Block 3 doesn’t like cloze notes – I thought that by having a majority of the material already written down it would be easier to learn (and I wouldn’t have to write on the board as much) but they said it was difficult to keep up – maybe next time I will use an overhead so that they can see what should go in each blank. They said that a lot of the times they had to ask their neighbor what goes in each blank instead of listening to the lecture which got them further and further behind with the blanks.
They suggested that I try graphic organizers that way they can follow the power line in the House and the Senate.
I think that they were excited about Officer Pennycuff coming to class to talk, so when he didn’t show up they were really upset about that, which did not motivate them to pay attention to the lesson.
The students expressed some interest in group projects, so I will try and build more group activities into instructional time, but I think that they will like Model Congress.
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