Day 3! -Morgan Lueck

Day 3-
We watched a short version of “The Ugly Duckling” to begin language arts class today.  The students were really engaged in the video.  After the video I asked them if they could point out the different character vs. character conflicts in the video.  I got all of the answers I was looking for from two different students.  This really showed me that they paid attention to the video.  After the video we talked a little about conflict.  I asked each student what their specific conflict was in their stories.  Every student seemed to have somewhat of an idea of what they wanted to write about.  The students worked on their rough drafts for the remaining time.  I walked around the room observing my students, and I made it clear that they should sound out a word if they got stuck while writing.  Many students worked independently and got pretty far during this time.  I had one student, though, who kept sighing.  I asked him what was wrong and he said that he had no idea how to begin his story.  I gave him a couple of ideas after listening to him tell me about his characters, setting, and plot.  He seemed to like one of the ideas, but I realized that he was still stuck on what to write.  He sat at his desk with his hands on his head and his pencil on the desk.  It was a real struggle trying to get him to write.  I knew he was creative, but I think he was just being lazy.  I cannot wait to read some of these rough drafts tomorrow and see what the students do on the iPad!