End of Week 10

Thursday was a lot easier than I thought it would be. So as I scan in the vocabulary textbook and procrastinate the blood drive, I thought I'd fill me in. On Wednesday I reviewed using the following format - period 2 CPS, period 7 Quizshow Teams, period 10 Quizshow self-study. I also (as I mentioned earlier) added Quia this week. Thursday I was in the building, so I kept the class on track by assigning projects and giving them instructions. I found 2 articles for each of the research topics (underage drinking, date rape, depression, teachers and politics, etc.) that relate to Speak. I .pdf'd the articles and had each student read two and take notes and answer some questions. Next they will organize the most significant information and draw their own conclusions (after the quiz today and over the weekend). At the end of class today I also showed a child abuse video from last year. It's not great, but C work anyway. It was for a different project, but works well here. I can use it to give a general picture of what they're expected to do and point out some errors that they want to avoid.

Anyway, that's all for next week. Today is quiz day, which means a chance to see if the data on the review games tells a story. I'm anxious to see what I get. This week I created separate tests for vocabulary and grammar/notes. That seems silly. I should be able to tease that data apart based on the tagging but I'm becoming more disappointed by Examview's capabilities as a tool for scientific measurement. (oh, btw, I talked my way into an Examview training on November 27 at Central. Perhaps I'll pick up more information on tagging and reporting).

I have a blood drive next Tuesday and I need to enter all the students names and schedules on the excel spreadsheet. I also need to make a model presentation for English I. Finally, I need a reading schedule for Speak that moves quickly but allows time for our project to progress. Walter thinks I'm crazy, trying to do a project, read Speak, read OMAM, and do the Hero Unit while also moving forward with Grammar and vocabulary. He's probably right.

I'll post the data lata!