When in Rome...

This afternoon the students had the opportunity to work in their Finally it's Friday groups. The first half of group time the students had to work together to create a game - board, card or physical - based on the group's choice of idiom ("idiom" was our vocabulary word for last night's homework, and students also had to look up different idioms and have them prepared for class today).

The second half of the afternoon, each group had to work together to create a Roman fashion "ensemble." It was a sort of "Project Runway" meets ancient Rome. First, as a class, we read about clothing in ancient Rome. Next, the students had to choose one person from their group to be "traced" and one person to be the "tracer."

Students cut long pieces of butcher paper, set one of their group members horizontally on the paper, and outlined their body. Next the body shape was cut ouit and each of the group members was designated to work on a particular item of clothing, a hairstyle, or to draw the face.

The aim was to complete the whole ensemble in a thoughful, thorough and creative way...quickly! It was interesting to see which groups really worked as a team and which ones missed the mark a bit.

All-in-all, I'd say it was a very good afternoon and a very good way to end our first week back into the fourth and final quarter.

Have a great weekend!

Cheers,
Ms. Pitman