10.16.06
Cores 1-4: Look at the new Authenticity Awards. Talk about AR Awards for First Quarter. Go to the computer lab and ensure that all students have an AR book that they can be excited about reading this quarter.
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10.11.06
Core 1: Play vocabulary basketball to review for unit 7 quiz. Take unit 7 quiz. Do partnered good parts to fulfill quarter 1 requirement. Core 2: Discuss-On: How did you tackle the sesquipedalian paragraph? What is your thought process when you encounter a seemingly impenetrable paragraph? Take a second look …
10.10.06
Cores 1-4: Go over the Authentic Assessment for The Weekly Authentics. Work on Weekly Authentics, Nominating, and Commenting.
10.09.06
Cores 1-4: Talk about the Authenticity Awards for last week. Look at Authentic Assessment for blogs tomorrow. Core 1: Write a paragraph review of this music video. Discuss reviews and sports writing: Does looking at reviews and sports writing as a genre change the way that you think about both? …
10.05-06.06
I was at a g/t curriculum conference for these two days. The plans that I left for the substitute are here and here.
Too tired to think.
My last weekly authentic was ambitious and hopeful. It made a lot of observations in the hopes of coming to grand conclusion about where I am with my life right now. I’m afraid that after a week and a half, I am still no closer to distilling the wisdom of …
10.04.06
Cores 1-4: In partners, develop a rubric for assessing Weekly Authentics by asking yourself the following questions and answering them through brainstorming and note-taking (We will discuss many of them together, so you need to have a ready answer for when we bring it to the whole class): What makes …
10.03.06
Cores 3-4: Show off Talkr podcasts. Show off the How-To of Talkr podcasts. Go to the computer lab and nominate, post, build, or podcast.
10.02.06
Cores 1-2: Show off Talkr podcasts. Show off the How-To of Talkr podcasts. Go to the computer lab and nominate, post, build, or podcast.
09.29.06
Core 1: Share-On: Share your Satires with at least 2-3 other people and ask them what they believe is being criticized. If they give you a different answer than what you had planned, discuss why your reader’s impression was different than your writing intention. Share and critique satires as a …