During our trip to 826 Valencia, our entire class collaborated to write an original story. After a brief introduction about the project, the whole class first selected a time and place for the story. Next, small groups created character profiles for the protagonist, antagonist, and sidekick before presenting them to the whole class. Then, volunteers took on the roles of the characters in order to write some dialogue to drive the story forward. After that, the whole class brought the story to a cliffhanger. Finally, students had about half an hour to write their own endings to the story. The books were bound and delivered to us, while we were eating lunch at a nearby park.
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Following our project, some students decided to accompany me to school board meetings, which were held twice a month and open to the public. During the meetings, trustees and district employees discuss issues, such as budgets, facilities, and curriculum. So that students can access more material and fully participate in the meetings, I sat with them and took notes on the proceedings in order to define new words, provide helpful analogies, and answer their questions.
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