Week #1 Out of everything we did this week, what did you find most interesting? Why? One of the things that was most interesting was when we did the circle game. It was the most interesting activity we did because at first I had no idea why we were doing this activity. It looked like we were just playing silly games, but it actually means something. It was meant to begin to built the physical skill, focus and comfort with each other because we are going to be together for a whole year. What advice do you have for Dr. P to help you excel in Humanities this year? Something that every teacher should do is give the students choices for projects to do, and let them be creative, because that's what makes a good project, and it makes it fun. You have to let the students have a voice and say their opinions, which is what I think this question is doing. What do you want to get better at in Humanities this year? I want to get better at writing, from essays to poems. If we are talking about essays, I feel like i'm not so creative when it comes to it, because I just cant think of a lot of ideas or come up with them. Now if you talk about poems, something that I really struggle on is with the rhyme, and also with creativity. Week #2. Look over the attached document, "Week 2 - what we did and why we did it". How did what we did this week CONNECT to what you've done before, either in past years or in Week 1? (give SPECIFIC examples) I think the activity that we did on Friday which was the quick write about the connections and wonders about the book was something that I did on 9th grade when we were reading the book "The House On Mango Street'. Ms.Britt would make us read 2 or 3 chapters a day and really talk about all the metaphors & connection we would have about each chapter. It was something that I actually really appreciated because it made me understand each chapter even better. How did what you learned and did this week EXTEND or push your thinking in new directions? (give SPECIFIC examples) Something that we did this week that made my thinking go in a different direction was when we went back with our partner for the"I sing to you.. poem" and we got the chance to ask them more questions that will be able to help us write our poem. At first I was going to write about how my partner Miguel loved his mother, but after I asked him questions, and talked about his mother and him. Then I really thought about the poem and decided that instead of writing a poem about how much he loves his mother, I would write about their relationship, and not only talk about Miguel's perspective but also his mother's. What is still CHALLENGING or confusing for you about what you learned and worked on this week? (give SPECIFIC examples) Something that i'm still confused about is on turning in the homework on the google classroom, because I have never really used this before. I think that it is pretty easy but I still need time to get used to it, because i'm also trying to get used to website that Mr.Carter showed us.
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Dr P
9/9/2015 04:48:51 pm
Hey Elizabeth - you can make a "new post" for each week, and then people can comment on them individually!
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