Clip Description
In this clip, I bring the mini-lesson to a close. I ask the students to record their responses to the question, "Why is this event important to me?" on the next blank page of their sourcebook.
Commentary
I went to the board and wrote what I had told students I wanted them to write on the next blank page of their sourcebook: why was this event important to me?
Transcript
| TEACHER: |
Okay. So now all of you have had this opportunity to think about why the event you selected was important. So when you go back to your seats, your job today is to get your source book out, go to the next blank page in your source book, just like I showed you that I did, and I want you to actually write why it was important. Okay, so you're not rewriting the whole story. I didn't tell you my whole jumping off the side and feeling nervous and falling and hitting my chin and the blood. We didn't talk about that, that we shared that story before. So you've written your brief already. Your focus needs to be on the why, why is it important. And I'd like you to write why it is important.
And if you do get that part done you can go back to your brief and you can start adding some more details onto it but you must first focus on the why, why is it important to you. Okay. Sharing with partners, all of that is fine and okay to do today too. So focus here first though, why, why, why? Why is it important to you? So I will be writing on the board why it's important, I'll be meeting with Jun and then I'll be coming around to conference with some of you all, so to checking with you and get it figured out. |
