We discussed the results of the "survey" from yesterday and I detailed for them what to expect next semester and also encouraged them strongly to come in for help during advisory on any skills for which they want a new and different lesson/tutorial from me! ; ) We also discussed that Socratic Discussion, Context/Lens, and most especially the Curiosity Research are the skills that are a bit less dependent on intellectual developmental stages, and thus, spots where kids can choose to go above and beyond to boost their grade. We then spent considerable time on the skill of writing -- several notes of feedback to the whole class with discussion, an "editing instructions page" to use on the "Colonialism" papers, and then those papers with large amounts of individualized feedback were returned to the students. Time was provided to edit the papers and to ask questions -- continue with this over break, as it will put you in good shape for the "Revolutionary" papers that we will do in that first week back (that will replace the Colonialism essays). I also provided the pages of study guide for the Constitution portions of the final exam. The rest of the study guide (for the Revolutionary Era) will be provided immediately after break.
