Well another double period has come and gone.
This was a fairly busy double because we covered a lot of material. Together we established much needed expectations for work – both at home and in class. We decided that completing homework was pretty important, but homework shouldn’t be too onerous or complex. Fun homework would be more effective as a motivator than un-fun homework. That being said, it was agreed that a failure to complete homework three times in a term would result in a letter of concern. No one wants one of those, so we’ll all work together to make sure homework is complete.
I then showed you this blog and spoke about the importance of keeping a written record of your developing understanding of the concept ‘belonging’ … and further on keeping a record of your learning in English as a whole. The challenge you were given is to create your own personal blog (that will be linked to this one via the blog roll over there —>) – this is the first piece of Year 12 English homework. Let’s see how many do it!
This blog is designed as a place where I will keep a record of what happened in class, and provide you with a bit of a summary of the key learning that *should* have occurred.
After all of this *fun* teacher-centred stuff, you worked in small groups to create a mini-presentation of your understanding of belonging. You were asked to provide real-world and literary examples. Following the presentations – which were very funny – I created a list of key concept words and created a ‘Belonging Wall’ for our classroom. This will be complimented with a wallwisher ‘online’ wall.
Here is an image of our Belonging Wall in Week One:
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