Today we finished up the Protestant Reformation lesson using a Bell Ringer and a few mins to finish the rest of their materials from the day before. I took up the papers and despite telling them yesterday that I was going to take up these papers today, it seemed that not one of them had done extra work last night. Therefore I gave them some time to finish up today, and it helped a few of them.
We began with a journal entry about "what they were best at" and then went over some vocabulary words. As we were doing this, I got the students talking a little, but not as much as I would have liked. I'm going to have to think of a different way to do an anticipation guide type of activity when were dealing with vocabulary that is on a high level.
The notes went pretty well, and they did not have a note guide this time. Although they did have a list of key words and key people. Still interacting well with the students as far as questions go, but when it comes to a narrative style of lecture I'm not so good at that. I don't know if that is better or not. I suppose that depends on the type of lecture/activities that I am doing.
At the end of the notes I had them talk about partnerships and then get into groups to work on the build a business plan. This is where I made my biggest mistake of the day. I allowed them to work with their seat partners, and Dominic, Zach, and Coty ended up together. While the other pairs were talking about their ideas and being vocal, the three of them just sat there unphased by the fact that they may be on a time crunch. I had to prod them a few times and they eventually did start working, but I will have to make sure to strategically group every time from now on, because I don't feel like it was fair for me to do that to them. They will present with everyone else, but I feel like it won't be up to par. I could be wrong, and they might think about it over the weekend, but we'll have to see on Monday.
Things that need work:
- The SN presentation was okay, but it could use some more fun fonts- note- make better fonts for the Russia presentations
- The journal about what they are best at could have been discussed a little further and connected more at the beginning so it would make more sense at the end.
- Depending on the class, having an actual note guide might be a good thing. This way of introducing vocabulary only went so so
- I made a typo on the Business Model rubric and put no points for the presentation. I will have to make new rubrics for Monday.
- Music was playing during their business plan time, but I need more time for them to work and a bigger variety of music. Coldplay is going to get old fast.
- Still need to find a balance between telling them the history that interests me and covering just the basics for geography- not awesome at this and it hurts my time management.
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