with or without you
- FINALLY got to see The Time Traveler's Wife this weekend with JQ. It was a similar experience to watching the Harry Potter movies for me-- Henry and Clare are like real people to me after reading and rereading the book and calling it my favorite since the first read-- I was so happy to see them. Good job, McAdams and Bana!
- Finished the second Mortal Instrumentsbook, City of Ashes, a few hours ago. Still in love with the series, need to run to B&N at some point this week to get City of Glass. I've also started reading The Hunger Games as a read-aloud with some of my classes after it came highly recommended by our school librarian (I also picked up Night of the Howling Dogs at the book fair and if it's as good as it looks I may want to order a class set).
- Currently watching the NCIS premiere. OMG MOM AND I ARE FREAKING OUT AND FLAILING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
- Almost makes me forget that I am basically dreading tomorrow because one of my 2nd period A day kids had a nervous breakdown at the end of class yesterday, yelled at me that he's being bullied and I'm not doing anything about it (I didn't *know* about it because he didn't *tell* me and of course the kids were being sneaky and not doing it in front of me) and so tomorrow I have to do a new seating chart and also try to figure out how to make a class of kids who, in the main, do not care about the effect their words have on others *care.*
- I need to plan my Expository Writing project... last year we were required to tie it in with Red Ribbon Week so I had the kids write about how teenagers can avoid drugs, alcohol, and violence. This year we are free... one of my co-workers had her kids invent a fantasy animal and write the directions for taking care of it. I want to find some sort of happy medium: a writing assignment (that explains how to do something or a process) that feels "important" to the kids but still holds their interest. I am thinking of making it a partner assignment. Suggestions?
- Finished the second Mortal Instrumentsbook, City of Ashes, a few hours ago. Still in love with the series, need to run to B&N at some point this week to get City of Glass. I've also started reading The Hunger Games as a read-aloud with some of my classes after it came highly recommended by our school librarian (I also picked up Night of the Howling Dogs at the book fair and if it's as good as it looks I may want to order a class set).
- Currently watching the NCIS premiere. OMG MOM AND I ARE FREAKING OUT AND FLAILING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
- Almost makes me forget that I am basically dreading tomorrow because one of my 2nd period A day kids had a nervous breakdown at the end of class yesterday, yelled at me that he's being bullied and I'm not doing anything about it (I didn't *know* about it because he didn't *tell* me and of course the kids were being sneaky and not doing it in front of me) and so tomorrow I have to do a new seating chart and also try to figure out how to make a class of kids who, in the main, do not care about the effect their words have on others *care.*
- I need to plan my Expository Writing project... last year we were required to tie it in with Red Ribbon Week so I had the kids write about how teenagers can avoid drugs, alcohol, and violence. This year we are free... one of my co-workers had her kids invent a fantasy animal and write the directions for taking care of it. I want to find some sort of happy medium: a writing assignment (that explains how to do something or a process) that feels "important" to the kids but still holds their interest. I am thinking of making it a partner assignment. Suggestions?