Jan. 24 (Tues.)

Today the students were to finish their cause/effect sheet and transfer the information onto their rough draft for their comic strip. This activity went FAR better than I had expected, mostly due to everyone being in a good mood. Janet and Hannah helped Minah and Gabby, who ended up with great rough drafts that they really understood. Both were able to explain what they had drawn and why. For Gabby, this was a huge achievement. She said she liked the story, which is why I think she did so well. Joseph worked with Luis and Jaime, but he only filled in his title. Even with Mrs. Turk helping him, he wouldn’t even copy the words in the blocks. When we gave up with words, he wouldn’t draw pictures either. Luis said it wasn’t because he didn’t understand, it was just because he didn’t want to. I don’t know how I’m going to reach Joseph.