WEEK FOURTEEN- Daily Log: Thursday, May 31, 2007

• I had a lot of fun working at my placement today because I got to do work both inside and outside of the classroom. My first job at my placement was to put together some french activity booklets for the grade seven students. I first I had to find the binder in the library, that contained the necessary activities. With the help of Mme. Mercer, I selected Activities A-F, as well as a vocabulary page. I then took the pages to the A.V. room where I would photocopy them back and front. Once I finished making the copies, I went back to the french room to sort them out into the booklets. Once I had them all sorted out, I stapled them and put them in the spot that Mme. Mercer had specified.


• My next job was to go in search of a song that Mme. Mercer wants to be presented at grad. Mme. Mercer found a copy, and I made ten photocopies of it. I then hole-punched them and put one at the back of every duotang.


• I then made my way to class, where Mme. Mercer was taking up the translation activity the students had worked on yesterday. The students seemed to really comprehend the lesson, and was also very active in sharing their answers with the class. It was then time for me to hand out the recipes that I had selected earlier in the week for them to translate. The recipes were long and challenging, and you could see how surprised the class was at this. At first they didn't think they could do it, but as time progressed, they became more and more motivated to translate it. I walked around the class and helped them in any way I could. I helped make sence of a translation, helped look for words in the dictionary, and helped with any other concerns they may have had. In the end it turned out to be a very fun day in class.


• During planning time I had to use the elevator for the first time. I had to get a key from the office first. I was supposed to bring a trolley back downstairs to the staff room. I didn't know how to work the elevator at first, so I consulted with someone who did so that I knew what I had to do before actually doing it. In the end, I understood how to work it, and completed the task. For the rest of the afternoon, I did minor jobs around the school. I worked for three and a quarter hours today.