Session Date
Lesson Topic
Writing Two Essays
Lesson Outline
Katya was given two assignments to submit today. The first one: Go online to TEDTalks, TED-Ed, The Moth, or NPR Ted Radio Hour. Pick any session you want. After listening to it, write an essay about your experience. You might want to discuss what you learned, what surprised you, etc. The second assignment followed the discussion of Raymond Carver's poem "Happiness" we had yesterday. I provided Katya with a template for that essay: Raymond Carver a story about...to make the point that...... My own experience with... yields a point that is similar/different/similar and different. What I take away from my experience with ... is.........As a result, I conclude.... Today's lesson was to be spent fine-tuning the drafts that Katya wrote. To help Katya with this assignment, I gave Katya a sample opening paragraph. Complications: Just as we got started Katya informed me that she had just deleted her Happiness essay, so she had nothing to show me. When we turned to the TEDTalks essay, Katya pulled up a Google Doc to show me she had "started" an outline. At 11:15, I told Katya to get the two essays into final form, ready for me to evaluate at 1:00 p.m.
Assignment
Finish writing two essays by 1 p.m. today
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Katya came to class unprepared. She was supposed to submit two essays to me today. She claimed she deleted one of those essays just before she was going to show it to me. The other essay was not beyond the outline stage. I gave Katya from 11:15 to 1 p.m. to write both essays for me to discuss with her and later grade. I am very disappointed in Katya's performance and her commitment.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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