June
11
ELA B10: Jn 11 Marks back and blog time…
- I handed back several different activities, assignments, and yesterday’s figurative language test to students today. I was able to show them what their report card mark is right now, so hopefully they’ll be motivated to either maintain their efforts or kick it up a notch!
- After talking Wednesday with the kids, we agreed to skip reading one of the short stories in order to have another extra computer class to work on their blog assignments. We worked in the drafting lab today and they all were all asked to pick a computer that wasn’t near a friend likely to distract them. I was really pleased to see some just got right to their work and were efficient. I think others are more comfortable in their ‘stalling’ mode, but they’ve had opportunity.
- Tomorrow, students are supposed to come to class having completed three brief interviews. They were given two questions on Wednesday to use in getting advice from the people they choose. The goal is to learn a little vicariously through the experiences of older and wiser people to maybe guide these Gr 10s in their own decisions making – to maybe have a little more purpose.