Day 10, September 11, 2017 (Monday)

Post date: Sep 11, 2017 8:03:29 PM

For those of us old enough to remember, this is a day that hurts. It's a day that forever changed who we were as a people. Terrorism was no longer a word in the dictionary, but a word that affected the way we looked at the world. So much violence for absolutely no reason.

In Literature 9 we began, as we do each class, with ten minutes of reading. I reviewed how I was planning on "grading" their progression. If the reader is "on-target," they will receive two points, behind target will earn one point, no reading - obviously - zero points, and if a reader is far beyond the target, they will receive three points. Each student receives five points of participation and added to that a reading score, this should be a class everyone receives an "A" in. We then played a little Kahoot. It was a lot of fun, but we're going to have to work on a few social skills. We started our discussion of the story, but we have a little way to go before winding it up. Homework: Watch the vocabulary video and complete the notes.

In English 10 we began, as we do each class, with ten minutes of reading. I reviewed how I was planning on "grading" their progression. If the reader is "on-target," they will receive two points, behind target will earn one point, no reading - obviously - zero points, and if a reader is far beyond the target, they will receive three points. Each student receives five points of participation and added to that a reading score, this should be a class everyone receives an "A" in. We then watched "For the Birds" and discussed how we can communicate without saying a word. We then uploaded our vocabulary presentations and corrected our capitalization worksheets. FInally, we finished our communication model notes (well, sixth hour has to, but we had a tornado drill that left us a little short of time.) Homework: everyone has a capitalization worksheet to complete and we will begin our presentations tomorrow.

In American Government we took our reading probe. Several people were absent, so we'll have to get that task made up. Then the tribes assembled and worked on the name of their state, a flag, and the rules that will govern the thirty individuals of each tribe. I reminded them that a state has the population (30 people), territory (the island), sovereignty (they are owners) and government (what we're setting up.) We then discussed the four purposes of government. As a tribe, they need to develop rules that will keep social order (bathroom, food gathering, housing, water, etc.) and protect the state (protect their tribe from the other three). What public goods and services will their group provide the members? On Wednesday every tribe will present what they have so far and we will have our first current events discussion. I reviewed the requirement for the current events, so please be sure to follow the structure.

Have a great Monday! And never forget what today exemplifies!