Book Club #1

1. One new idea from book club is…

I didn’t think that Steve was an important character before, but my group mates persuaded me otherwise.

2. The most interesting part of my book is…

The mystery of Alex’s dad. Is he still alive? Has he remarried?

3. In discussion next time I can grow as a collaborator by…

Maybe not interrupting much. I felt like I interrupted a couple times too much. I would like to change that.

Causes of slavery

What were 3 causes for slavery? (this answer can be bullet points)

  • Lazy masters
  • Racism
  • Free labor

What did white slave owners use their slaves for? Why?

For doing work that they don’t want to do. Or farming.

What crops did slaves harvest? Why these crops?

Tobacco, sugar, cotton, because they’re worth a lot of money.

Where were most slaves from? Why?

They were mostly from Africa, because they may have some experience in farming, and because they were racist.

Why did so many slaves move to the colonies? Was this their choice? Explain.

Their masters moved to the colonies. This was not their choice.

Why were there so many slaves in the colonies?

There were a lot of rich lazy white people.

Og’s Great Adventure Reflection

  • What did you notice or observe during the challenge?

That there were some dad jokes involved. And that it was very fun

  • What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)?

What do you call a sleeping dinosaur.

  • When did you first begin drawing connections between the different puzzles and pictures?

When Gev. Mc Adams told us to click the A.

  • What were those connections?

That each dinosaur picture corresponds with a letter on the other website.

  • What were your biggest clues?

All of the links that sent us to pictures.

  • What was most challenging?

Figuring out the 9 letter word lock.

  • What was your biggest ah-ha moment? Why

Figuring out what you call a sleeping Dinosaur. Because it took a long time to figure it out.

Reflecting on clue.

  • What thinking moves did you use when playing this game (questioning, connecting, listening, observing, deducing, reasoning, etc?

I used deduction, and reasoning, to figure out what the correct cards are to guess. I also questioned myself to see if I’m right.

  • How did organizing your information impact your experience playing the game?

It made it a lot easier to see what’s wrong and what’s right. and it wasn’t easy to mess up that system.

  • Where else do you use these thinking skills (at school, at home, on sports teams, etc)?

When I’m thinking of who to pass to in basketball. (would I pass it to him? well no because he’s being covered)

  • When might you need this kind of thinking?

When I’m playing any game with strategy, or maybe doing a problem where I have to guess and check.

First Clue

What did you notice or observe during the game?

That I was not the only one who didn’t completely know how to play.

What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)?

I asked myself if we are playing right, because we were not the same characters as our pawns.

When did you first begin drawing connections between different characters, clues, pieces of information?

When I made the super lucky guess with 5 minuets left of class.

What were those connections?

The Library, wrench and Mrs. White. I got everything right other than Mrs. White. It was actually Professor Plum.

What were your biggest clues?

the people, because had everybody crossed out except for professor Plum, and Mrs. White.

What information seems most important to collect?

Where the murder happened because then you wont have to keep moving around the board.

*What is the difference between an observation and information?

An observation is something that you see or notice. Information is something that’s factually correct.