Day 30- "Are you watching closely?" Prestige

White Mondays rival white Wednesdays in the longest day of my week category. Part of that is due to picking up O from his soccer practice after my soccer practice, but both days pretty much suck.

With it being a white day, my first class was a repeat of my Friday classes where we discussed conclusions. I think this class did the best job with their group conclusions and understanding how to write an effective conclusion. I won't know until I grade their individual writing of them, but as a whole, they seemed to do the best job. My other senior classes began writing their essays today. I was a little shocked at how many of them couldn't follow or refused to follow the MLA format handout I gave them. I think most of them didn't take me seriously as to the format because not many of them were using the handout. Following directions is important kids. They have a week to write their papers, and we are going to peer review the papers on the next red day. I'm excited to try the peer review activity that I learned at the HWP this summer, so hopefully it will go well. 

For my Read 180 lab, I did put in place an activity I learned at the HPW. I had the students find a partner and then turn a desk so one partner faced the SMART Board and one faced away from it. I then put a picture of some street art on the board, and they had to describe in vivid detail to their partner what they saw. The street art pictures were optical illusions, and there were many other details in the picture. I wanted them to learn how what they see and what they write and say are different, and they need to be as descriptive as possible in their writing so the reader can get a clear picture of what is being described. They really enjoyed this activity, especially discovering the cool types of street art. For those who care, these are the images I used:

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http://clinock.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/banksy-graffiti-street-art-flower.jpg

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