Greetings everyone!
We had a stupendous final day of Writing 1 at CHAT for the 2024-25 school year. We have covered so much over the course of the year, that our heads are full; but the weeks go by so quickly that it seems hard to think that we're at the end.
As the culminating event, students have been working towards staging our class Poetry Event. They all had a role to play on on a committee and they worked collaboratively to make this event a success. I am proud of the way they communicated, split up the work and let their talents shine as they organized and then performed their poetic pieces. Though I know that some students do not enjoy poetry, I appreciated their good attitudes and risk-taking–even the ones who do not enjoy performing. I am proud of you all!
The stage was set, the refreshments ready and the decorations were amazing!! Thank you all for working so hard at putting this all together. It really made it special!
After a short class business meeting, then we were ready to begin. In the pre-round, all students performed the poem they have memorized this semester “The Jabberwocky.” Students who could recite it without looking at the poem received extra credit! After that, Using the beautiful student designed program our dynamic Emcee duo of Trace and Zac took charge and explained the judging criteria and the flow of the event. A panel of judges used a scoring system to evaluate the poem and the delivery style–and though it was difficult, they did come up with the top three performances. After a tie-breaker for third place, the winners were announced:
Congratulations to:
3rd place: Louisa
2nd place: Lilabeth
1st place: Lyla
Please watch Google Classroom for a link to the photo album from this event. Thanks to Lyla for putting that together!
Now that it is all over, I want to let you know that I am working on getting all the grading finished. I have given students until tonight–Friday (May 8) @ 11:59 PM to hand any work in. Final Grades will be out sometime next week. If for some reason that won't work, please contact me. Look for two emails from me: one that explains how I grade and then the grades themselves. In the meantime, you can look at Google Classroom to get a pretty good idea of what work is missing. (Heads up: your grade may appear higher on GC than it is especially if you are missing a lot of assignments! Remember that Google Classroom doesn't default those missing scores to zeros. That’s what happens in the grading program I use).
This has been a great year with these students. They're bright and engaging, and they've worked hard this year. I look forward to working with some of them again in Writing 2!
Blessings,
Mrs. G
