Trip to A Busy City- Meral- AEP 8- Blog 3

 Hello😊 Welcome back to another blog of mine! Before I start, I would like to expand to what I am meaning to say in the title. A Trip to A Busy City shows that this week's AEP class was filled with lots of activities and work. Not only that, but also the atmosphere pretty much seemed like one. It is a trip since it is one that you wouldn't want to pass over or miss! If you are willing to be a part of this trip, you may as well read the rest of this blog😃.

Typeshift

The Monday started with the usual Typeshift. I was hoping to get a better score than last time. Unfortunately, I had fallen a step back😞. I finished it in 2 minutes and 18 seconds. On the bright side, the result wasn't that bad and was still better than what I have expected from the experience duration of the puzzle activity😀. We wrote down our scores in the google sheets titled "AEP8 TYPESHIFT".

Entrance Ticket

Afterward, we did our entrance ticket. Miss Disa sent us a link that drove us straight to Miro. There were 3 sticky notes each containing a word📑. At the first glimpse, I thought that I had clicked the wrong link since we had already done a seatwork about this concept. In a matter of seconds, I realized the actual purpose of an entrance ticket is to remember past activities and assessments💡. Whereas an exit ticket is to write down your thoughts and feelings about the day. To get an overview, the words in the sticky notes were: friend, mate, and partner. 

Miss Disa instructed the class to fill in the sticky note with the meanings of each word. In that way, Miss Disa can get to know our general idea about these words and use them as evidence that we had read the comments in the assessment in Unit 1📜. Weeks ago, I had read it and knew some details about the meaning and difference between the words. I started typing... 💬

Once everyone was done, Miss Disa gave a broad explanation. A friend is someone you know but aren't that close with and you don't hang out together as much as a mate. A mate is someone you hang out with and have a close bond together. Honestly, I was quite surprised by the difference between the words😮. I had always thought that mate was only an informal word for friend. 

Moving on, Miss Disa talked about the word "partner". There are people that rather choose not to give much information about the relationship they are in. Therefore, they use the word: partner. Miss Disa also talked about gender neutrals. They are people that are unsure of their gender. This conversation gave me a better understanding about these concepts👍. 

Activities and Assesments

Next, we had a matching activity. Sounds familiar? Well, yes. This was also from a previous session in AEP class. There were in total 12 words to match to their definitions. Some of the words being: widower, will, and deceased. These are words related to family and death. The activity finished alot faster than I've expected😄. Miss Disa asked each of us to read the definition of the words in order. 

Miss Disa highlighted the words "inheritance and estate" by writing them into sticky notes of two shades of pink🎀. Basically, inheritance is something one gives to their loved ones when they pass away💸✉. It can come in different forms like cash, jewelry, or valuable objects. Meanwhile, estate is all the money or property given to their loved ones💰.

After all the work, we had a ten minute break✨. Following up, we moved on the next activity. There was an extract that we had to skim- read. This reminded me of Reading classes. It was one of my favorite class and it sure was one that I truly enjoyed. Miss Disa put on a 30 second timer⏲. Not goanna lie, I was quite panicked. Panic does no good in situations like these. Therefore, I started reading when there was only a few seconds left for the timer to finish😨. As you might have guessed, I couldn't finish the extract. Honestly, the extract was quite short but I was quite slow. 

The time had come. We were going to write down the main details we could grasp as we had schemed through the text. Miss Disa hid it from us so that we could write down our answers without reading it one more time. Chloe and Shasmeen were going on the right track. As for me, it was as if I had read another passage🤔. I did get a thing or two about the topic but was looking at it in another perspective. The passage was a reminder that parents should treat their adult children as adults and not as kids. Luckily, Miss Disa gave everyone another try to form one sentence about the topic in another sticky note😃. This time around, I was sucessful in forming a correct explanation. 

Answering the Poll Question

Moving onward, there was only one last task to complete! When Miss Disa placed the image of the page of reading extracts and questions, I was both excited and scared. Miss Disa gave us a choice on whether we wanted to work as a team or individually❓. She placed a poll in the activities section in google meet. I was not sure at all. Chloe and Shasmeen had answered the question quite quickly. 

As to Miss Disa's expression and to what she said, I am guessing it was a tie. I was the one who was to make the final decision. I was still deciding on my answer. I kept switching from teamwork to individually and vice versa🔍. All of a sudden, I accidentelly clicked vote when my option was teamwork. I was shocked. Miss Disa announced that we were going to work as a team due to two out of three voting for that option. I went along with it. I have to say, I didn't regret a thing🎉!

The Final Assesment

The assesment could have taken alot longer if we had done it individually. Plus, it would have been harder for us. The teamwork was real! Everybody answered about the same amount of questions🎯. Shasmeen disappeard in the last few minutes of answering the seatwork. She messaged me to inform that her computer mouse was acting up and that she had to restart her computer. Therefore, I told Miss Disa. When we were all done, Miss Disa checked each of the questions with a tick mark✅. We got an "excellent work" stamp. 

Exit Ticket

Finally, we did our exit ticket. I chose a blue sticky note since it matched the background picture which was a feather falling from the sky💫. I wrote down my thoughts and feelings about the two AEP classes of the day. Once we were both done, we each said our goodbyes to Miss Disa. 

Thank you so much for reading another of my blogs! Have a great weekend✌! 

Signing off - Meral