As Ashley was the only one present, I allowed her to read ahead in the Great Gatsby. We discussed soem of the broader social themes and delved a little into how the narrator (Nick) reveals Gatsby to us but I saved the lesson I had planned until a day when at least 2 students are present.
Students turned in their paper portfolio. I made a point of praising them for following directions to a "T". I asked them how they felt at the end of that long paper-wrting process. They felt good and I think they felt proud.
Historical intro to gReat Gatsby: WWI, roaring 20's, stock market crash of 1929.
We read the first 8 pages out loud together in class. I told them to pay attention the the word HOPE in the book and to imagery about the color yellow/gold.
present last draft of essay to class
make 2 good and 2 helpful comments to each classmate
get teacher feedback
discuss what to do when right at the end it "seems all wrong". Show students how to salvage what you've done without throwing it all out. We used Sadie's paper as the example as she was feeling lost. Show students how to pretend to be an outside reader of your own paper. WRite topic and main point of each paragraph in margin? Most issues can be resolved by strengthening intro paragraph and first sentence of each paragraph.
Assignment
Have final copy to me on MOnday
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
I think we made a ton of progress. Students left feeling confident.
Chapter 7 Section 2 Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions
Lesson Outline
I showed her to two properties used to multiply and divide radical expressions. Then she saw how to simplify radical expressions, and rationalize the denominator.
- Begin by highlighting 150 years since Civil War began.
- The stock market: how it works and students to identify values of stocks and changes.
- "The Great Crash"- present the specific details of how the market values changed and some underlying reasons.
Assignment
Continue study guide and reading-chap.24- Prep. paper topic
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Great lesson. Students active in participation and discussion.
Returned Friday exams: Sadie 100,Ashley 95, Devin 75. I spoke with Devin and agreed to give him some extra time to prepare for the next exam.
Introduced students to new vocabulary from this chapter which involves new adjectives for people's personality traits: travieso, amable, carinoso, antipatico, chismoso, chistoso, callado. Then students completed the first activity of the end of chapter review from pg. 234 - wrote sentences descriving what people were doing in the present tense and then in the imperfect.
Assignment
No homework
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Students are doing a pretty good job of transitioning from the present tense to the imperfect tense of verbs.
