Defining and Planning

Image via Wikipedia First and fourth period were both engaged in inductive reasoning to come up definitions. First period has been defining propaganda. After looking at specific examples of Nazi propaganda yesterday, we came up with a class list of characteristics of...

Odyssey Project Rubric

The rubric for the Odyssey board game project is complete. I’ve made a few modifications to the class-produced rubric: it’s basically what you all created (well done!) with a few clarifications and edits. Student editing of the wiki we used to create the...

First Drafts, Front and Back

First period looked at their first drafts and began narrowing down their topics. (Often students have multiple topics in one first draft.) We’ll be writing a second draft in class tomorrow, as well as doing additional revision. Second and sixth periods worked on...

Administrative Matters and More

7 We’re reaching the home stretch. All periods turned in their textbooks today — a good sign that we’re nearing the end. Fourth period did some administrative work (participation evaluation, books, etc.) and continued with their essays. I had a...