Today, students watched the show and wrote down the classroom rules that they thought I was trying to convey. Their often creative interpretations reminded me that what is "obvious" to an adult might suggest a totally different meaning to a teen.
Image #1
My rule: Pay attentionTheir take:
Pay attention
Listen to others when they are speaking
Don't speak out of turn
Image #2
My rule: Respect your teacherTheir take:
Listen to the teacher
No yelling - pay attention
Be nice
Be respectful
This is a good class
Listen, raise your hand, pay attention
Be quiet and pay attention
Follow the rules
Image #3
My rule: Respect your school/classroomTheir take:
Don't make messes
Keep class clean
Clean up
Don't litter
Image #4
My rule: Contribute to group work - collaborateTheir take:
Participate
Work together
Help each other
Share
Teamwork
Diversity
Image #5
My rule: Bullying will not be toleratedTheir take:
Don't ridicule others
Be caring
Don't pick on people
Don't laugh at others
People you are mean to are like you
Image #6
My rule: Be on time for classTheir take:
Use time wisely
Don't be late
Buy a watch
Don't waste time
Time is in your hands
Image #7
My rule: Come with the tools you need to workTheir take:
Come prepared
Have utensils
Be prepared - bring materials
Have pens or pencil
Image #8
My rule: Complete your workTheir take:
Finish all work
Work hard
Get your work done
Don't cheat
Don't copy work
No note passing
Image #9
My rule: Respect yourself (by doing your best)Their take:
Be nice
Peacocks are beautiful (Beauty is feather deep)
Be beautiful
Stand out in a good way
Stand up, look beautiful
Express yourself
Image #10
My rule: Have funTheir take:
Keep clean
Enjoy yourself
Have fun and be clean
Clean up
Be sure to bathe
Which of their responses caught your eye or made you think?
All image citations found on Slide 12
9 comments:
Thank you for sharing! My favorite interpretations are "diversity" for slide number 4 and "be sure to bathe" for the last slide. Slide 4 represents teamwork and contributing to the team, and you usually get great results when the team is diverse! And the last one just makes me smile. :)
I think your students ideas for the last slide were the best. Obviously some of them have personal hygiene on their minds. :-)
I agree that my students were wonderfully creative.
Next step is to work to choose & refine the rules (maximum of 10, I think), then have them sign.
We can revisit the exercise if there are any issues as the class proceeds.
And ben, I'll bet some of them were also referring to "clean" language!
Diane, this is so fabulous! I was inspired by you and have put together my own ppt which I will share when I get my students' input.
I hope to use the process to help them explore group brainstorming--I hope the answers they come up with are as thoughtful and creative as your students' suggestions.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks, Jan! It will be fun to see what your students come up with.
Yesterday I posted a collection of sites that deal with preventing PowerPoint bulleted agony.
http://tinyurl.com/6s79wc
Kapp's Avoiding Death by PowerPoint offers some ideas on incorporating both images and text in an effective presentation.
I love "be sure to bathe". SO cute.
What grade were these kids?
Talia,
The students are in grades 9-12. When they talk about bathing, they have specific classmates in mind, usually!
Some of them might also be referring to my admonitions to use "school appropriate" or "clean" language.
I enjoyed this post thanks for sharing
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