NEXT TUSC MEETING:
Day 4, Oct. 1
Day 4, Oct. 1
TUSC –Totally Unique Speaking Club
TUSC is a highly structured activity that allows all students in a class to learn and practice communication skills. Every day 4 in the middle block of classes, students gather to talk and listen. Each student has a special role. Over the year, students rotate through all of the essential roles and participate in many of the optional roles.
Purposes of TUSC:
TUSC ROLES
** these will be updated early in the school year**
Each week students randomly select one of the following:
TUSC is a highly structured activity that allows all students in a class to learn and practice communication skills. Every day 4 in the middle block of classes, students gather to talk and listen. Each student has a special role. Over the year, students rotate through all of the essential roles and participate in many of the optional roles.
Purposes of TUSC:
- To provide regular, structured yet open and flexible vehicle by which to address the ELA communication outcomes in the curriculum (with supports to Math, Social Studies, Science and Home Ec.).
- To provide positive, low risk environment where experiences which contribute to the growth of self esteem and confidence of each child are the norm.
- To create a non-threatening forum for teacher, peer and self evaluation.
TUSC ROLES
** these will be updated early in the school year**
Each week students randomly select one of the following:
Chairperson*
Secretary* Citizenship Award* Basic Needs Choice Celebrity Interview CIA (Country Intelligence Agent) Class Clown Commercial Croc Hunter Demonstrator Expert Environmental Activist Historian Joker - invent a NEW role (or twist an existing one) |
Interviewer (If you knew me)
Impromptu Speaker Investigative Reporter Media Critic Math Problem Solver Photo Interpreter Poet Pollster Scientist Speaker’s Corner Storyteller Technology Report WWW Evaluator |
* TUSC meetings will be held on DAY 4 in periods 4 & 5 *
tusc_intro_and_roles_updated_gr8.docx | |
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tusc_overview__self_eval.docx | |
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