First Week Back

Hi everyone! This week passed pretty uneventfully. I was supposed to begin teaching my memoir unit, but the class was behind on their previous unit and spent the whole week doing presentations so I won't begin the lessons until Monday. I did get a chance to teach lessons on thesis statements, outlining research papers and a short film called "The Lost Thing" (a 2010 Oscar winner) which was a good learning experience for me (and hopefully for the students, too!). The student book presentations in Mrs. B's class at the junior high were really fun to watch because Mrs. B gave everyone choice in what their presentations would be. The students had made videos of mock interviews, book trailers, picture books, artwork, power points, websites and traditional essays to showcase their knowledge of their novel. Because they were allowed so much freedom, they were really creative with their presentations. It was so cool to see that kind of enthusiasm fill an entire class!