Day 23, September 28, 2017 (Thursday)

Post date: Sep 28, 2017 8:14:51 PM

You know it was a busy day when you meet your steps goal by 2:00 this afternoon. It was quite a fast-paced day today, but it was a fun day watching all my hard work of lesson planning pay off.

In Literature 9 today we started right off we discussing the difference between a prediction and an inference. An inference allows for more information, but with a prediction, you'll know the answer by the end of the story. WIth an inference, you may or may not find out. We then attended a dinner party hosted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. On each invitation, a clue was given. After a trip through the buffet, partygoers were to mingle and find out the necessary information so they could make intelligent predictions. We returned to our classroom, and I read the story to everyone. The ending came as quite a surprise to most. For homework, everyone is supposed to read their ten minutes.

In English 10 we first looked for our Google folders with the evaluations. For sixth hour, this took up quite a bit of time. Stupid technology. Once everyone could see the evaluations, we began speaking. During sixth hour we also had a book talk and a vocabulary presentation, so I can see we'll already be behind there. During seventh period things ran much smoother (of course). We managed to get seven presentations completed. Good thing as many will be gone tomorrow for either football or cross country. For homework, everyone is supposed to read for their 10 minutes.

In American Literature we started the class period finishing Ronald Reagan's Challenger speech. We looked at the repetition he used, the allusion to the USSR space program, and finally, read the poem that he referred to with his final line. Six minutes were set aside for vocabulary work, and tomorrow will be the last day for that review. Then everyone was divided into various archeological teams - one from Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Princeton. The situation is this: a well-known philanthropist has kindly sponsored a dig in New England. It was discovered that several artifacts have been found, but they are a muddle. The team's task is to divide the articles into a pile for John Smith and William Bradford and then explain why they put them where they did. We will finish this exercise tomorrow. There were also several artifacts spread throughout the dig (the auditorium).

Today I worked really hard at creating interesting, educational, and entertaining lessons. I hope that the students thought so. Have a great day!