Homework

Use this page to check what homework needs to be completed each week. All of your homework should be uploaded to your blog by the following **THURSDAY**.


 * Term 4 Homework**


 * Options Trail Blog**
 * Describe your day in a few sentences.
 * What were the best parts of the day?
 * What did you learn about your topic? What answers were you successful at answering?
 * What were some challenges/difficulties that your team faced?
 * What do you think you or your team could have done better?


 * Action Project Blog**
 * Describe your project in a few sentences.
 * What was the best thing about project?
 * What did you learn during the process of organising and implementing the action project?
 * What did you learn about yourself and group work?
 * Do you think you were successful in helping the community in some way? Why/ why not?

Remember to read and comment on your partner's blog as well. || Provide a **RECAP** on your session this week. Include some critical **REFLECTION**:
 * Term 3**
 * ~ **Week** ||~ **Task** ||
 * ~ 1 || Make sure your blog is organised and up to date. Write your first Community Service reflection outlining your expectations. What are you looking forward to? What are you apprehensive about? What do you hope to get out of this experience? What do you hope to share?
 * ~ 2 || Reflect on your first experience at Community Service.
 * How were you feeling before and after? Did it meet your expectations?
 * Provide a short recap about what you did.
 * What did you enjoy and what did you find challenging?
 * What questions or concerns do you now have (if any)? Are you looking forward to returning next week? Why/ why not?
 * Did you get to know any of the students? What did you learn about them? Don't use any real names, use a pseudonym instead. ||
 * ~ 3 || Read over Mollie's comments for your first community service blog and make any changes to your approach if need be.
 * This might be about yourself and what you've noticed about your interactions or learning, or
 * You could discuss the similarities and differences you see when you compare UHS to your community service school, or
 * Any thoughts or observations you make about learning, education or how people socialise and interact with one another

Do you feel more confident/ comfortable this week compared to last? Remember to **EXPLAIN** your points of view or ideas. Don't just make statements. ||
 * ~ 4 || Write a reflective blog about your Community Service experience this week. Look over the prompts I've written the last few weeks to help you. ||
 * ~ 5 || Write a reflective blog about your Community Service experience this week. Look over the prompts I've written the last few weeks to help you. ||
 * ~ 6 || Write your final reflective blog about Community Service.
 * How did you feel saying goodbye to your class?
 * What did you learn from this experience?
 * What have you enjoyed? What was the most challenging aspect of the experience? ||
 * ~ 7 || n/a ||
 * ~ 8 || Complete some **reflection questions** about the **Photo Bingo** activity today.
 * How did you team work together?
 * What adverb would you use to describe your team work? Why?
 * What did you do well?
 * How could you improve over the next 8-10 weeks?

TEAM PROJECT - don't forget to keep working on the team research presentation which is due on Thursday, 22/09/11. For more information check out the Team Project page. ||
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 * ~ 10 ||  ||

(Include some evaluation in your response. How successful/ realistic are these solutions in your opinion). ||
 * Term 2**
 * ~ Week ||~ Task ||
 * ~ 1 || Respond to the Focus Question: **Should UHS students interview and make decisions about potential teachers?** Refer to [[file:Focus Question Assessment Rubric.pdf]] when writing your response. ||
 * ~ 2 || Review your 'Way to Change the World'. In a blog post;
 * Explain the challenge you've been given. (What is it all about?)
 * Provide a personal review of this challenge; Do you think it is a worthwhile idea? Why/ Why not?
 * Did you take on the challenge? Why/ why not?
 * If you did, how did it go and how did you feel afterwards? Did it change your mind about the challenge? ||
 * ~ 3 || N/A NAPLAN ||
 * ~ 4 || Focus Question: **How is the world (Melbourne in particular) trying to stop climate change and global warming?**
 * ~ 5 || n/a ||
 * ~ 6 || Camp reflection: Recap what you did at camp. Provide some higher level reflection:
 * What did you enjoy about camp? What were your highlights?
 * What could have been improved about camp? Why?
 * What personal challenges did you face and how did you over come them? How did this make you feel and what did you learn about overcoming challenges?
 * What other things did you learn about yourself or others? Why are these important?

Justice HW: Read through the scenario about Nick who is wagging and being bullied. How would the issue be tackled differently if justice was administered using at least 3 different approaches to justice (Retributive, Utilitarian, Distributive, Social, Restorative and Community)? ||
 * ~ 7 ||  ||
 * ~ 8 || Respond to these reflective thinking starters:
 * 1) Something that surprised me today was... because...
 * 2) Parliament was exactly how I expected it to be because...
 * 3) Parliament was quite different to how I expected because...
 * 4) The information I learned today will be useful because...
 * 5) Something that I noticed that was unfair was ...
 * 6) Something that I noticed that was fair...
 * 7) Something I've been wondering about since the trail is... ||
 * ~ 9 || Based on your experiences over the the last month in Galileo respond to the focus question: **Is Melbourne fair?**

Use evidence from the trails (courts, parliament and big issue), class (film 'Please vote for me', voting and approaches to justice) as well as your own research to help you answer the question. I have uploaded some links for further research here. Things you might want to discuss include:
 * What types of approaches to justice have you seen in action?
 * Are laws made fairly in Australia and Victoria?
 * Are our politicians chosen fairly and do they represent us in the best possible way?
 * Are the courts fair to both people accused of crimes and people who are victims of crime?
 * Does our society give everyone a fair chance to succeed in life?

If you're having trouble putting your response together, try this planner (kindly put together by Carly): ||
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 * Term 1**
 * ~ Week ||~ Task ||
 * ~ 1 || n/a ||
 * ~ 2 || n/a ||
 * ~ 3 || Complete your first blog, goals and multiple intelligence work. Instructions for these tasks can be found on the Class work page. ||
 * ~ 4 || Based on your findings at the immigration museum and in the city, answer the question: How does immigration impact on Melbourne? Use evidence to support any claims you make.

Also reflect on your first trail: What did you enjoy? What did you find challenging? What did you discover about yourself, Melbourne and your classmates? ||
 * ~ 5 || Write a reflective blog about today's trail (Koorie Heritage Trust Walk).
 * What did you like?
 * What did you find interesting?
 * What did you learn?
 * What did you find challenging?
 * What questions did it make you wonder about? ||
 * ~ 6 || Respond to the questions you developed for the Melbourne Story exhibition. ||
 * ~ 7 || Upload your Goals for this year. If you have already done this please write a new blog responding to these questions:
 * 1) Looking back at your goals, are you still satisfied with the goals you have set for yourself?
 * 2) Do you think you have made improvements in any of your goals?
 * 3) Would you like to change any of your goals? Is yes, explain why and to what?
 * 4) What can you do to reach your goals? (eg: planning, asking questions etc)
 * 5) What can Mollie to do help you reach your goals? ||
 * ~ 8 || Write a reflection about the trail today. How well did your team work?
 * What did you enjoy about the trail? Why?
 * What was difficult? Why?
 * What did you notice about the way your team worked together? What did you do well and how could you have improved?
 * What did you learn about Melbourne, team work or history history today? ||
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 * ~ 10 ||  ||