Woodlawn School

9th and 10th Grade Service Class Page

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Sustainable Living 2008-2009

Weekly Schedule: Trimester Three/Spring

Weekly Schedule: Trimester Two/Winter

December 2: View & Discuss Binta's Great Idea. Revise proposals. Have proposals signed by a parent.

December 9: Discuss Journal requirements. Work on Action Plans.

Journals must meet these requirements and are due at the end of Trimester Three:

Minimum of NINE progress entries

Minimum of three to four photos showing what you did
One final reflection

December 16: Green Elephant gift exchange

Every student needs to bring a wrapped gift. Gifts cannot be purchased from anywhere - must be found. Wrapping should be recycled (used gift bag, newspaper, magazine pages, etc.), too.

December 19: EXTRA session

Action Plan work time. Remember that every person needs to have nine, full-page journal entries that document the process, trials, tribulations, and successes of your work (by the end of the year).

January 6:

Action Plan work time. Have proposal signed by Fitz or Lysne, then signed by each group member's parent.

January 13:

Action Plan work time.

January 20:

SNOW DAY

January 27th:

Share your progress with your classmates. Continue working.

February 3;

Work time.

February 10:

Highway Clean-up. Also Green Week on campus at Davidson College.

February 17:

Review how student work will be assessed for Trimester Two.

Share progress of student projects.

Catch up on journaling, if necessary. Students must have at least FOUR journal entries by the end of the Winter Trimester. Remember that every person needs to have nine, full-page journal entries that document the process, trials, tribulations, and successes of your work (by the end of the year).

February 23:

Journal and work on Action Plan.

Help dig holes for apple trees.

March 3:

Journal, journal, journal!

Plan, plan, plan!

* Please leave your completed journal with Mrs. Fitzgerald on Friday March 6th for assessment.

Trimester One

October 6: Complete silhouette art project for auction.

October 14: Prepare for trip. Ishmael activity.

The Book Discussion Team has selected the following themes from Ishmael for us to focus on:

the importance of recording history, a true history (not one that starts with the advent of agriculture)
our cultural mythology is what is killing us, not any flaw in human nature
there is no one right way to live
we are members of a community of life

October 15-17: Overnight trip to Longbranch Environmental Education Center

Participation on the trip will be assessed with the following rubric:

Longbranch Overnight Service Trip Rubric

Your trip score will count toward your service course grade and toward your Biology grade.

October 21: Discuss Service deadlines. Develop Action Plans.

October 28: Work out details of Action Plan proposals.

November 4: Formalize Action Plan proposals.

November 11: Watch Wasteland video. Type Action Plan proposals.

Proposals should address the following questions:

What is your Action Plan? Give an overview.

Who is your audience?

What message are you trying to share?