February 16, 2016
Day 233 as an Oklahoma Teacher
This week, my students are working on independent work and group discussions. They chose either a literature path, a career/college path, or the project path to follow. They checked out books to read, so here is the schedule: read the books for two days, discuss the books on Thursday, and then work on the senior project on Friday. Next, week, the seniors will learn how to blog so that they can make connections, reflections, and opinions about what they read. For the senior project, they will either work on the advertisements, the speech outline, and the presentation using some kind of technology.
Discussing, reflecting, and writing are the three ideas that will be repeated this semester.
The AP class will act out The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. This week we will go through Act I, watch Act I of the Elizabeth Taylor movie, and rewrite the Act using modern day language and ideas. Each week will be a repetition until the rewritten play is complete. The students will also work on sets, decorations, and practice AP multiple-choice tests and essays. This idea should be interesting; I can't wait to see the ideas that they come up with for this assignment. I want them to act out the play around Shakespeare's birthday, the third week in April. For my smaller AP class of seven, these students will just rewrite scenes to practice this skill.
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