Period 1 & 2--ELA B 30/AP 30
In both of these grade 12 ELA classes, the students performed their "Beowulf Boasts" and they were fantastic! This took at little more than half the class and we had a couple of guests that joined us to hear these students brag about themselves. I was impressed with the creativity and insight the kids showed for these boasts. Once all the performances were finsihed, we started working our ways towards Chaucer. We did a little bit of back ground information on Geoffrey Chaucer where the kids took some notes.
Period 3--Pre-AP 10
We started in with a new poem titled "David" that dovetails nicely with ending of Of Mice and Men. Tomorrow we will do what's called a choral montage that breaks the poem apart and allows the students an opportunity to examine it from another perspective. The students were also given two handouts with information about our experiential learning opportunity to go to Persephone Theatre on Friday November 25. They need to get these permission forms back to me by Nov. 10.
Period 4--History 10
We finished watching the movie The Patriot. This movie did such a good job of showing the struggles of the Americans as they fought for Independence. After it was finished, Miss Campbell went over the questions that accompanied the movie. Just before the bell, they went over what their assignment would be. They will have time to work on this assignment tomorrow.
Period 5--History 30
This was a good class. Each student chose 10 things from their notebooks and then, on the huge piece of paper I placed on the back wall, they wrote in all of the important dates. This timeline will serve as a huge study note. We moved on to start talking about the American Revolution and our Canadian contribution to it. We'll continue on with this tomorrow.
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