Grade 12 • Lesson 6 of 43 — Day 2 of 2
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Substitute Teacher Guide • Grade 12 • Phase 1, Unit Y2: Content Collection

Collecting Senior Quotes & Baby Photos — Day 2 of 2

Today's focus: Review & Escalate

⚠️ Heads-Up: This is a community project

Unlike a solo studio project, the yearbook only works if the whole class communicates, follows through on assigned sections, and treats classmates as teammates rather than competitors. Build in real check-ins, not just a due date.

✅ Before Students Arrive

📓 Daily Notebook Routine (students already know this)

Keep this going every day, in your class notebook: date today's entry, jot your Do Now response, add any new vocabulary word(s) from today's Key Vocabulary section (word + a quick picture + a simple definition in your own words), and take 60 seconds to sketch something connected to today's topic. This notebook is yours to study from, reference on projects, and pull evidence from later for your portfolio.

📁 Portfolio Update Reminder

Once a week, add your best finished or in-progress yearbook (or, later, studio) work to your portfolio with a 1-2 sentence caption -- and once you're in the Design Studio phase, a photo of the piece in its real, installed location if possible. This is the same evidence trail you'll use for Archive & Portfolio and any PBAT/portfolio review.

🗣️ Opening: Do Now

Write or project this, and have students start immediately:

“. Review (15 min): as a class, review flagged issues (missing consent, or a submitted photo with a hand gesture other than a peace sign/thumbs-up). Escalate (10 min): route issues to the teacher appropriately -- never quietly print a flagged photo, and never quietly reject one without the teacher's sign-off either. Continued follow-up (10 min): keep working the list for any remaining gaps.”

📋 Class Plan (step by step)

  1. Step 1 — 15 min

    🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.

    📋 Review (15 min): as a class, review flagged issues (missing consent, or a submitted photo with a hand gesture other than a peace sign/thumbs-up).

  2. Step 2 — 10 min

    🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.

    📋 Escalate (10 min): route issues to the teacher appropriately -- never quietly print a flagged photo, and never quietly reject one without the teacher's sign-off either.

  3. Step 3 — 10 min

    🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.

    📋 Continued follow-up (10 min): keep working the list for any remaining gaps.

  4. Step 4 — 5 min

    🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.

    📋 Celebrate (5 min): recognize any section that reached full coverage.

🔑 Vocabulary Introduced Today

Escalation
Raising an issue to the teacher when it's outside a student's authority to resolve -- a missing consent, or a submitted photo that breaks the photo content policy (any hand gesture other than a peace sign or thumbs-up).

✅ Wrap-Up: Exit Ticket

A few minutes before the bell, say: "Time to finish your exit ticket."

“What percentage of the class has now submitted both a quote and (if applicable) a baby photo?”

Collect exit tickets (or have students leave them in the usual spot) for the regular teacher to review.

⏳ If You're Short on Time

Protect the Do Now and the Exit Ticket above all else -- those are how the regular teacher tracks daily progress. If a step above is optional/homework, or is a "share out"/discussion step, shorten or skip it first.

⏳ If Students Finish Early

Have them keep working in their notebook: add extra detail to today's vocabulary sketch, review previous vocabulary, or -- if this is a portfolio update week for this class -- work on their portfolio. Early finishers should never be idle or distracting to classmates still working.

📝 For the Regular Teacher (fill in ahead of time)