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 * Questions / Concerns from Class 2 (Standards & Inquiry and Backwards Planning)**

- Nervous about second half of backwards planning - Inquiry project - A lot of planning involved, knowing how to deal with class will come with experience - “What’s worth knowing” questions seem like they make the teacher simply a devil’s advocate. How do you strike the balance so you’re still leading the class? - How do I know how much time I should spend on a particular activity? How can I prevent not planning enough? - Broad question: how do we teach “boring” material (particularly novels students don’t tend to like) in an engaging way? - How to create lesson plans that are not too influenced by your own inner voice? - What may sound good to implement that may trip us up and how can I find shortcuts to doing a thorough and in-depth lesson plan - It seems hard enough planning an inquiry-based lesson that covers standards. How do you deal with more traditional-minded administration? - How to get to that end goal – especially how to get everyone there. Devil is in the details, too (how to do this when you’re not detail-oriented). - There are a 100 more questions than I think to ask in structuring a classroom and activities. How do I get to the part where I think to ask those questions ?