Monday:
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Careers
and Culture 8th and 9th Grade- 15 Students (2 full class
combined and only 15!!! J)- My mentor
teacher gives Pop Quizzes on Mondays to get everyone back into the school mode.
Students went over the quizzes, and they even pass their quizzes to a partner
and the whole class grades and discusses.
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The
students are going to have to present a talent next week, so I presented mine
to the class (I can do a cool snapping trick where one hand does one movement
and the other hand another.)
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You could tell it was Monday because the students
were a little more off task and had a lot of side conversations. My usually
lenient mentor teacher had to tell them to calm down and ask if things were
appropriate a few times.
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Sociology:
10th Graders- To start class off there were some technology
problems. The connection between the projector and computer wasn’t working. The
students read an online book out loud as a class so we had to get someone to
come in and fix the computers so that way we could have class.
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Students
were throwing out suggestions like ”Let’s play Apples to Apples, Watch a movie”
and kept trying to stall class. (Mondays are wild days here ;p and by wild I
mean a good day in a normal WV classroom.
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Students
all write in cursive and with calligraphy ink pens. They take extremely careful
and organized notes, pulling our rulers to make sure lines are straight.
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As students are reading we help out with
pronunciation, and everyone sits in the front row so the screen can be zoomed
in for everyone to see it.
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Watched a video clip from the movie STRIPES to
show examples of desocialization and socialization.
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World
History- 8th Grade- Watched the Vanessa Williams “Who do you
think you are?” about finding out about her family tree. They got a kick out of
how many times she said wow and over acted.
Tuesday:
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World
History 8th Graders- Students went over revolt and resistance
movements in Slavery. They also use a British source that is similar to what
they will be finding on their future huge test. Went over pronunciation and
reading more than content.
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They didn’t know about the word maroon, and
needed help with the difference between saying south and Southern.
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They still colored in pictures in their articles
when they are bored.
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They even analyzed a metaphoric quote!!! J
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They are
constantly encouraged to watch movies and have discussions about topics with
their parents.
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8th
and 11th graders need the most help with reading English.
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Got to discuss
WV and the civil war and why we split from Virginia!! J
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World
History 9th Graders- Since they are finishing up the WWII unit,
my mentor teacher asked them to come up with ideas of future topics (Modern
dictators was one) STUDENT choice AGAIN!! They continued reading about Mussolini
and Concentration Camps
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Found out
about the Strasbourg region during WWII. The men in this area were forced to
fight with Germany and kill their fellow French citizens. Germans had a strong
base here that Americans had to break down the outer wall of the city in order
to liberate the French people here.
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Individual
Development (PSYC) 11th graders- Students had a fun day of watching
the John Nash and Paranoid schizophrenia documentary.
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL J
Thursday:
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Sociology
10 graders- Students reviewed for the exam they are having this upcoming
Monday. The first did a quick vocab review worksheet and then we play a game!
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Baseball
Review Game: The 2 Teams (Smurfs and Jelly Bellies) had to set a batting order,
certain questions were worth bases! 1 base (true or false questions), 2(multiple
choice questions) or 3 base (open ended explanations) options.
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Some Grammar mistakes: Wright instead of rights
(combined write and rights) and Thought instead of Taught.
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All students have to have assignments turned in around
the same time because where the class is so small there isn’t room to fall
behind or change things for one student.
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Students
are GRADE GRABBERS HERE! They are all for their points.
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They also didn’t know how to draw a baseball
diamond :p John had to take over.
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Exploring
Internationalism- 11th Graders: The 11th graders had a
huge discussion about what courses should be offered next year for them. They
were all for having more classes designed to teaching them how to pass the Bachelorette
exam.
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They continued to watch their FRANK talks (TED
Talks inspired ) and critiquing themselves and their peers. Peers provided
great feedback and didn’t only say this is good!
Friday: (NO school
for John, Corinthia, and me we were heading to Munich, Germany!)
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