It's hard to believe that we are on Day 13 of Fabrication! The finish line is quickly approaching and there is still so much to do. At the beginning of today's class, we spoke about our timelines and just how much time we have left.... 7 classes to be exact! But of those 7 classes, 1 is a special presentation, another is the Challenge Trade Fair, and the last one is going to be a celebration of our success! Eesh... This is going to fly by fast!
Students are busy working on various stages of the Challenges. Some are very close to completion, while others are a bit behind. Some students have admitted that they will need to do some work over the Christmas break in order to get caught up. Pretty typical of junior high students, wouldn't you agree! I just hope everyone is ready to go for the January 25th Challenge Fair!
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A student working on composing an original, Baroque inspired, song.
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Here are some important things coming up that I am pretty excited about:
Wednesday, December 16th - we will be working as a group to discuss what a good presentation looks like. I want to discuss things like presence, tone, word choice, posture, etc. We will create a rubric as a class to score presentations based on what we discuss in class. *This rubric will be used to grade each other's Challenges before the actual Fair!
Thursday, January 7th - we will have a special guest coming in! My close friend, Anne Harvey, is a project manager with the Abundant Community Initiative (ACI) and a Community Recreation Coordinator (CRC), both within The City of Edmonton. She has done some amazing work bringing neighborhoods closer together and supporting them in their efforts to build a stronger sense of connection. Anne will be presenting a talk for my ALC students, one that she often uses at conferences and for University classes. We will be using the rubric we created to assess Anne's presentation for content, but also her general presentation skills as an experienced presenter. Exciting stuff!!
Friday, January 15th - we will present our Challenges in small groups, using our rubric to grade each other and offer feedback. Students will then use this information to improve their Challenge and prepare themselves for the upcoming Challenge Trade Fair.
Monday, January 25th - Our Challenge Trade Fair!!! Students will be set up in the library from 1:00-4:00pm to finally showcase their hard work! We will be inviting other classes, staff, and parents to come check out our Challenges!
Again, I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by! Looking forward to seeing all of my student's hard work come to fruition in just over a month's time :)
