Red Friday, and I'll be here all night as there is a girl's and boy's basketball double-header. In English 12, my classes took an open book quiz over chapter 2. My open book quizzes are brutal, and if a student hasn't read or paid attention to our class discussions, they will drowned. The quiz consisted of 14 essay type questions, and they were given 30+ minutes to complete it. In both my classes, almost every student took the entire time I gave them. I'm curious to grade them this weekend and see how well they did. Many of them are really starting to love this book.
In creative writing, we expanded on yesterday's writing. Yesterday, I had them replace only the verbs in a poem, but today, they had to replace all nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs with the same respective type of speech. I told them not to worry about it making sense, but to keep the same rhythm of the poem. Many said this was difficult for them as it wasn't entirely their own, but they all took the challenge well.
We have yet to complete a full week of school this semester with no cancellations or delays. There is hope that next week will be the first, but hope is a dangerous thing.
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