Learning Log - January 30, 2012

Learning Log for January 30, 2012

Hello everyone! I know it’s kind of late. You probably all know that this is Trevor’s day to post just like we discussed in class, but due to unforeseen reasons (Trevor being at his grandparents’ house) I will post instead... and we will sort this out later.

What We Did Today

Today started out as a very confusing day. By this I mean walking through the halls on the way to Humanities only to have my bag pulled by William. He then told me that class was in the library and that Ms. Lees had just told him. To be honest, I wasn’t sure whether to believe him or not but I just went anyways. In the library we were all milling around trying to decide whether it was the right thing to have trusted William. But, he was right so everything was good.

We settled down at our tables in our blog groups and discovered that we would again be critiquing our blog posts with a partner (who could, this time be from another group).

We filled out a group sheet which consisted of our past goals and if we had or hadn’t met them at this point in time. After setting 3 more goals to accomplish in time for mid-February we split up into partners to critique our individual blog posts.

It took about half an hour to forty-five minutes for most of the class to finish up analyzing two posts for each partner. After we had finished we headed back to our table to say our farewells, although it wasn’t as sad as it sounds ;)

Why We Did It

We had to look at our blog posts again to constantly monitor the quality that we are putting out. Keeping consistent and improving is really the trend you want to see as you keep writing.

We’ve also said this many times but it won’t hurt to say it again. Working together, whether it is in a big group or small group, helps to improve your social skills. Being able to get along with many different people is totally helpful as you get older and start to interact. Getting a job, and making acquaintances wherever you go can prove useful in the near future. Especially now since people are talking less and texting more, it’s easier to make a good impression on someone who is more used to hurling words through cyberspace, than through air and straight to somebody’s ears.

Connections and Reflections

I think I’ve pretty much covered the reflections in the “Why We Did It” section so I’ll just do reflections.

Today I saw how much I need to improve in my writing! I need to watch out for my occasional typo and read through everything I’ve written before I post it. And I have to watch the tone that I use when I post. It’s a bit casual.

Homework Tips and Reminders

© I’m sure that you have all finished your Chapter One and Two questions for There Will Be Wolves. If not you can find them here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CdvCf34RMshmw1UTrkxT3xn3gsTv-uCI2ws1RJzhxPM/edit?pli=1

Ii it doesn’t automatically link (it should!) then just copy and paste. My apologies because I’m not really a person who’s good with computers.

© We are presenting our webs tomorrow so you just might want to think about what you learned from your book (Sword Of The Rightful King, Crispin, The Samurai’s Tale, etc.) and what you learned from working in groups.

© If you need to, refresh your memory by watching the shopping cart video. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM

See you all tomorrow! I think we can keep the schedule the same but Trevor and I can switch days. We’ll talk more about it tomorrow.

Tomorrow our dear friend Shanese will be posting an extravagant Learning Log so don’t miss it!

*Shanese if you can’t post just tell us somehow and we’ll arrange for someone to post for you!*