Log for Tuesday, June 28, 2011

  • 8:29am

    8:29am
    Bill brought a wonderful assortment of snacks (no credit taken, all prepared by his wife).
  • 8:35am

    8:35am
    Housekeeping: Brainstorm & discussion for what to do on our last day. Research restaurant prices and make a final decision on Thursday.
  • 8:38am

    8:38am
    Jamie's turn to do the log: She used "dollar words" to sum up our activities, with a value of $1, $5, and $10. We must've done well because there was no punishment by pushups.
  • 8:55am

    8:55am
    Lisa provided our warm-up this morning with a YouTube video titled "A Surgeon's Story"
  • 9:14am

    9:14am
    Robyn sneezed during our writing time.
  • 9:24am

    9:24am
    Cyndi also sneezed during our writing time.
  • 9:45am

    9:45am
    Snack time!!
  • 10:04am

    10:04am
    Jenny R. began her teaching demonstration LATE! She helped us learn how to use the Internet to find and evaluate web-based sources, including how to save the tree octopus!
  • 10:19am

    10:19am
    Cyndi sneezed again during Jenny's lesson
  • 11:03am

    11:03am
    Letters to Jenny R for her teaching demo.
  • 11:30am

    11:30am
    Out to Lunch!!!
  • 12:33pm

    12:33pm
    Jess reviewed the Wisconsin English Journal website and encouraged us to consider submitting writing for publication.
  • 12:40pm

    12:40pm
    Workshop Time!
  • 12:47pm

    12:47pm
    Alisa checking out Tagxedo
  • 12:50pm

    12:50pm
    Billy thinking about his log...
  • 1:00pm

    1:00pm
    Jess and Kelly talking about Kelly's inquiry project and her PDP.
  • 1:16pm

    1:16pm
    Nick working on his writing.
  • 1:24pm

    1:24pm
    Sue working on a poem.
  • 1:33pm

    1:33pm
    Jess sneezed.
  • 2:18pm

    2:18pm
    Writing Response Groups: Alisa softly reading her poem.
  • 2:26pm

    2:26pm
    Writing Response Groups: Sue sharing her poem.
  • 2:30pm

    2:30pm
    Writing Response Groups: Nick, Jamie, Brenda, and Jenny R showing their FVWP spirit!
  • 2:45pm

    2:45pm
    Our fearless facilitators conspiring...
  • 3:03pm

    3:03pm
    Many volunteers for Author's Chair takes us through the end of the day: Jenny S, Nick, Sue, Sami, Jamie, Bill and Lisa-son...