1. Operation Empathy: Week 4
DAY 1: SEPTEMBER 18th, 2017

2. Cops see it differently….
What do you think of when you think of cops?
What personal experiences have you had with police and policing?

3. Logistics….
Book club meeting #1 is tomorrow. Make sure you are ready to contribute to the discussion with your 1-page role sheet (either electronically or on paper).
Honors students, don’t forget to respond to one other person’s post on your discussion forum. Come prepared to discuss the chapter during lunch tomorrow.
The next college essay workshop will be NEXT week….

4. This American Life podcast: “Cops See It Differently”
As you listen to the story, take notes to try and capture the main ideas storyline. Your goal is to be able to respond to the questions below.
What happened, to whom?
Which character(s) does the story make you empathize with?
How does this story cultivate this empathy?

5. Project time: Getting organized and gearing up for interviews
Project overview and requirements
Get organized using google drive
Brainstorm / research possible interviewees and begin reaching out to them

6. Police // Communities of Color: Adrian, Vanessa, Rodrigo
Introverts // Extroverts: Rene, Alex, Allie, Jacqui
Theists // Atheists: Miguel, Alyssa, Arthur
First Gen College Students // Non First Gen: Isabel, Samuel, Alexandra
LGTBQ // Straight: Tori, Axcel, Riley
Popular Students // Outcasts: Ika, Zavier, Verenice
Liberals // Conservatives: Melissa, Makai, Jakob
Rich // Poor: Raya, Lauren, Jazmine

7. Police // Communities of Color: Roman, Arianna, Max
Introverts // Extroverts: Ilse, Raylene, Anastasia, Angelica
Theists // Atheists: Livana, Dany, Emilio
Popular Students // Outcasts: Elizabeth, Jenna, Ermel, Dario
Homeless // Homeowners: Diego, Ariyani, Jose, Estevan
Liberals // Conservatives: David, Ryelan, Dylan
People with Mental Illness // People without: Camie, Litzye, Mariano

8. Operation Empathy: Week 4
DAY 2: SEPTEMBER 19th, 2017

9. What do we need to do to make this (unstructured, open-ended, college-level) discussion fabulous and deep?
Say whatever comes to mind – don’t be afraid to share something
Use evidence from the book – mention specific quotes – give time to turn to the page
Ask probing questions: ask questions of questions!
Go through everyone’s roles
Everybody ask one question at least
Share the air– step up, step back
Identify themes…. Go through what themes you see throughout the book
Add your personal perspective – how do you empathize? Or at all!
Make connections with other ideas, personal experiences, other texts -- but not for TOO long
Using your roles appropriately, for example combining important parts with important parts
Push each others’ thinking – ask people questions about their thinking -- “what do you mean by that?”
No long silences….
“What makes you say that?”
Productive disagreement

10. What do we need to do to make this (unstructured, open-ended, college-level) discussion fabulous and deep?
Everyone shares the air
Recap what you read – maybe ask the summarizer to start
Researcher should share out to clarify things – maybe after the summarizer
Don’t speak over each other – actually take in what other people say
Ask a lot of questions – the questioner can intervene when necessary
Speak one at a time
Everyone stays at the same pace – don’t spoil if you’ve read ahead
Read the quotes– everyone look at the quotes -- books open!
Everyone share what they did for their roles
Productive disagreement

11. Fill out the reflection form fully
Book club debrief….
Fill out the reflection form fully
Share out your goals with your group

12. Cops see it differently: part 2
What happened, to whom, and why?
Which character(s) does this story make you empathize with, and why?
How does this story deepen or complicate your thinking about police and policing?

13. Honors discussion #2:
1. Spend 15 minutes beginning to unpack the themes and questions which connect these first 3 essays. For example, many of you noticed that "La Frontera" seems out of place -- how might it connect?
Sentence-starter: "Across all of these essays, Jamison is exploring.... " 
2. Beyond shared themes and questions, these essays are unified by Jamison's original style of writing. For the next 10 minutes, each person picks 1 sentence that they find particularly beautiful or evocative. Read it out loud with everyone following along. Then try to come up with some descriptive words and phrases which capture Jamison's style.  

14. Operation Empathy: Week 4
DAY 2: SEPTEMBER 19th, 2017

15. Reminders…..
Your next book club meeting is next TUESDAY at the start of class! Read and prepare your role sheet over the weekend.
Honors students, don’t forget to read & post your responses on your online forum by Sunday night.
We will be doing a workshop on your college essays on Thursday of next week. Polish them!

16. Debriefing the Art of Inclusive Communication Workshop
What was most memorable to you about the workshop? Why?
How, if at all, did the workshop change the way that you think about police and policing? Explain.
How, if at all, did the workshop change how you think about handling conflict? Explain.

17. Silent conversation…. circulate and write responses on sticky-notes to each others’ thinking.

18. What do we need to do to make this (unstructured, open-ended, college-level) discussion fabulous and deep?
Say whatever comes to mind – don’t be afraid to share something
Use evidence from the book – mention specific quotes – give time to turn to the page
Ask probing questions: ask questions of questions!
Go through everyone’s roles
Everybody ask one question at least
Share the air– step up, step back
Identify themes…. Go through what themes you see throughout the book
Add your personal perspective – how do you empathize? Or at all!
Make connections with other ideas, personal experiences, other texts -- but not for TOO long
Using your roles appropriately, for example combining important parts with important parts
Push each others’ thinking – ask people questions about their thinking -- “what do you mean by that?”
No long silences….
“What makes you say that?”
Productive disagreement

19. What do we need to do to make this (unstructured, open-ended, college-level) discussion fabulous and deep?
Everyone shares the air
Recap what you read – maybe ask the summarizer to start
Researcher should share out to clarify things – maybe after the summarizer
Don’t speak over each other – actually take in what other people say
Ask a lot of questions – the questioner can intervene when necessary
Speak one at a time
Everyone stays at the same pace – don’t spoil if you’ve read ahead
Read the quotes– everyone look at the quotes -- books open!
Everyone share what they did for their roles
Productive disagreement

20. Book club meeting 2: noticing your author’s choices
“Memoir isn’t the summary of a life; it’s a window into a life, very much like a photograph in its selective composition. It may look like a casual and even random calling up of bygone events. It’s not; it’s a deliberate construction. ”
--William Zinsser, in On Writing Well

21. Project-time: getting to work on interview
Meet in your group to decide who is going to work on what. Potential tasks include:
Draft and send s to interviewees that you have not reached out to yet. Confirm the dates for interviews that you have scheduled & decide who will conduct them.
Begin drafting your interview questions.
Begin the process of finding credible sources (texts, news articles, etc.) which deepen your understanding of the empathy gap that you are tackling. Print them out and begin annotating.

22. Project reflection 1 (individual)
Open a new document in your group’s shared folder. Title it: “FIRSTNAME_LASTNAME_PROJECT REFLECTIONS.” Then write the date and respond to the prompts below.
What are you most excited about in this project so far? Why?
What are you anxious or confused about with respect to the project? Explain?
On a scale from 1-10, with 10 being “highly productive,” how productive have YOU been as a member of your group during project-time this week? Give specific evidence.

23. Reminders…..
Your next book club meeting is on TUESDAY at the start of class! Read and prepare your role sheet over the weekend.
Honors student, don’t forget to read & post your responses on your online forum by Sunday night.
We will be doing a workshop on your college essays on Thursday of next week. Polish them!