Third Meeting:March 31st

Hello everyone!

Our reading assignment for this week is Chapter 2 (p. 29-62). Please have your responses posted by tuesdayat midnight! :) (Let me know if you have any problems)

The job assignments are as follows:
Discussion Director: Danielle
Notetaker: Emily
Connector: Lutvija
Summarizer: Jennifer

Hello Ladies!

So I finally found out how to work this new fangled technology. Our discussion tonight focused on the following topics:

1. Nontraditional texts - We mentioned a lot about the Titanic, poetry, fiction, etc. and how it was used in the classroom.
2. Meaningful and memorable contexts - There was a small discussion about how to get students engaged, by bridging students lives and our content.
3. Strategies - We found some similarities between our book club and our text book. There was also some connection to our CPD's.
4. BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE!!! (WOO HOO)
5. The strategies that were in the first chapter received some cool and warm feedback from the group. We disliked some because they didn't seem to work well in a high school classroom setting.
6. K/W/L Chart - love it or hate it? Emily also mentioned how she thought of Jen's (me!) microteaching and whether it would've worked as well in a real classroom instead of a small group of nervous TCH students.
7. Are there boundaries of creativity? Here's the fun part, we brought back the Titanic topic! There was some good questions about whether we would really spend that much time on this unit, how we could implement such an activity in a smaller/ more compact unit, and also whether smaller units deserve some of the "fun stuff" also.

The Titanic was Alyx V. approved. Have a wonderful Spring Break ladies! That is all. ;)

First Reading Response

Hey guys!

Sorry for being so late, I did not think about adding another post for us to tag our responses onto.

So, here it is. Please post as close to Tuesday at midnight as possible to help our Discussion Director in having plenty of time to prepare for Thursday's book club meeting.

Thanks!! :)