Things to think about this weekend.
Next term I teach: ESL (listening & Speaking), Art 10/11, Media Arts
So much for happiness about drama. The only drama will be in the daily woefulness of the students and any issues among the staff/faculty.
As a positive note, I will get my spare combined with lunch again. Though it would still be a boon to have a spare first or last period of the day, this way I can stay after school (without feeling like I'm being Put Out) to help students or get involved with a club again. it is a bit of a trap to be absent for your prep and get eager to leave the school at 2pm. if it happens too often, then there is a possibility of being the teacher who doesn't like to participate / not contribute.
Now I just get to imagine what I need for the ESL class. interviews, taking polls involving their fellow students, presentations, movie watching (and responding), etc. I did make a list of things, but I really hope to work with other staff members who have been more involved in ESL than I have.
I'd still like to involve drama in some sense - getting acquainted activities, sure, but maybe even performing / creating a quick radio play or some kind of cartoon voice-over activity where we play a cartoon (or live-action movie/tv show) and they provide a new storyline. hee hee. That was always fun to see on Whose Line.
GOOD NEWS: report cards are due ... NEXT week! I promply came home for needed sleep when I heard the news. When I awoke from my nap, I was seriously displaced. I thought that I had dreamed the day away and that I was awaking to Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. or so, wondering why
moizissimo is awake before me.
So much for happiness about drama. The only drama will be in the daily woefulness of the students and any issues among the staff/faculty.
As a positive note, I will get my spare combined with lunch again. Though it would still be a boon to have a spare first or last period of the day, this way I can stay after school (without feeling like I'm being Put Out) to help students or get involved with a club again. it is a bit of a trap to be absent for your prep and get eager to leave the school at 2pm. if it happens too often, then there is a possibility of being the teacher who doesn't like to participate / not contribute.
Now I just get to imagine what I need for the ESL class. interviews, taking polls involving their fellow students, presentations, movie watching (and responding), etc. I did make a list of things, but I really hope to work with other staff members who have been more involved in ESL than I have.
I'd still like to involve drama in some sense - getting acquainted activities, sure, but maybe even performing / creating a quick radio play or some kind of cartoon voice-over activity where we play a cartoon (or live-action movie/tv show) and they provide a new storyline. hee hee. That was always fun to see on Whose Line.
GOOD NEWS: report cards are due ... NEXT week! I promply came home for needed sleep when I heard the news. When I awoke from my nap, I was seriously displaced. I thought that I had dreamed the day away and that I was awaking to Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. or so, wondering why
moizissimo is awake before me.