Period 1& 2--ELA B 30/AP 30
We continued reading Chaucer today--we read "The Pardoner's Tale." The students summarized the tale in their notes to remind themselves of the events and characters for a later assignment. Then, as a class, we figured out the possible themes for the story. We did this by summarizing what we thought the story was about in ONE word and then indicating what we thought the author might have been trying to tell us about that ONE word. This is a pretty easy way to get the kids to understand theme and works for any genre.
Period 3--Pre-AP 10
The students got their timed writes back and the assessment was explained to them. I explained the difference between the grade 10 mark that they get for their writing that appears on their report card and the AP mark that I will assign that doesn't affect their mark at all. I didn't put an AP mark on this timed write, and expect the kids to do this as a part of their "Assess and Reflect" portion of the curriculum where they must look at their own writing, set goals , etc. In order to accomplish this, we started looking at some sample timed writes from the AP Central website from former exams. They looked at the strengths and weaknesses of the writing. They were feeling pretty good about themselves as we read through an essay. They rated it a 6 on the 9 point rubric and felt that they could easily duplicate that level of writing. I agreed. We'll look at some other exemplars.
Period 4--History 10
Miss Campbell had the kids summarize their information from the last two classes into a document that she is going to keep for them to serve as study notes. The students then wrote a short multiple choice pop quiz to see how well they were listening to the info on the Three Estates yesterday. There was another quick power point on Louis XVI. They had a handout on the Tennis Court Oath, Causes of Revolution and concept map. To finish off the class, they summarized what they learned.
Period 5--History 30
We reviewed the power point from yesterday and then completed the information on the Rebellions of 1837. This is as close as Canada gets to a civil war and the kids were somewhat underwhelmed with the excitement of it all!!!
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