1/8/2015 – A

We finished doing Peanut Butter Jelly Time today! I have to say First Block that I have NEVER had a class that worked so diligently on this as you guys did today. I really mean it. Block 2, I sent you all a video that I made earlier in the year for a review from when I was absent. You can watch it over the weekend if you’d like, but I will be going over MY pictures on Monday before our quiz.

Afterwards, we did a Gallery Walk. That means in YOUR group, ONE person stayed with the poster to teach the students from the other groups and the rest of the group wandered over to the OTHER groups to hear. There are a few reasons we did the Gallery Walk, even though a few people found it repetitive.

  1. It *is* repetitive – the more you hear it, the more likely you’ll remember it for the quiz.
  2. If you had a group member who didn’t do a very good job, this gives you opportunity to fill in the gaps from the other groups.
  3. If gives you the opportunity to see how other people interpreted the information. Greg did a great job with this – I have never seen the pictures he drew to represent the facts from his passages.

Then, we talked about geography for a bit. If you missed today, go to Beowulf < Peanut Butter Jelly Time, to see a blank copy of the map. You can print this out and fill it in. Here is a completed map:

Map of British Isles

If you fill this map out, you can use it on the final exam. There are about 5 final exam questions just over this map! So keep this in your folder. Remember: anything we do in class can be used on the final exam!

Remember – your middle finger is for Ireland !

1/22/2015 – A

I love it when my students are motivated and I don’t have to babysit!

We started the day out by finishing our picture notes and trying on chain mail. Here are some of the best of the day!

Here is First Block!

Smug Garrett

Smug Garrett

Coy Kami

Coy Kami

Kami Attacks!

Kami Attacks!

Daniel is fascinated by the seagull!

Michael helps fend off the seagull.

Michael helps fend off the seagull.

Daniel is proud after he vanquished the seagull.

Daniel is proud after he vanquished the seagull.

Second Block

Louis started out very somber...

Louis started out very somber…

But he soon became a Viking!

But he soon became a Viking!

Jalen Ferocious

Jalen is fierce!

He tried to attack Esmerelda, but I think he just her a hug instead. Vistas Vikings are huggers.

He tried to attack Esmeralda, but I think he just her a hug instead. Vistas Vikings are huggers.

He did end up getting stuck, though...

He did end up getting stuck, though. I think he looked like a little sausage kolache!

He needed some help.

He needed some lots of help. Thank goodness for Sergio and Louis!

Then, we did a Gallery Walk. That means in YOUR group, ONE person stayed with the poster to teach the students from the other groups and the rest of the group wandered over to the OTHER groups to hear. There are a few reasons we did the Gallery Walk, even though a few people found it repetitive.

  1. It *is* repetitive – the more you hear it, the more likely you’ll remember it for the quiz.
  2. If you had a group member who didn’t do a very good job, this gives you opportunity to fill in the gaps from the other groups.

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We did a Word Storm of important vocabulary words that will be used for an activity tomorrow (and you can use on the final exam). If you weren’t here for this, get the words from a buddy or copy them down from here.

word stormSee you tomorrow!

8/29/13 – A

We started out class today meeting with our Peanut Butter Jelly Time members. We taught each other what are pictures were and what they were supposed to represent. We also did a gallery walk to check out the other posters that were done.

During the group teach, we wrote down important words on the Word Storm to use on the quiz and on the final.

Sadly, we got into a scuffle with a small child and ended up having to pay wergild for his demise. Wergild literally means man payment,  but we don’t have any money, we were given the chance to take this quiz to prove we respected their culture.

Then, we took a quiz with our group members, You can use each other as resources, you can use your picture notes, you can use your text, and you can even use the internet. Notice that the last question is worth six points while all of the others are worth only 1 point. Spend some time on that last question.