Today was a long day, but it was fairly boring day. I gave tests in all but one of my classes, and I didn't have prep today, so this was just a day that drug on and on. My blended class took the majority of the time on the test, while my second period class finished rather quickly. My last period class was about in the middle. This test was in two parts with one part being matching and the other being short answer and essay. If I had to bet, I would lay the farm on the theory that the classes that took longer to finish the test did better than those who finished it more quickly. I guess I won't know until I grade it, but I'm usually right about these sorts of things.
In creative writing, we moved on to how to develop a character. We discussed the ways characters are developed or revealed in a story, and we went over how to develop a main character for a story. This will be a challenge for some of them, and I hope they welcome it. I think I failed to mention this yesterday, but we are also reading through the second part of Stephen King's On Writing. I assigned the first chapter in his toolbox on Monday, and we discussed what he wrote today. The kids really loved how he writes, how blunt he is, yet how practical he is too. I hope they enjoy this book as much as I do.
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