Day 29 - Chapter 15 test, Day 1

On Wednesday, 4th and 5th periods took the test for Chapter 15. We spent the beginning of class reviewing vocab and then the essay questions (they have 4 essays to study and have to write two of them on the test). For the most part the grades were pretty good and several students were surprised by their grades being better than they expected. For the most part, Carrie and I were happy with the students' grades. Some students did better than we anticipated and we know others could have done better, but one thing that we are sure of is that nearly every student wrote longer essay responses than they did on the previous tests we have graded. This is one area where I definitely feel like Carrie and I can take credit. The lesson I planned for my second observation was the writing exercise, and we set out very explicit expectations for this test. As we have been taught and now learned first hand, when you expect a certain standard, students tend to live up to it.