"ticket Out" - Do Now Activity

From: D & M Blaz
To: FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:14:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Bell ringer question ("ticket out of class" idea)
Well, mine can't leave the room until the bell rings...but they can't leave
until they say something to me... My classes are 34, 32 and 30.

As I said, they know that they WILL be responsible for the bellringer we do
at the beginning as part of or all of their Ticket Out...so generally they
are prepared when it's time (they also know the Ticket Outs are part of the
speaking on the unit test, too) and then you have to have an idea how long
the Ticket will take.
Mine generally just say a sentence or two AT MOST.
Today's were: Level III had to tell me something they were doing and what
interrupted it (preterit and imperfect)
Level II had to tell me something they've NEVER done before (passé compose
and ne...jamais)
Level I had to tell me a food or beverage and if it was delicious or gross
-- "Le café, c'est dégoutant!" (and not repeat what the person in front of
them had said, of course).
All of them had written several such phrases at the beginning of the block,
and then said them about midway through to several people sitting near them.
I'd say each kid could do that in ten seconds or less, times 32...so I
started it about 3 minutes before the bell.

They walk past my desk, and then wait by the door for the bell.

Deb