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PROJECT CITIZEN

PROJECT CITIZEN. February 2010 Mrs. Mahre. What is synthesizing?. To combine individual ideas, influences, or materials to create a new idea or product.

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PROJECT CITIZEN

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  1. PROJECT CITIZEN February 2010 Mrs. Mahre

  2. What is synthesizing? • To combine individual ideas, influences, or materials to create a new idea or product. • Drawing from a variety of sources of research materials, combining ideas with prior knowledge and applying the information to some new work or creation. • Consensus- Coming to a conclusion chosen by MOST of the participants based on the best choice for a successful outcome.

  3. Synthesizing? • Get into topic groups. • Decide what is most important about the topic: • 1. State the problem • 2. Paraphrase the main ideas. • 3. What /How many sources of information are available? • 4. Connect the topic with your own experiences. • 5.Connect proposed public policy with the possible outcomes of the project.

  4. Synthesizing/proposing: • Decide on the manner to present your topic. • Report your idea to the class. • We will use consensus to decide on three different topics.

  5. Topic Search-Project Citizen • Find a Public Policy Issue. • You may use AJC.com • You may choose a newspaper. • Choose a topic: Summarize the topic with the 5W’s and H. (762) • (The H will explain why this topic is your proposal.)

  6. Search Public Policy Issue • Complete the critical facts • Find three other sources • 1. Source location name-(SIR-AJC) • 2. Name of Article • 3. How it is helpful

  7. Public Policy Issue Search. • Complete your Critical Facts summary. • Present your issue for class discussion. • Choose three for further study. • Complete your problem analysis and interview. Due MON. 3/1.

  8. Project Citizen Vocabulary Words • Use the words to make 10 one sentence summaries. • Use each of the five forms twice…. • Take out your VERB WEB….Complete the test. Check over your answers. Turn it in……. • Continue with our TOPIC SEARCH!!!!!

  9. Project Citizen • What is Project Citizen?

  10. Critical Facts Summary

  11. Conjugate the verb on THURS.Include the helping verbs and the action verb • This week’s verbs are sit AND call: • Present-____________ • Past- • Future- • Present Perfect-________,__________ • Past Perfect- • Future Perfect-

  12. CONJUGATE… • Present Progressive-______ ,____, _____ • Past Progressive-______, _______ • Future Progressive-

  13. Parts of Speech • we gave haley four green balloons on st patricks day • What is Public Policy? • What is Project Citizen? • What are the four parts of a problem/solution?

  14. Pronouns: Cornell Notes: • Create a Cornell Notes Sheet describing seven different types of pronouns by reading and taking notes from your workbook charts. Pages 43,46, 49, 52, 55. Write three facts for each of the seven types of pronouns. Include the examples. • Complete pages 49, 52, 55, 58 of your workbook practicing pronouns. Use complete sentences.

  15. Seven Types of Pronouns

  16. Pronouns:

  17. Pronouns

  18. Pronoun Hints: • “Who” is an interrogative pronoun: • Who refers to “human” subjects. • “That” is a demonstrative pronoun: that refers to an object. (not a human)

  19. Interrogative pronouns

  20. Conjugate • Present: I_______, We______, He______ • Past: I _______, We _______ • Future: I/We_______

  21. Verb Practice page 491-492 • If you scored 80+ you may go ahead to brainstorm a Project Citizen topic using critical facts. • Find a Public Policy Issue. • You may choose a newspaper. • Choose a topic: Summarize the topic with the 5W’s and H. 762 • (The H will explain your proposal.)

  22. T or I? Circle direct object. • The officer gave the student a piece of candy. • Ezra ran down the hall quickly. • The cow jumped over the moon. • Moriah sang a country song.

  23. Grading Procedure Update; • All late class work or homework will earn no higher than a 70. • Late projects will loose 10 points per day. • Absent? You have the same number of days you were absent to make up the work OR take the test.

  24. Verb Test Friday • You MUST complete a verb project to be given a re-test. • This is a project, and must be a quality piece. • What is the difference between a regular verb and a regular tense?

  25. Search For: • Find a good example of a public policy issue in your paper. • Summarize your example in the G.O. • Share with your table group. • Pick one to share with the class.

  26. What is Public Policy? • Divide your paper into three sections? • 1. My definition of Public Policy • 2. Essential Elements of Public Policy • 3.Revised definition of Public Policy

  27. Public Policy • Laws or rules that tell us what we can or can’t do as citizens. • Key elements: • 1. Doing something or action step • 2. Allocating resources: money, people, facilities, values. • 3. Exercising authority: power, influence • 4.Resolving issues • 5. Managing the public good

  28. Revised definition of Public Policy • Public Policy is when public officials take action on and allocate resources for something that affects people within a given community/authority.

  29. Let’s practice a problem/solution. • Make the graphic organizer on your paper. • Read the article. • Choose your public policy example. • Share it with your table group. • Pick the best one. • Work with your table group to analyze the problem. • Class share….

  30. Problem/Solution

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