Wow! Great job today 10th period class! The students in my pd 10 class did a discussion of Horace Miner's Body Ritual Among the Nacirema... We did a socratic circle discussion in which they vented about how appalled they were by Nacireman culture. When students from both groups got done discussing how they felt i told them that this was us. Wow! What reflection!
World Hist- Things are going well, I was disappointed about what got done while we were away but things are good. Students will be ready to add new topics to their historical knowledge. I am happy with the classes and their willingness to take on graduate(as in college graduate student) level research articles. Students try to plod their way through rather than give up when the readings are exceedingly complex. I am so happy with their effort.
Well thanks. It's interesting to read things that aren't based on the course of study. For example: the economics article in a history class. Who knew? It's refreshing but definately requires the double reading day.
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absolutely, tomorrow will be a choice type day. The article will be available for reading and the letter will be available for writing. Really it depends mostly on what students feel will drive them to success the most. This will allow for a brief layered assignment incorporating critical thinking skills through either writing the letter or discussing the article. Both will be qualitatively assessed and will allow for us to be best prepared for moving into the next area of content to study. we will do a debrief friday and make sure we are all on the same neolithic page so we can own it.
ReplyDeleteIt is refreshing to see the students engaged in such high level discussions and applications. Hard work equals success, success, especially academic success equals opportunity. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteRefreshing- it's a word that i would never use to describe him, but often do subconsiously
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