Review of class meeting 0423

We began our second project on April 16 by gathering the information about “The Drops of Life.” On April 23, we started the meeting by doing the writing book (Exercise Five: Conclusions) and learned ways to end a paragraph. Then, we moved on to the new words and phrases in the play. You were given time to work on the tasks (gussing the meaning from the sentences and looking up the words on the Internet). After working on the vocabulary worksheet, we read through the play line by line. The activity gave us a chance to know more about the story and to get familiar with the new words/phrases.

Since the main theme of “The Drops of Life” is about tree-planting and cooperation, I think it a good idea to know more plants in our life. Therefore, while preparing the play, we would also have different activities centering on the theme. That’s why I design a worksheet with an acitivity named Plants in Our Life. We didn’t have time to go into the details but you were asked to draw a world without any plants. Most of you did a great job. I’ll post some of the drawings after processing the images.

Please revise the interview report: stories in my family

Dear students,

While I enjoy all your stories, I have to remind you again to check the errors in your writing and revise the stories if necessary. In our last meeting, each of you received three reveiw sheets, two from your peers and one from me. Please look through the comments very carefully so as to make your writing mistake-free. If you still need help, please write to me and then I can give you more suggestions. When your work is done, don’t forget to upload the revised story to IEARN. The Kindred Project would appreciate your efforts.

0409 Editing the stories

Dear students,

At our next meeting on April 9, we’ll are going to edit your interview drafts. The process includes self-editing and peer-editing. You need revise the stories according to the feedback you gain from your classmates.  After that, it’s time to upload your story to your blog and then to IEARN. I hope there will be time for your oral sharing of the stories. If not, we’ll do that on April 16. See you soon.

work after mid-terms

Dear students,

Some of you followed the schedule and have completed the interview while the others might need more time for the task. Those completed work (the first draft), which has been sent to me via e-mail, is highly appreciated. If you need a couple of days’ extension on your first draft, please make sure to finish it and send it to me by April 8.

After mid-terms, we’ll have a four-day vacation. During this vacation, please reflect on the interview process and post your reflection in your blog. Here comes a list of questions that you can refer to when you recall your intewview:

1. Did the interview go as you expected or planned? If not, how did you deal with it?
2. Did you encounter any difficulty when you organized your materials from the interview? If yes, how did you overcome it?
3. How did you feel about the interview? Were you satisfied? Is there anything that you would like to change for improvement?
4. How did the interviewee feel about the interview? Was she/he happy to be interviewed? Did she/he share more than you asked?

Of course, these questions are only for your reference. You can come up with your own ideas about the interview. I’m looking forward to your sharing.