Burning questions were in short supply today so we forged ahead with our action-packed agenda.  It included…

Administrivia

Insert “laundry list” of items here.  Dave and I spoke about the following:

• • Disability Letter
  • Religious Observances Letter
  • Getting your CWL & CMS account set up
  • This Middle Years blog and its URL (which you already have or you couldn’t read this :] )
  • E-Coaching
  • TEO website and publications
  • Purchasing the EDUC 310 Reading Package at the bookstore
  • Buying a 2GB- 4GB flash drive to hold videos from class

Four-Corner Name Tags

We gave you some time to design a Four-Corner Name Tag to help everyone get to know you as quickly as possible.  In addition to your name, the name tag included – as far as I can recollect – an image related to:

• your favourite drink
• a hobby / favourite activity
• place you’ve visited or would like too
• your favourite snack [Thanks to Will T. for reminding me of the 4th item – LH]

You can find a description of a slightly modified version of the Four-Corner Name Tag activity here.  You can find the coolest name tag ever below:

My Journey to the Middle

In an effort to get to give us some insight into your background, Dave presented you with a writing task, a Where I’m From Poem.  The first Where I’m From Poem was written by George Ella Lyon and it’s read here accompanied by moving images.  I found it on the interweb and I think it’s called a video clip.  Here goes…

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdnHl_yW1dQ&feature=related[/youtube]

After showing you the model, we engaged in some pre-writing in response to prompts and, ultimately, we each drafted our own Where I’m From Poem.  After 20 or so minutes, Dave and I collected to pieces to read as a “ticket out the door“.

That’s all the goodness we could fit into today’s proceedings.  We’ll see you next week.

– Lawrence