October 11, 2007

It was a long but successful day. Each class had a pop quiz and I think everyone seemed to do well. We completed a venn diagram that compared two chracters from two different texts. The class was put into groups to establish appropriate questions to ask Laurie's mom. I put them into groups and some students were not happy. There were groups that worked better than others and some students rolled their eyes or gasped when they found out who was in their group. I explained that this was only going to be for two days. Besides that the students completed the task and we were able to move with the rest of the lesson. I explained that in their groups they were to create a mobile based on the character of Charles. I went over the specific directions and everyone got to work. There werent that many distruptions today and I was gladly surprised how quite and efficient my fifth period class was. It seems that tactile things keeps them focused and out of trouble. All in all it was a good, I am tired today from all the planning for this week but I am extremely excited about tomorrow because I am going to incorporate some role play into the classroom. I can't wait to see the faces of the students.