9th Grade - Freshmen had their first vocab quiz for the mythology unit, and we also started working on the Greek Gods Poster Project in the library.
For the vocab quiz - this has demonstrated that students definitely need to be STUDYING their vocab more than they have been. The students that actually reviewed the words the day before did really well. Those that left their notes in class . . . did not. Something to think about for the next round.
With the library project - the first day was spent getting some of the background information on student's specific gods. In class tomorrow, we will discuss exactly what information is expected in a summary, so the primary goal will be to have TWO MYTHS found that you plan on using.
10th Grade - Sophomores also had their first vocab quiz for the TKAM unit, which had similar scores to the freshmen class - those that mentioned studying the day before did very well, and those that left their notes in class did not.
As a result, I believe I'm going to start grading notebooks at the end of the week . . .
We also discussed the last several chapters of TKAM, to make sure that everyone is understanding the plot and catching some of the subtleties in the writing. The way I presented this to students - if we are going to have a class conversation over the content of the story, I expect EVERYONE to be able to contribute to the discussion. If it is clear that everyone has read (either by demonstrating knowledge of what has occurred, or asking specific questions if students do not understand), then it is less likely that we will have regular quizzes over the reading.
On the other hand, if class discussions are clearly carried by a small group of students, then we will have to have reading quizzes to provide accountability.
HOMEWORK - Read CH 7 and 8, turn in Presentation Summaries (late, zero credit if not in by Friday).
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