*Begin work on Storytelling project
---Make me a list:
------brief DESCRIPTION of how you intend to tell the story
------each person's name and his/her DUTIES
------things your group NEEDS from me, technological and otherwise
*Info: Storytelling
---5 class days of work-time
---performances will begin on Tuesday after Thanksgiving break.
*OBJECTIVE: Apply post-reading strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze and evaluate text by SUMMARIZING and PARAPHRASING.
Halli McMichael, 4th Hour
ReplyDeleteClass started by everyone taking their seats and Patrick announcing to the whole class “whose 3rd hour is collecting cans?” That started about a 10 minute conversation about how many cans each class has and who’s has the most. Then somehow the class discussion got switched to the play FHC is putting on Saturday night, again lead by Patrick. He made sure everyone knew what time the play was and how much money it is to get in. Once Mr. Becker noticed how off track we were getting he starts to talk about our project, which made a lot of kids heads pop up. He let us know we need to divide up the project among our reading groups and just gives us another brief list of directions to do then asks if we have any questions then send us on our way to meet up with our groups. For the rest of class we just work on our projects until the bell rang.
Emmanuel R., 2nd Hour
ReplyDeleteI enter the classroom today, wondering what was for the agenda, and spot the word, "essay" on the smart board. It caught me by surprise and worried me for a second, until I realized how fortunate I was to not be in that senior literature class, for that was there agenda. Then as I look at the date, shown on the board, again I was caught by surprise and as a result, briskly walked to the scribe notes schedule. And reassuringly, it was my day of scribe. So I hurry to my desk and take out a blank sheet of loose leaf paper to prepare for today's class. So the bell rings, with some students still walking in, out, and about. As students head to their assigned seats, some are talking amongst one another, some are staring off into space, in their own world, others waiting for class to begin, and Mr. Becker gets ready to teach. So after all the commotion slowly dissipated, Mr. Becker starts to explain how and what we should do to begin our storytelling project. Some students were listening attentively as others still off in a daze. So after he gives his explanation of what to do, he advises us to get the ball rolling after we finish our responsibilities and brainstorming. Then he sends us off into our groups, and off we go. As this takes place, the class’ volume and chatter exponentially increases, the desks and stools squeak one after another. Once the students gather around their other group members, they begin to smile, laugh, crack jokes, and talk about their ideas they had in mind. My group and I discuss our storytelling idea of making a song and what each of our responsibilities is. Mr. Becker overhears our idea and suggests that we make a 2 to 3 song medley instead of a repetitive, 5 minute-long song. Groups continue to collaborate and share their thoughts and ideas amongst themselves and also with other groups. The energy level and volume levels out and as the class goes on. It appears as if groups are making a lot of progress and are taking advantage of Mr. Becker’s advice and getting the ball rolling on their decided ideas. It also seems as if the groups are feeding off each other’s energy, so when one group gets loud, it spread throughout the classroom. Mr. Becker finishes collecting all the groups finished ideas for reassurance and an understanding. He announces that class is coming to an end with 10 minutes remaining, and soon asks for groups to disassemble. Desks turn and move back to where they belong. Then Mr. Becker closes the class session with a note, saying that it’s probably a good idea to give ourselves homework for this project to get things figured out and ready for presentation. After ending on that note, students move to chat with their friends, as usual, and others anticipate the bell.