Well, it had to be done! Since I've been going on so much about it with my students, I had to walk the talk and give us all something to share - especially since I'm hoping loads of you will come on board. Well done to Farah Rashdan for being ahead of us all maashaa'Allaah! You never fail to surprise me - please make sure the surprises remain pleasant; I enjoy it so much more that way ;)
Today was constructive - discussing 'title writing' with grade 10 brought out some interesting pieces from the net. The students had to read through various online publications and collect 10 to 12 titles. We went through some of them and discussed whether they were 'dull' or 'interesting' and that was really funny at times. The objective was to recognise what made them effective and engaging to reader.
With grade 9, I had to go over the reasons we learn the way we do as I'm still facing (some - albeit few!) negative comments about the 'research' and 'peer correction' approaches. Most students are generally happy with it but understandably, in a region where learning is approached totally differently, these methods are not necessarily understood. But it's okay, I'm sure in time, they'll all recognise the positive effects they have on their overall learning skills and results.
Grade 9A are all fired up by their projects - and I must admit I am too! They've started a fundraising campaign 'Sponsor the education of a Gambian Orphan' which seems to be going great already. More on that as it develops.
Grade 9B are also excited about their project - a Poetry Jam to be performed in the school theatre in a few weeks. Again, more about this in later posts.
I'm going to try and post a link of random information on every entry/post ('post' is the correct Blogging term!) - today I came across this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1hqHo6lyUU&feature=share - please let me know what you think!!
Well until next time, take care and... don't forget to do your homework!
Today was constructive - discussing 'title writing' with grade 10 brought out some interesting pieces from the net. The students had to read through various online publications and collect 10 to 12 titles. We went through some of them and discussed whether they were 'dull' or 'interesting' and that was really funny at times. The objective was to recognise what made them effective and engaging to reader.
With grade 9, I had to go over the reasons we learn the way we do as I'm still facing (some - albeit few!) negative comments about the 'research' and 'peer correction' approaches. Most students are generally happy with it but understandably, in a region where learning is approached totally differently, these methods are not necessarily understood. But it's okay, I'm sure in time, they'll all recognise the positive effects they have on their overall learning skills and results.
Grade 9A are all fired up by their projects - and I must admit I am too! They've started a fundraising campaign 'Sponsor the education of a Gambian Orphan' which seems to be going great already. More on that as it develops.
Grade 9B are also excited about their project - a Poetry Jam to be performed in the school theatre in a few weeks. Again, more about this in later posts.
I'm going to try and post a link of random information on every entry/post ('post' is the correct Blogging term!) - today I came across this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1hqHo6lyUU&feature=share - please let me know what you think!!
Well until next time, take care and... don't forget to do your homework!
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