Your project sounds so meaningfully engaging! I don't know if anyone else has attended Schlecty's WOW (Working on the Work) conference, but the concept he offers for transforming (NOT REFORMING) schools is for teachers to do just what you've described with this project--Rather than PLANNING work, Schlecty suggests DESIGNING work based on student needs and student feedback.
The only reason I am mentioning this is I have just learned about receiving not only student feedback regarding process and product, but offering a tool for students to reflect on their level of ENGAGEMENT regarding the work... An example: 5 stars--I could do this every day! 4 stars--I did my best because I want a good grade, class rank, etc. (Strategic Compliance) 3 stars--I did the work because I knew this counted for a large percentage of my grade (or whatever other "consequence to avoid")-- (Ritual Compliance) 2 Stars--Boy am I glad that's over! (Retreatism) along with self-measuring individual levels of engagement for this project/unit of study, I ask them to write a few thoughts about the level of engagement indicated and suggestions for how this could have been more engaging. "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) Melinda Hawkins 5th Grade LA/SS McCulloch Intermediate School Highland Park ISD (214) 780-2325 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sherri Neofotist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/7/2008 9:06 AM >>> My students are just finishing up a group project in which they created found poems for Veteran's Day. I would like to get some feedback from the students concerning the project and how they felt about it. Does anyone have any generic questions you use to gain feedback from your students? Thanks in advance, Sherri _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
