Black days are a Godsend after the brutality that is a white day. Even so, I am exhausted, so this won't be long. Read 180 went well with minimum problems. I have a student who loves to talk and get off topic, and I need to do a better job of not engaging him in off topic conversations. If I can keep him focused, the class will go smoothly. We meet again tomorrow morning, so I can get my practice in. My sole English 12 class was a repeat of the paraphrasing lesson I taught yesterday. This class really took to the paraphrases for saying someone or something was dead. I told them one group in another class had 15, and they took it as a challenge to top them. They did a good job with this, and even their group paraphrasing seemed to be a little bit better than the previous classes. I'm looking forward to getting into actually developing compositions soon, but the groundwork has to be laid. They are enjoying the smaller activities, so hopefully it will spur on at best a tolerance for writing when we get to the actual deed. Who knows, maybe my enthusiasm for writing is actually rubbing off. The 180 lab was ok today. We moved past brainstorming and planning and into actually putting their words onto paper. I didn't get a chance to read them, but that will be tomorrow night's endeavor. I know this will be a long process with them, but I'm looking forward to it. I saw that class twice today and this is the only negative to my black days. 2 of my 3 actual teaching classes are with the same kids, with iPass and prep to break it up, but 140 minutes in one day is a lot with one group of kids, no matter who they are.
I need sleep, and a break, and a clone.
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