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This Community Is... Community Isn't activity also includes:
- Overview of Activities for the First Days of School (.html)
- Overview of Activities for the First Days of School (.pdf)
- Overview of Activities for the First Days of School (Google)
- Making Meaning of Community (Pear Deck)
- Making Meaning of Community (.pptx)
- Handout: What Is Community? Anticipation Guide (.pdf)
- Handout: What Is Community? Anticipation Guide (Google)
- Handout: Exploring Community in Three Ways (.pdf)
- Handout: Exploring Community in Three Ways (Google)
- Handout: The ABCs of Community (.pdf)
- Handout: The ABCs of Community (Google)
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Scholars continue their exploration of the concept of community by first completing an anticipation guide and then engaging in a Four Corners activity to share their responses. They analyze an essay in which the author defines community and share their responses with the class.
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Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Post the class's definition of community in a prominent place in the classroom
Classroom Considerations
- A link is provided for instructors unfamiliar with the Four Corners strategy
- Eighth of 10 lessons in the First Days of School series
- The presentation is identical to the one for the previous lesson
- An overview of the entire series is linked in the Included Materials section
- Requires copies of three handouts for each participant
Pros
- An extension activity asks pairs of learners to generate a word for every letter of the alphabet that reveals an aspect of community
Cons
- None