7th hour finished the last 5 minutes of "Guns, Germs, & Steel." In all hours we discussed some key points from the last segment of viewing, my CQ research about "why not the middle eastern empires?" and news of a malaria vaccine currently in pilot in three African countries. (See a reliable classmate for those notes.) The Unit-Closure Work Page was provided along with time for students to work collaboratively on it -- finish for homework as needed. Lastly, the Empires unit writing was returned and discussed; there is deliberately less feedback on them than all of the previous writings because we are at the point when any student who has not yet increased their writing performance to the point they want will benefit from a one-on-one talk-through of their writing with me; I'd love to work with the students on their writing during Advisory! The end-of-unit writing for our "Modern Europe" writing is a choice -- students wanting another shot at this skill should use the instructions in Google Classroom and have the writing ready to turn in by the start of class Monday (hard copy printout AND turnitin.com).
