Friday, January 20, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Today, I handed out the sheet of terms that students must know in order to do well on their midterm exam. I included words I think they might have trouble with. They were then given the rest of the class time to study. Remember that your midterm exam is on Thursday, January 26, at 12:30 in this room.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Today, we discussed the lists form yesterday’s group work to determine just how much studying is needed to accomplish the task. Basically I had groups who worked on readings sit down with groups who worked on questions and share what words they learned. I recommended typing these out to ensure that a list was provided for each student in the groups. This was a whole class activity.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Today, you were broken into groups and pairs. In your pairs, you either had to highlight, write down and define all the words and terms that were unknown to you in your readigns. or in the questions. This took the whole class.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 16, Tuesday, January 17, & Wednesday, January 18, 2012
On these days, you worked through comprehension multiple choice questions. You were also given the answers (long) to determine if you are on the right track. The goal was to discuss these on Wednesday, but, due to the lack of students, you will have until Thursday now to work through them.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Today, we had to be rather quiet due to provincial exams. I placed the following instructions on the Smartboard and you did this activity:
After examining the questions I gave you yesterday, I have changed them to better fall into ones which could be answered using either text (though they still might be better answered using one or the other).
Today, I want you to pair up, examine these questions (write them down) and see what you can do with them. I also want you to go online and review the plots, themes, summaries, quotes, symbols, etc for both. This will help ensure you know the content.
1. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others.
2. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals pursue or compromise their happiness.
3. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the significance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life.
4. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the impact of an individual’s ambition on self and others.
I also discussed the exam tomorrow, but only in terms of what to bring or not to bring in class. Also, you will need to be waiting at the hallway entrance bell at the start of class so I can bring you in (there's an exam tomorrow for Social 30).
After examining the questions I gave you yesterday, I have changed them to better fall into ones which could be answered using either text (though they still might be better answered using one or the other).
Today, I want you to pair up, examine these questions (write them down) and see what you can do with them. I also want you to go online and review the plots, themes, summaries, quotes, symbols, etc for both. This will help ensure you know the content.
1. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others.
2. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals pursue or compromise their happiness.
3. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the significance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life.
4. Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the impact of an individual’s ambition on self and others.
I also discussed the exam tomorrow, but only in terms of what to bring or not to bring in class. Also, you will need to be waiting at the hallway entrance bell at the start of class so I can bring you in (there's an exam tomorrow for Social 30).
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Today, we completed our discussion on the layout of the essay. I then gave you eight questions which I will then choose the essay final question from. We worked through one of the questions as a class. I came up with steps to follow and have pasted them below.
· Define all topic words
· Figure out what these mean to you and you’ll have an understanding of what they also will mean in the context of your text.
· Figure out the conflict present in the text you are going to work through (this will help you understand if the topic even ties in to this text or if you should use another one).
· Chart the situations when the topic is present in the characters’ actions
· Look at the outcomes
· Look at the overall outcome (positive/negative)
· Create a thesis (start with “sometimes”, but then remove it)
· Define all topic words
· Figure out what these mean to you and you’ll have an understanding of what they also will mean in the context of your text.
· Figure out the conflict present in the text you are going to work through (this will help you understand if the topic even ties in to this text or if you should use another one).
· Chart the situations when the topic is present in the characters’ actions
· Look at the outcomes
· Look at the overall outcome (positive/negative)
· Create a thesis (start with “sometimes”, but then remove it)
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