Period 1--ELA B 30
We continued to read Hamlet and are well into scene ii. We've decided that we will summarize after scene ii rather than after scene one and scene ii. We noticed all of the spying going on--everyone is spying on everyone else, it seems!
Period 2--ELA B 30/AP 30
ELA B 30--They did their timed write today based on the thesis: Hamlet made the (good/bad) decision not to immediately confront Claudius about Old Hamlet's death because _______________, ________________ and _________________. This was expected to be a standard, five paragraph essay but did not require quotations--just examples needed.
AP 30--We spent some time going over the AP Central website and showed them how to navigate to the old exam questions for the English Literature and Composition exam. Then, we looked more closely at how to deconstruct a prompt--they need to see that there are always two or three parts to every English prompt and they must address all of those parts of the prompt. From there, we moved on to look at example responses for some of the prompts, particularly, a free response questions. The kids were able to see from those responses that attaining an 8 on the AP scale is certainly possible.
Period 3--Pre-AP 10
This was a work period for the kids to have them work on the speeches they will perform tomorrow. It's a fairly simple topic about which they know much: What is the best/their favourite book of all time? Their speeches don't have to be terribly long--30 seconds for a minimum. This is their first speech and they will be doing others that require a longer time at the front of the room. As a side note--it sparked a lot of fun discussion about literature amongst various groups of kids!
Period 4--History 10
We reviewed our discussion from yesterday under the pretense of teaching Mrs. Kim who wasn't in class yesterday! She was very impressed (as was I) how much the kids retained just from listening to the exploits of the Tudor monarchs. We picked it up from the ascention of Elizabeth I with a textbook that will cover the her reign, along with the Stuart kings, the events of the civil war, and finally, the Glorious Revolution. We read through a little section of the textbook handout and then I have them each highlight 3 important things from that section. Together, we create study notes by compiling some of this information (I write it on the SMART board and they collect it from there.
Period 5--History 30
This was a review period to get ready for their upcoming test (that we have moved to Thursday). I went through the government as it was set up with the Constitution Act of 1791 and the political results from that document. The colonist want responsible government and this section of history reviews how both Upper and Lower Canada rebelled to get the British government to allow them to have it. We ultimately end up with the Act of Union as a result of Durham's Report and eventually achieving responsible government with the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849. Miss Lee will take over tomorrow and review Confederation.
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