First of all, the Amazing Race geography worksheet was a success! Everyone was completely engaged as it was a competition! In pairs, they had to do some searching on the maps to find locations and they had to talk to each other to figure out some of the answers. Even JT was working hard! Unfortunately, when they received their prizes for first, second, and third place, I was angry as all I got was "Is that it?" and no one said thank you. That always makes me wonder why we even bother sometimes?!?! I will post videos/pictures of this assignment very soon.
Second, the English project I was referring to in my last post has me stumped. I am now working on the same project with my other three Immersion classes and I still have about eight options (I removed the journal and the letter or e-mail). I'm finding that the students are STILL way more concerned with the drawing part or the constructing part, and they are forgetting about the only part that I will be marking...THE CONTENT! I don't know how to get through to them!
Third, JT is not loving our map placemat project. I had to move him today because he was talking too much and wasting time and he just sat there and did next to nothing. I think it's time to get some new ideas to try out. He did, however, study hard to re-write a poetry quiz on which he originally got 4/20 (so unfortunately, the poetic devices flyswatter game we played didn't help)...BUT it was almost all because his mother wanted him to re-write, not because he cared about improving his mark. He studied hard, with flashcards this time, but still only managed a 10/20.
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