Pick up a Separation of Powers worksheet from the
front table and sit down in one of the groups. If a
group already has four people, you will need to pick
another group.
You will be timed. I will start the timer when the
bell rings. Today’s timer will stop when everyone is
sitting quietly in a group and everyone in the group
has written his or her name on his or her worksheet.
2012 SEPTEMBER 25
一 BELL RINGER
September
Times (so far)
Worksheet
Pickup
Group Gathering
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1st period
8:14.6
4:59.0
0:00.0
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2nd period
9:38.9
0:00.0
0:44.8
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4th period
8:56.1
0:00.0
0:54.5
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5th period
12:29.3
0:56.1
1:15.9
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6th period
13:31.7
0:47.7
15:39.0
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Pop Quiz!
Pick from the multiple choice
options. Do not write the questions. Write
only the answer on the BACK OF YOUR WORKSHEET.
Do not share answers (yet).
1. How would you rate the food in your school
cafeteria overall?
Horrible
Average
Delicious
I don’t eat there
Pop Quiz!
Pick from the multiple choice
options. Do not write the questions. Only
write the answer. Do not share answers (yet).
2. Do you tend to eat food from the cafeteria or
the snack line?
Cafeteria (the right line)
Snack Line (the left line)
Both
Neither
Pop Quiz!
Pick from the multiple choice
options. Do not write the questions. Only
write the answer. Do not share answers (yet).
3. Is the food being served in your cafeteria
healthy?
Not at all
Sometimes
Always
What does healthy mean?
Pop Quiz!
Pick from the multiple choice
options. Do not write the questions. Only
write the answer. Do not share answers (yet).
4. Do you think the food being served in your
cafeteria needs to be improved?
Yes!
Some of it
No
No opinion
Pop Quiz!
Pick from the multiple choice
options. Do not write the questions. Only
write the answer. Do not share answers (yet).
5. Do you have ideas about what you’d like to see
served in your cafeteria?
Change everything
Keep some things
No change
No opinion
二 Lead Chefs
Round 1!
Six minutes!
Write your groups’ members names (first
and last) on the round 1 line.
Read the instructions and
select exactly five
categories.
三 Menu Writers (Rotate Clockwise)
Round 2!
Five minutes!
Write your groups’ members names (first and
last) on the round 2 line.
Read the instruction and make a
menu!
二 Lead Chefs (Rotate CounterClockwise)
Round 3!
Three minutes!
Read the instructions and vote!
三 Menu Writers (Rotate Clockwise)
Round 4! Two minutes!
Read the instructions and vote
(or rewrite your menu)!
四 Judges (Rotate Clockwise)
Round 5!
Write your groups’ members names (first and
last) on the round 5 line.
Read the instructions, discuss
it, and vote. Turn in your
paper when your group finishes.
五 Guided Notes
Judicial Branch
Key Players: The
Supreme Court
Executive Branch
Key Player: The President
Job of Judicial Branch:
Job of Executive Branch: There are many!
Makes sure people are
 Sets important issues for Congress to
playing by the rules!
work on
 Signs a bill into law or vetoes it
Cares about: The
 Makes sure that the government carries
Constitution
out law
Cares about: All Americans!
Legislative Branch
Key Players: Congress made up of
the House of Representatives and the Senate
Job of Legislative Branch: Write and pass bills
Cares about: Their constituents or
the people who have elected them to office
 Lead Chefs select
healthy categories for a
healthy lunch.
 Menu writers write the
actual menu for a
healthy lunch.
 Lead Chefs approve or
veto the menu.
五 Guided Notes
Round 1:
President sets the
agenda for laws that
are important.
Round 2:
Congress writes the
bills that may
become law.
Round 3:
President signs or
vetoes the bills into
law.
五 Guided Notes
 Menu Writers had to make
changes OR overrule the
President.
Round 4: Congress
makes changes to bills
or overrides the
President’s veto.
Round 5:
Supreme Court ensures
 Judges had to make sure that
that the laws passed
the final menu met the
follow the
healthy rule.
Constitution.