& II when I’m just introducing the material. We begin classes the Tues. after labor day. Their presentations begin the following week Tuesday. For the first 5 days of class we do interviews, dialogs, etc. just to get to know one another. Susan Weirich ====================== 97/08 From-> Mary E Young Subject: Re: First week upper level activities Well, Cherice, if nobody every got any “half-vast” [;-) 😉 😉 ] ideas there would be very few vast projects, I think. This class could probably benefit from lots of oral mixing and teambuilding activities. That will help kids begin to feel comfortable talking in front of each other, even though they may feel awkward at first around higher (or lower) level students. There are lots of such activities. These take less than one class period. One takes 2 days: 1. List questions for them to ask each other and get signatures. Limit the number of times a person can sign another person’s page. ex. Find someone who has not seen Lost