Class today was a little crazy. There was a bus, a bus crash, people wearing banana peels as clothes... Intense. I'll let the students tell you about it, if they want to. Hopefully in the next couple of days, I'll have the time to tell you what's going on, and why. (You could always search the blog for posts related to "Banananovia," but that may spoil the ending for the students... if they care...)
Maybe you heard that the first presidential debate is on tonight. This is true. For bellwork today, I asked the students to name the two main parties, and who was running from each. Then, I had them write down as many policy positions as they could for each candidate.
Then, when we were going over it, before we got to the policy position questions, I asked a question that I hadn't written down. Do you have strong feelings -either for or against - either of the candidates. I had the students hold up 1 finger if they didn't really care either way, or 5 fingers if they had REALLY strong feelings.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, many students held up 5 fingers. But when asked about policy positions, they held up 1 - meaning they didn't know any.
Well, tonight students may earn extra credit by watching the first presidential debate. It's late, so they can earn the extra credit if they only watch 30 minutes. They have to tell me how long they watched, what was discussed during the time they watched, and what they think about it.
Parents are encouraged to write their thoughts as well, or at least discuss them, but this is not necessary in order to earn the extra credit.
Make sure your name is on it, and turn it in tomorrow.
...And be ready for Banananovia Part II.
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