I stay so busy that I rarely have time to post. When I am on the computer, I am looking up lesson plans. This week, I have been reading about Julius Caesar and getting ready to do Shakespeare. I am going to do the play like a mob story. The kids love the violence and believe they were the first to discover The Sopranos. Little do they know. I am very excited about beginning drama because I have have spent the past week on teaching 150 10th graders how to write a formal research paper with parenthetical citations and a work cited page. Whew! That is all I can say.
I have decided that I am going to ask if I can teach senior English next year. They told me I have a choice of what I want to teach and I think I would love to do British lit. I taught 10th and 11th grade this year, so I believe it would be nice to get some experience in every grade. I am growing to love teaching more every day. I was out sick for a couple of days this week, and the kids were all hugs today. They claimed to miss me, and I believe them - just because it makes me feel good.
I am collaborating with my sexy social studies teacher across the hall to do a Roman newspaper at the end of reading the play. It should be fun. He is going to be a guest speaker in my class and give the kids a little history lesson on the Roman government.
Do any of you have good ideas for me and Julius? If you are still checking the blog, let me know. I promise to do better in the future!
I love and miss you guys. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of you and hope you are safe and happy!
