After we viewed the final scenes of a production of the play, Jaydn worked on answering the questions about the play's theme that I had placed on our shared Google Docs page. In order to focus her work, I first reviewed a number of quotes from the dialogue that best summarize the play's message. We then examined how to amplify her responses with comments or explanations. Jaydn was receptive to instruction and completed her assignment. We next discussed the final essay assessment for the play, i.e. comparing the theme of the poem "Leisure " with the theme of the play. To organize ideas, on the Google Docs page Jaydn listed for later reference quotes from the play that reflect the theme . Similarly, we read through the poem and began locating lines that express similar ideas and placed them on our list of textual evidence.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jaydn was 30 minutes late signing into our second class accounting for the 60 minutes attended.
The Selection of Options and Requirements of The Final Exam Raisin
Lesson Outline
I. Jaydn and I arrayed and discussed the possibilities and requirements of the final exam -
II. The final exam was posted in the chat and emailed to Jaydn -
III. Student was given 15 minutes to begin or do prewriting -
Jaydn and I discussed how she chose to be evaluated on the play "A Raisin in the Sun." Agreed upon method was posted in the chat and emailed to student. She did not ask any questions and was given 15 minutes to start. She was attentive.
I. Symbols and Gender Roles in A Raisin in the Sun -
II. Oral reading conclusion of A Raisin in the Sun -
Jaydn readily discussed the symbol of the check in the play A Raisin in the Sun. She then participated in the oral reading of the play reading the part of Mama.
Jaydn hasn't been feeling well lately and it has been hard for her to focus and do the work. We tried reviewing some of the concepts that we had already studied for Chapter 4, however, she couldn't get the work done. I hope she feels better next week.
Lesson would have consisted of:
I. The student will select a topic to write about in regard to the play "A Raisin in the Sun." The writing will count as a test grade.
II. Writing about characterization to be discussed and reviewed and outline provided.
Assignment
Essay on "A Raisin in the Sun"
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
0
Lesson Comments
Student was absent.
Lesson would have consisted of:
I. The student selecting a topic to write about in regard to the play "A Raisin in the Sun." The writing will count as a test grade.
II. Writing about characterization was to be discussed and reviewed and outline provided. Jaydn should be very familiar with the characters in the play. Provided with an outline, she should easily be able to craft an essay. Unfortunately, she was absent.
I. Jaydn read the part of Mama with empathy and inflection
II. Turning points in characters discussed with the emphasis on the protagonist, Walter Lee Younger.
Jadyn was on task and discussed empathy. She relates well to the characters in the play and is enjoying its finish. She is contemplating which character to do her essay on.
Jaydn does not visually attend her history classes. Dr. Pat was gracious to come to the beginning of our 3rd period class today. Jaydn was not visible and she immediately became defensive when she saw us both. Dr. Pat reminded Jaydn that she must turn on her camera for ALL of her classes. Instead of doing that, Jaydn said she needed to put us on hold. While that happened, I showed Dr. Pat that Jaydn had symbol that showed Jaydn had muted herself, as well. Jaydn came back online and said she could hear us "talking about her." I responded that I was merely showing Dr. Pat the mute symbol on the screen. There was NOTHING inappropriate for Jaydn to hear and we reminded her that Dr. Pat checks in with all teachers and remote students on a regular basis. Jaydn said we were causing her to "have a panic attack" and that she was hanging up to talk with her mom and she did just that - hung up on what should have been a double period of history class today. Ironically, mom was informed several weeks ago that Jaydn is not visible for any of our history classes when Andrew called his mom to ask her a question, had her on speaker phone and told her I was present. Mom asked me if Jaydn was using her camera and I told her she does not. Since sharing that with Jaydn's mom, nothing has changed. What concerns me is that I believe Jaydn mutes class in addition to not being visible on screen. Whenever I ask her a question or need her to respond to something, I need to say her name several times before I get an audio response of, "Yes?" From there, it seems that Jaydn has tuned out the lesson because she can't respond to the topic being remotely taught. The few times I have seen Jaydn on line, it also appears that she has more than one monitor...or something else that she is viewing instead of our online class. We have a new schedule where we have class daily and 2X on Mon., Wed., Fri. On Wed., our class is a double/consecutive (periods 3 & 4) class. Dr. Pat brought Nicole into the classroom to convey what had happened after Jaydn hung up from class. I conveyed to both Dr. Pat and Nicole not only is there no visual for Jaydn, it seems likely (as I can't see her) that she is muting some of our classes, as well.
