How did I spend my day off from school?
Well, I did get a lot done this morning...
- I went for a quick jog at the gym, where I was able to catch up on the news.
- I bought dish soap and cleaned a large pile of plates/bowls loaded up in our sink.
- I dropped 2 of my coats off at the cleaners.
- I baked a pumpkin dessert.
- I finished planning my second 8th grade unit.
And then I got to work on three performance assessments (& their rubrics) for my middle school religion classes.
Let's just say, that took awhile.
All feelings of being productive earlier in the day quickly vanished.
I am not sure if what I came up with even makes sense, but here is the gist of each of the projects:
6th grade - Compose a letter of faith to their future selves, explaining what they know about topics like the Trinity, the 4 Marks of the Church, etc. and also what they hope to know (through comments and questions) in the coming years
7th grade - Create (draw) & explain a set of 3 "Instagram" photos to catch people's faith in action, including the 4 Marks of the Church, prayer in life, and evangelization
8th grade - Design & explain a modern-day disciple action figure(s) equipped with materials/traits/accessories to help share the faith, deal with evil in the world, understand the Trinity, etc.
I hope my rubrics are more reflective of student performance/understanding of material this time - last time, I think some students ended up with better scores than they deserved/earned. However, I did listen to a webinar on Saturday night (yes, what a grand Saturday night I had) about the design and wording of rubrics, so I hope I did better!
My creative energy is drained. (Maybe it wasn't even really there in the first place.)
Good thing that tonight's creative energy involves painting rather than thinking...
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