Today the planning stops and the action starts. Reopen the named plan Our first action from last time: the change somebody outside this room should notice, the roles, and what counts as done. Your teacher will name once, from that same plan sheet, the locked in-room start for today if any outside step cannot finish in this period.
Check your role card or group slip now. It already names your job, a short secondary job, and what you note against the four evidence prompts. In a quick stand-up, one runner per group says the group's job out loud once (confirmation only). If you were absent when roles were set, take a spare slip from the teacher. Then you run the action and keep a record while you work, not afterwards. Something that goes wrong is still useful evidence, as long as you write down what actually happened.
Evidence collected after the event is usually vague. You each get a four-box evidence slip matching the four prompts still on the board. Fill the boxes as you go:
1. Who said what (a real sentence, a name or role).
2. What changed (something different afterwards you can point to).
3. What did not change (be honest; a no is still a finding).
4. What you would do differently next time (one concrete change).
Weak: "The principal was interested." Strong: "Ms Byrne said she would raise it at the Thursday staff meeting."
Write your own notes in that stronger form on the slip.
Your role card also names a short secondary job (for example tally, time-check, or materials) so you still have a named task if your main part finishes early.
Today's goal is a real start inside this period plus honest evidence. The locked in-room start your teacher named from the plan sheet is the part you begin here if an outside step cannot finish now. Note on the slip what still needs to happen next. Unfinished outside steps are expected, not a failure.
Carry out the action in your roles. Fill your four-box evidence slip against the prompts still on the board as you work. Every role has a concrete note job on the card, so writing evidence is part of your job, not something extra for later. Write what actually happened, including delays, refusals, empty replies, and things that went better than expected. Do not wait until the end of the period to start writing.
If your main part finishes early, switch to the secondary job already printed on your role card (tally, time-check, materials, or photo log if allowed), or add detail to the notes already made. Nobody's only task is waiting. If an outside step cannot finish today, keep going on the locked in-room start named on the plan sheet and record on the slip what still needs to happen next. By the end of this stretch the class should have a first pile of honest evidence, not a polished story.
First, in pairs for about a minute: each person speaks one specific piece of evidence from their four-box slip (a name, a sentence, a number, a place, or a clear no). Everyone contributes once here.
Then, as a class, share three things only:
Listen for specifics. A name, a sentence, a number, a place, or a clear no is stronger than "it went well".
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