Today was quite a crunch day for the class, and I was a bit worried about how it was going to play out. After laying things out on Monday and Wednesday, today meant putting into play two of my main focuses this semester - the use of Classcraft, and the reading project.
The students reacted well to Classcraft, and saw it as an interesting way to use English in class. They read through the rules I'd prewritten, and were given the challenge of thinking up any changes they'd like to make. Will be interesting to see what they come up with! There were a few teething problems in terms of the actual interface and registration process on ss' phones, but I'm hopeful that these can be sorted out over the weekend via some Facebook-driven instruction. Then, we'll see how it plays out in practice on Monday, when it's all enforced. (For future implementation, get ss to sign up at home?)
The reading activity was very well-received. My initial vocab activity was a bit flabby, but gave some useful support when we read the first chapter today. Students were very keen on the actual reading, perhaps because it was very authority-led, listen with teacher. I think that for a number of them though, who've really had little experience of English fiction, it was a fun first try.
Now to set up a few things on FB so that Monday runs smoothly...
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