Sheehy English 9

And here ends our first unit of study.

Before we move on, I’d like you to pause a moment and consider what you learned. Peek at the unit’s webpage if you need to revive your memory, and then explain where you learned things.

Realize that when you’re looking to explain what you learn, you should not consider only the material I as a teacher explained in a lecture. You may have learned something from a classmate (say, how to use Power Point better), you may have learned something about reading (maybe a strategy about how to pay attention), and you may have learned something about yourself (for example, how well you can explain what you read). The list can go on.

Basically, what I’m looking for you to do is think back on the last month and explain how you are different now than you were at the beginning of the unit. Take some time to think about it and articulate your thoughts as best as you can. Try to reach between 7 and 10 sentences.

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Original image: ‘A True Story – June 2007 – PHOTO 10‘ by: Ron

When you finish the story, please react to it in a blog entry. Consider addressing the following types of questions:

• What is your immediate reaction to the story?
• Were you surprised at all by the ending?
• Did you find anything confusing?
• How did you feel about the characters? Did you like them or find them intriguing?
• Would you have changed anything about the story?
• What was the most intense part of the story? What made it intense?
• Would you recommend the story to anyone? To whom?

Make your article about 10 sentences, and please include a link back to this blog article.

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Original image: ‘Tarzan Vines‘ by: Aga

Describe the team story activity. What was difficult about taking over someone else’s story? What kinds of restrictions did you have as you wrote? What did you notice happened to your story? How do you feel about the direction your story took? Do you agree with that direction, or does it seem like it got worse than you imagined? If you’d like, post your story to your blog beneath your reflection.

Please make your reflection 7-10 sentences long.

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Original image: ‘to lose you.‘ By: Aleks Schürmer

We begin the year with blogs (using Learnerblogs), and we’ll use them throughout the year. But here I’ve started you on a blog in the first days of school, and I haven’t even explained what they are!

So I want you to begin by telling me what you think about all this – before I even really explain all this at all. Use the questions below to fuel your writing about the beginning of the year.

• What is a blog?
• Where have you ever heard of blogs?
• How comfortable are you with computers?
• What kinds of things do you do with computers typically?
• What is your opinion of writing?
• What kind of writing do you like to do?
• Why are people so concerned about kids’ safety when they’re using the Internet?
• Is the Internet dangerous?
• What do your peers generally do with computers and the Internet?
• What do you think/how do you feel about the year ahead, knowing that you will be using a blog a lot in English class?

Write this reflective paragraph to give me a feel for how you feel today. Make it at least 10 sentences, but for high quality reflection, I’d like to see 12.