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Hi Carly! Good post – very interesting. Question: are the answers to the questions supposed to be accurate about the student behind the sheet/jacket/flag, or are the answers meant to create a fictional character? Or are the answers a combination of reality and creative character building?
Hey Don! In my opinion they could be accurate but it would be more fun if they were fictional or a combo of real and imagined. For example, our character in Daniel’s lesson was Princess Kate, she was tall and beautiful. We didn’t get too far from reality, because Jaclyn was our actor and she is tall and beautiful 🙂 But if, for example, the character is a one legged dog, how funny would it be to do a reveal and have the student hopping on one leg and barking? I haven’t tried it yet, but I bet it would be funny!
Hi Carly,
So great to be back on here – I have been MIA as well, too much going on this summer :-).
I, too, am fascinated by this way of setting up a character and my question is along the same lines: If the class decides on all these different traits for the character and then the person steps out from behind the sheet looking completely different, is that going to be an issue? Or will everyone be so invested in the looks/personality of the character by then that it really doesn’t matter what he/she looks like in reality?
Thanks, btw, for this great description! So jealous that you got to go to Agen ;-). We have to set up another meeting soon so you can tell us all about it!!!!
Brigitte AND Carly AND David AND James are back in the house! Yea! It’s like old times!
Yoohoo! I missed you all so much – it’s great to be back. Now, all I have to do is catch up :-).
By the way, on a completely unrelated note, some of you might remember how I was freaking out around this time of year because I had (was allowed) to teach AP for the first time. I was all worried that I would not get the students where they needed to be by using all the CI strategies I had learned and used with my lower levels. Well, I just continued doing what I was always doing, talking to the kids about things that interested them, finding current events on the internet that related to their lives, make stories about those things, write about them, etc. – you all know how it goes. Anyway, the kids totally rocked the AP exam!!!!! Granted, nobody got a 5 (which is really not an easy feat anyway), but more than half the class got 4s, almost half 3s, and only one student each scored a 1 and 2 respectively. To say that my supervisor, principal, and superintendent were pleased is an understatement :-).
So, I’m back teaching AP again this year. However, I am feeling much more confident knowing that I will be able to give the kids what they need (and want!!!!). Of course, I could not have done it without the encouragement and wise advice from everyone on the blog. DANKE!!!
Nice to hear this!
Yay! This is fantastic news 🙂 You rock!
Wow!