Team Meetings

Introduction	Team Meeting Notes	Calendar
Directions		Media Center Visit #1
Rubric		Team Meeting #1
Historical and Cultural Research		Media Center Visit #2
Themes		Team Meeting #2
Reading Questions		Expert Group Jigsaw
Vocabulary		Media Center Visit #3
Team Meeting Notes		Team Meeting #3
Conclusion		Printing Pictures
This Week in Core		Peer Evaluation

Nightingales Calendar

Black print: Literature
Green print: Social Studies
Purple print: Nightingales Project

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Ch. 1: The Daughter of Lord Moriyuki Vocab. & Q's ch. 1-4 Geography	Ch. 2: The Farm Shinto origins Preview project.	Ch. 3: A New Year Chinese & Korean influence: Buddhism, writing, ceramics	Ch. 4: Ichiro Media center visit #1: Browse information. Choose specialty. Team meeting #1: Agree on specialties.	Test on ch. 1-4 Ch. 5: To the Capital Vocab. & Q's ch. 5-9 Heian period: court of refinement in Kyoto
Ch. 6: The Concert Heian imperial role	Ch. 7: The Flight Arts: poetry, diaries, painting, music, Noh Media center visit #2: Begin document for notes. Save notes.	Ch. 8: The Devil's Horsemen Metaphors from Genji Arts: tea ceremony	Ch. 9: The Cry of the Nightingale Rise of daimyo, decline of emperor Team meeting #2: List possible themes.	Test on ch. 5-9 Ch. 10: The Rabbit Hole Vocab. & Q's ch. 10-14 Castle design
Ch. 11: A Visitor Kamakura Period, shogun government	Ch. 12: Fire at Dawn Feudalism Media center visit #3: Distill and print one page of notes.	Ch.13: Plague Samurai arts: bushido, sword Expert group jigsaw	Ch. 14: Land of the Dragon King Compare with European feudalism Team meeting #3: Select notes. Agree on themes. Plan poster.	Test on ch. 10-14 Ch. 15: The Ill-Made Cup Vocab. & Q's ch. 15-17 Plan oral presentation.
Ch. 16: Waiting Edo Period, Unification & Isolation Approve oral presentation.	Ch. 17: To Change the Fragile Dream Wars of Unification Media center visit #4: Print pics for poster.	Socratic seminar New dramatic arts: kabuki, bunraku Produce poster in class or media center.	Essay Social classes Team meeting #4: Rehearse oral presentation.	Test on ch. 15-17 vocabulary only Trade, policy of isolation Project time as needed
Modern Japan Team presentations	Modern Japan Team presentations	Modern Japan Team presentations	Modern Japan Team presentations	Unit Test

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Media Center Visit #1 Directions
1.	Log on.
2.	Open internet browser (Netscape or Explorer) and go to <http://www.vhinkle.com/nightingale>
3.	Bookmark the site.
4.	See how the site is organized. See what historical/ cultural specialty looks interesting to you. Explore the links for your specialty.
5.	Be ready to discuss and negotiate your choice of specialty with the rest of your team.
6.	Quit and log off.

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Core 1 or 2 Names: __________________________________________

Team # ____

Team Meeting Notes #1

Goals:

Choose a team leader who will be in charge of the team's project folder and facilitate the group's progress.
Reach agreement with your team about who will research which cultural specialty. There are plenty to choose from, but everyone must choose a different one.
Complete this Team Meeting Notes #1 and submit it in the team's folder.
Complete the Peer Evaluation to describe your team members' behavior.

Team Leader: ____________________

Write the name of the person next to the topic he will research. If a topic has not been selected, leave it blank.

Cultural Specialty	Name
Music of classical Japan
Art and beauty in Japan
Myths and proverbs of Japan
Castles and homes of Japan
The samurai way
The status of women in Japan
Youth and growing up in Japan
Buddhist and Shinto religion in Japan
Historical fiction and history of Japan

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Media Center Visit #2 Directions
1.	Log on.
2.	Open a blank word processing document.
3.	Save it to your documents folder as "rough notes."
4.	This will be the place where you paste or summarize interesting information and pictures from your research.
5.	Open internet browser and go to the Nightingales site.
6.	Research and take notes on your specialty. Save! Save! Save!
7.	Save! Quit and log off.

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Core 1 or 2 Names: __________________________________________

Team # ____

Team Meeting Notes #2

Goals:

Share each person's cultural research findings, and discuss how they relate to characters and events in the novel.
Determine what needs to be researched further.
List the four to six characters to show on your poster.
Brainstorm and list possible themes for your poster.
Complete this Team Meeting Notes #2 and submit it in the team's folder.
Complete the Peer Evaluation to describe your team members' behavior.

1. Each person's findings so far:

Team Member	1. One interesting research fact, followed by 2. A question to investigate further
	1. 2.
	1. 2.
	1. 2.
	1. 2.

Characters for poster:

3. Character	4. Possible Theme

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Core 1 or 2 Your name: ________________________________
Your team # _____
Names of other experts: ____________________________________________

Expert Group Jigsaw Topic _______________________________

Goals:

In the space below, write 3 interesting facts you have learned about your topic.
Go sit with others who have chosen the same historical/cultural specialty as you.
Take turns sharing your findings with the others. What information can you add to your notes? What information can you share with others? Add relevant information below.
With your new, improved knowledge, you will be able to contribute more productively to your home team.
Turn in this worksheet in your team's folder.

1. Information I will share:

My historical/ cultural specialty:
Fact #1
Fact #2
Fact #3

3. New information I learned today:

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Media Center Visit #3 Directions
1.	Log on.
2.	Open your "rough notes" document.
3.	Open a new word document and save it as "selected notes."
4.	Select your most important notes and copy onto ONE PAGE, which you will share with your team. Save!
5.	Don't print pictures yet. That's next time.
6.	Print your one page of selected notes. Select the black and white printer.
7.	Save, quit, and log off.

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Core 1 or 2 Names: __________________________________________

Team Meeting Notes #3

Goals:

Select the notes that are useful.
Agree on the one or two themes that will be your focus.
Plan the outline of your oral presentation.
Make a rough draft of your team's poster on the back or on a separate paper.
Complete this Team Meeting Notes #3 and submit it in your team's folder.
Complete the Peer Evaluation to describe your team members' behavior.

Themes

Theme	How it is expressed in the novel

Outline of Team Presentation

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Media Center Visit #4 Directions for Pictures
1.	Log on.
2.	Open a new word document. Save it as "final picture."
3.	Open internet browser and go to the Nightingales web site.
4.	If you are going to use internet pictures on your team poster, select the picture that you will contribute. Copy and paste it to your document.
5.	Be aware of what size your team wants the picture, and resize it accordingly.
6.	Print your picture. Select the color printer.
7.	Save, quit, and log off.

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Core 1 or 2 Your Name _________________ Team # ____ Peer Evaluation of Team Member Participation Directions: Team dynamics are vital life skills. Brain and heart must work together. Carefully consider the contribution of each of the group members to the success of your group’s presentation. Evaluate each person by writing names in the boxes which you think are the best description of behavior. For each person, you will consider effort, responsibility, and cooperation.
Criteria	Superior	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement
Effort	active participant, strong contribution, willing to go beyond	good participant, contributes ideas, does what is needed	passive, must be told to work, may wander off task, may be unwilling to work unless it’s easy
Responsibility	responsible for project as well as for self	responsible for self, does what he/she promises	not dependable, not responsible unless reminded
Cooperation	encouraging, considers other people’s feelings	usually agreeable	disagreeable, bossy, sometimes disrupts or obstructs progress

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