Today was a short day because of collaborative planning. Today was meant to connect the work we've been doing in class to the two active days we'll be having on Thursday and Friday. We started with a reminder to use this website and this blog to keep track of the sometimes chaotic nature of the course as we balance work done outside of the class with reading and writing tasks completed in the school. We spent 10 minutes reading Thomas King's essay "You'll Never Believe What Happened" and taking notes that connects the essay to big themes in the course.
Then students wrote down one question that they had about the essay (something that confused them or that they wondered about). These questions will be used to start class on Monday when we are back in the school.
Two key themes we have been focusing on this week are:
A. The importance of exposure to other perspectives and beliefs from our own.
B. The value of storytelling
Both themes will link directly to our activities on Thursday and Friday.
Students did a quick partner activity where they had to talk continuously for one minute to a partner and then listen for one minute. This is an introduction to our work on oral storytelling.
Ms. Searcy gave an example of an oral story by telling about her salmon mug.
We started watching "The Danger of a Single Story" TED talk again but ran out of time. We'll finish watching it on Monday.
Reminder: We are going to the En'owkin centre tomorrow so please be on time for class. There is no need to have any special clothing/footwear.
Then students wrote down one question that they had about the essay (something that confused them or that they wondered about). These questions will be used to start class on Monday when we are back in the school.
Two key themes we have been focusing on this week are:
A. The importance of exposure to other perspectives and beliefs from our own.
B. The value of storytelling
Both themes will link directly to our activities on Thursday and Friday.
Students did a quick partner activity where they had to talk continuously for one minute to a partner and then listen for one minute. This is an introduction to our work on oral storytelling.
Ms. Searcy gave an example of an oral story by telling about her salmon mug.
We started watching "The Danger of a Single Story" TED talk again but ran out of time. We'll finish watching it on Monday.
Reminder: We are going to the En'owkin centre tomorrow so please be on time for class. There is no need to have any special clothing/footwear.