Hi me. I'm hungry and rushed today. I have a lot to do and not enough time and energy for it. Also, my grades are messed up from ac reading on the parent portal??? Oh well. Let's look at what's coming.
Jurassic Park - I need to read it and follow Walter along through the preamble. I have a lot of stuff in advance on the vocabulary and chapter questions. I have an idea that I would like to do a pre-research project on topics that students need to understand in order to understand the book. After the novel, I want to push a research project that requires students to report on a contraversial issue in science or technology today (or in the near future). Somehow, within all this reading I want to cover writing as well...
So today I reviewed paragraph requirements and assigned students to write a one-paragraph response to the prompt "I believe that technology will make life better/worse in the future". I realize that's pretty simplistic, but I thought it was a good start to get people thinking about a book which highlights the costs and benefits, the promise and peril. Today w gave the kids these topics:
DNA, genetic engineering, cloning, cross-breeding, genes, biotechnology. Kind of a pretest to get the kids thinking. But since there's no coding of it, the comparison from before to after will have to be affective/subjective.
I wonder if I have time to set up a pre-test using multiple choice tests so that I can see their growth. Take examples of events and ask what it is, etc. Also, maybe review the paragraph with them. See what w is doing, too, to try to stay on the same page until JVH takes over.
Gotta eat. I'll make that quiz then.
Oh, and I have a presentation after school of the Vision software to the rest of the school. Ugh. Gotta go.
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