Monday, October 1, 2012
It was great meeting all of you today. I'm not sure what you were thinking about when I had you write down so many things on the first day of class. I hope your thoughts were pleasant ones. Those thoughts might have changed when I asked you to stand up and meet your classmates. You should have seen the expression on some of your faces. Once you walked around and met your peers (at least five), I asked you to write a reflection on the activity. As I walked around, I was reading some of your entries. Most of you enjoyed the activity; some one wrote how finding classmates with similarities broke the tension of the first day of class. Nice :)
We then moved on to finding out about this 12-week mini-term. The course's syllabus was handed out and reviewed. Many things were learned. One of the favorites was the issue with cell phones. Everyone likes that one. Another thing that was discussed in depth was the reading lab assignments. Thanks to Miguel and his superlative acting skills, we created a mock reading lab. It's all about two stamps per day, due date, assignments (in lab and online). Any questions? Bring them to class on Wednesday.
A new term for many was introduced: annotating. Rolando shared with us his knowledge on this reading/writing strategy that helps many readers stay focus and comprehend what they read. Your homework involves annotating. Check out the calendar for details.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Passive or Active? Which type of learner are you? After creating a chart on the board (and in your notebooks) showing several differences of each type of learner, passive and active, I asked you which do you think you are. Many of you were honest to say passive. It happens all the time. We saw and spoke about how being passive doesn't help much in just about anything. You want to be active to see great results! One way of being an active learner is to annotate the text, have a conversation with the author. You want to have a dialogue not a monologue, ask questions, be involved, and stay focused.
Keeping an organized notebook will also help you stay focused. The first few pages in your notebook was dedicated to a Table of Contents. Today you added your first Table of Contents entry along with your first entry page. Remember that one of the keys to success is being organized.
In your notebook, you might want to create a pocket to further help you in organizing it since many spiral bound notebooks do not have pockets. In that pocket, you might want to keep your reading syllabus lab (blue form) for easy access. You saw how important that blue reading lab syllabus is as Sharokina explained in the orientation this morning. If you have any questions regarding the lab, please come with them to class on Friday.
It was great meeting all of you today. I'm not sure what you were thinking about when I had you write down so many things on the first day of class. I hope your thoughts were pleasant ones. Those thoughts might have changed when I asked you to stand up and meet your classmates. You should have seen the expression on some of your faces. Once you walked around and met your peers (at least five), I asked you to write a reflection on the activity. As I walked around, I was reading some of your entries. Most of you enjoyed the activity; some one wrote how finding classmates with similarities broke the tension of the first day of class. Nice :)
We then moved on to finding out about this 12-week mini-term. The course's syllabus was handed out and reviewed. Many things were learned. One of the favorites was the issue with cell phones. Everyone likes that one. Another thing that was discussed in depth was the reading lab assignments. Thanks to Miguel and his superlative acting skills, we created a mock reading lab. It's all about two stamps per day, due date, assignments (in lab and online). Any questions? Bring them to class on Wednesday.
A new term for many was introduced: annotating. Rolando shared with us his knowledge on this reading/writing strategy that helps many readers stay focus and comprehend what they read. Your homework involves annotating. Check out the calendar for details.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Passive or Active? Which type of learner are you? After creating a chart on the board (and in your notebooks) showing several differences of each type of learner, passive and active, I asked you which do you think you are. Many of you were honest to say passive. It happens all the time. We saw and spoke about how being passive doesn't help much in just about anything. You want to be active to see great results! One way of being an active learner is to annotate the text, have a conversation with the author. You want to have a dialogue not a monologue, ask questions, be involved, and stay focused.
Keeping an organized notebook will also help you stay focused. The first few pages in your notebook was dedicated to a Table of Contents. Today you added your first Table of Contents entry along with your first entry page. Remember that one of the keys to success is being organized.
In your notebook, you might want to create a pocket to further help you in organizing it since many spiral bound notebooks do not have pockets. In that pocket, you might want to keep your reading syllabus lab (blue form) for easy access. You saw how important that blue reading lab syllabus is as Sharokina explained in the orientation this morning. If you have any questions regarding the lab, please come with them to class on Friday.
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