Thursday, March 1, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify the 7 Habits Habits of a Highly Effective Teen, tell a story about when they should have shown deference but didn't and the moral of the story, find a current event, and create an action plan for following through on goals.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Write a story about a time you should have shown deference but did not, and the create a moral for that story.
Research 20 minutes: Students will research current events.
Groups 25 minutes: Highly Effective Habits Poster

• Three Facts 
• Picture
• Significance
• Summary

Activity 20 minutes: Action Plans
Skills 10 minutes: Students will list 10 of their best talents.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial, list ways to follow through on goals, and discuss the value of learning to understand before being understood.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Collect five pictures that represent deference.
Finish 10 minutes: Finish radio commercials.
Present 15 minutes: Students will present radio commercials.
Sharing 10 minutes: Students will share homework assignment.
List 20 minutes: Students will finish list of 10 Academic Goals and how they will accomplish and follow through with their goals.
Reading 10 minutes: p. 164-167 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Current Events 10 minutes: Students will finish current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a garage band commercial, list academic goals, identify the importance of seeking first to understand, then to be understood.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Find Five Pictures that relate to deference.
Touch Up 10 minutes: Take 10 minutes to touch up final commercial on garageband.
Sharing 15 minutes: Students will share commercials.
Listing 10 goals 15 minutes: Students will list 10 academic goals.
Following through 20 minutes: Students will write how they will accomplish goals.
Reading 10 minutes: p. 164-167 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, February 27, 2012 Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial using garageband, be able to discuss the importance of deference, and reevaluate their goals in academics.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Acrostic Poem Deference
Garageband projects 25 minutes: Students will have 25 minutes to finish their garageband projects.
Sharing 10 minutes: Garageband projects
Activities 20 minutes: Students will create a list of 10 academic goals and how they will achieve those goals.
Current Events 20 minutes: Students will look up and define current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives

Friday, February 24, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial using garageband, and present current events.
Warm Up 10 minutes: Student prepare current events and share with three other students.
Finish Garageband commercials 20 minutes: Students will finish garageband commercials.
Listen to commercials 10 minutes: Students will share their commercials with the group.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial using garageband.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Students will finish their scripts.
Recording 25 minutes: Students will record commercial.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, February 23, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a garageband commercial, create an acrostic poem on deference, and research current events.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Create an Acrostic poem based on deference.
Activity 15 minutes: Students will finish their scripts for their commercials.
recording 30 minutes: Students will record their garageband commercials.
Activity 10 minutes: Listening to commercials.
Current Events 20 minutes: Students will research and write current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and main ideas.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance.
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial that is beneficial to them and their company.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Please describe three things you did over break and what trade-offs you had to make in the process of making those choices.
Partners 25 minutes:  Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Share 5 minutes: Share what made the commercials good or bad.

Brainstorm 10 minutes: List ten ideas you have for a commercial you can record on garageband.

Script 20 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Garageband 15 minutes: Begin Recording on Garage Band.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Main Ideas.

Tuesday, February 20, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance.
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial that is beneficial to them and their company.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Please describe three things you did over break and what trade-offs you had to make in the process of making those choices.
Partners 25 minutes:  Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Share 5 minutes: Share what made the commercials good or bad.

Brainstorm 10 minutes: List ten ideas you have for a commercial you can record on garageband.

Script 20 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Garageband 15 minutes: Begin Recording on Garage Band.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Main Ideas.

Thursday, February 9, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a newsletter, present a keynote project, research current events, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: List five substitutions: Examples Coke and Pepsi, beef and chicken, minivans and SUVs. Why might you think of buying a substitution?
Newsletter 20 minutes: Students will create an about me newsletter.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event for Friday
Presentations 20 minutes: Students will present business projects.
Research 20 minutes: Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Script 15 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and main ideas.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a newsletter, present a keynote project, research current events, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: List five substitutions: Examples Coke and Pepsi, beef and chicken, minivans and SUVs. Why might you think of buying a substitution?
Newsletter 20 minutes: Students will create an about me newsletter.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event for Friday
Presentations 20 minutes: Students will present business projects.
Research 20 minutes: Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Script 15 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and main ideas.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT define key terms related to business, create a keynote presentation, Newsletter, and ad.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Define the following:

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership/General Partnership/ Limited Partnership
• Corporation

Prepare Presentation 20 minutes: Students will prepare a presentation.

Presentations 20 minutes: Students will give presentation.

Newsletter 20 minutes: About Me Newsletter 

• Title
• Picture
• About you
• How you will use habits

Activity 15 minutes: Write a commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objective

Monday, February 6, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT define key terms related to business, create a keynote presentation, Newsletter, and ad.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Define the following:

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership/General Partnership/ Limited Partnership
• Corporation

Prepare Presentation 20 minutes: Students will prepare a presentation.

Presentations 20 minutes: Students will give presentation.

Newsletter 20 minutes: About Me Newsletter 

• Title
• Picture
• About you
• How you will use habits

Activity 15 minutes: Write a commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives. 

Friday, February 3, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT share current events, and create a newsletter using pages applications.
Warm Up 15 minutes: How do trade-offs relate to responsibility?
Current Events 15 minutes: Students will share current events with other students.
Newsletter 15 minutes: Students will prepare a Newsletter with the following criteria:

1. Title
2. Picture
3. About Me
4. How they will use the habits: Proactive, Beginning with the end in mind, Putting First Things First, and Win-Win
5. How they will use Reponsibility

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, February 2, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe key terms, create and presentation, a newsletter, identify advertisements, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What do the following key terms have to do with business

• Complements
• Substitutions
• Trade-offs
• Opportunity Costs 

Partners 10 minutes: List as many complements as you can.

Activity 25 minutes: Keynote Presentations notes for presentation

Newsletter 25 minutes: Title of Business, Where Business is, when business is open, Product being Sold with price, Picture, Slogan.
Reading 15 minutes: #1-2
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives