Day two of Unit - Video - 12 February 2009

On this day the students were to build more background about the Aztec civilization by watching a video. The video I showed was from the History Channel. I was very impressed with the content and the excitement of the descriptions of the Aztec civilization. The students were asked to fill in a graphic organizer. This assignment was graded as an informal assessment, on effort, not content. My main purpose for grading this assignment was to assure that all students were on task. I informed students that they would be getting a grade or effort on this assignment, which encouraged them to say focused during the video.

The graphic organizer asked students to:
· Name three things that you learned while watching the video:
· What did you see that was the most interesting to you?
· You would like to learn more about…
· Lingering questions that you have:

These questions were written in Spanish as well as in English. The students who exceeded the standards went above and beyond listing things that they had learned and found were interesting to them. Overall I was very impressed with the amount of effort the students gave me on this assignment.