October
5
ELA 20: Oct 5 Blogging and Kids Literature…
- To begin today’s class, we started in the computer lab where students were given exactly 20 minutes (plus an extra 5 for good measure) to log into their blogs, type two paragraphs pertaining to their desired relationship with their parents and any reflection of the literature we’ve just studied about the topic, and publish it. Last year, any time spent for blog entries seemed fairly unfocused and students worked at quite different levels of productivity. This year, I’ve explained that I’ll focus on giving more blog time, but they also have to use it more effectively. Twenty five minutes should have been adequate time for them to write something of value (for the content should still be well considered) but their focus should be more centered and less distracted. Hopefully, they’ll become more comfortable getting a whole post done in that time.
- Then we returned to the classroom to enjoy reading some kids poetry. Some of them were just goofy and had cute ideas, but they mostly all had a rhyming pattern that added to their humour. We talked about the fact that it takes a lot to entertain these students at this age in their life, but at one time when they were quite young their imagination was more intact and it took very little to entertain them. We had fun with the poems; even screamed out one a few times. lol This began our look into children’s literature and how it’s so infused with wonder and imagination.