’t interrupt


• Ms Fenton:

• suggest that you listen carefully to the question before answering

• suggest you ask the visitor if you really answered their question

• suggest that you use appropriate language

• Mrs. DC:

• you really understand the process of inquiry

• suggest that you discuss in your groups and reflect on performance

• note that your focus and delivery at Exhibition is different Peer Review

• at the Exhibition, focus on PROBLEM, CAUSES, EFFECTS, SOLUTIONS

• embed your knowledge of the process, concepts, attitudes and skills into your conversations; be convincing

• create a list of questions visitors may ask; create answers

• use rubric to measure your progress so far

Exhibition: Common Qs

• Develop these as a group

Next Week• Collapsed timetable - what does this mean?

• Performing Arts - hand in instrument during reg. class if possible

• PE - optional during regular class time

• Journals- daily entries

• Synthesis, Analysis, Conclusions: Problem, Causes, Effects, Action

• due Wed, June 1st

• independent writing (knowledge, skills, concepts, attitudes...)

• June 3rd due date

• everything handed in

• computers do NOT go home

Presenting Findings• Exhibition board

• attract visitors

• Presentation (talking to visitors)

• know your stuff

• know how to handle questions

• Journals

• Assessment

• Review rubrics!

• Self assess using rubrics

• Mentor assess using rubrics

Exhibition Boards

• Purpose is to attract visitors to your display

• Use resources wisely

• Sample board up on Monday

• Planning needed (sketch it out in journal)

• Use your measuring skills!

Citations

• Cite all your sources

• MLA format

• Websites require

• URL

• Title

• Author

• Published date

Freeze Mob

• Pose

• Props

• Photo with Ms Fenton today

Assignments

• Journals Daily Entries

• Synthesis, Analysis, Conclusions

Wednesday, June 1st

• Freeze mob photoToday/Monday

• Exhibition Prep Friday, June 3rd

Today’s Tasks


• Analysis and understanding• Get video from Ms Fenton• Freeze mob pose ready• Presenting findings

• Discuss items (make notes on googledocs )• Set specific tasks for each group member

The EndGood Luck!

Meeting 11Tuesday, May 31st

Room 814

“Presentation”• Problem, Causes, Effects,

Solution/Action

• Don’t bombard the visitor with facts

• Show connections between facts and the central idea

• Tell the “big idea”

• Then add evidence as support

• Look at rubric and self assess

Example• Animal abuse in Hong Kong is a big

problem because...

• Many pets abused, mainly dogs and cats

• Animals on farms and markets are living in horrible conditions before they are slaughtered. It is really inhumane.

• Animals in captivity, such as in Ocean Park, are made to behave unnaturally by performing in shows and wearing costumes

Example

• These are all examples of animal abuse in HK because animal abuse is when the Five Freedoms of Animals are violated. These are:

• Freedom from hunger and thirst

• Freedom from discomfort

• Freedom from pain, injury or disease

• Freedom to express normal behaviour

• Freedom from fear and distress

Example

• The main causes of animal abuse are

• ignorance

• insensitivity

Example

• The effects of animal abuse are:

• animals suffering uncessarily

• lack of empathy in humans

• an insensitive society/environment

Example• Action that people can take to prevent

this problem:

• become educated about the problem

• be better pet owners

• find out how to take care of pets

• speak up when you see animal abuse

• donate to, or join, animal rights organizations

Exhibition Board

• Use of resources

• Rules from Ms Tan

• Clean up with paint, newspaper, etc.

• Plan before putting things up

• Work collaboratively

Computer Use

• Reminder to not be distracted by games and other websites.

Donation BoxesDon

• Not encouraged

• Visitors should not feel obligated to donate money

• You have not registered to collect funds

• Safety issue with money

Dates

• Wednesday, June 1

• Synthesis due (print out)

• Period 1- meeting in LLAC

• Thursday, June 2nd (period 3) - questions practice

• Friday, June 3rd

• All prep due at 2:15 pm

• If missing pm, check with group

Technology

PYP Exhibtion Class Meetings