i will also try to post pictures of the 7th grade talent show my kids are putting on on thursday. lots of dancing, maybe some stepping, some singing/rapping, and who knows what else my kids will decide they want to do.
i also told them that if they worked hard on their narratives this week and finished them by monday we would have a publishing party a week from monday (the 27th). I said the publishing party would be like a coffee house and i would bring them juice and hot chocolate and some sort of something that isn't too sugar-filled. i think that was some good motivation.
i'm currently planning for my upcoming week on my NEW unit--short stories. our first story is by walter dean myers called "the treasure of lemon brown."
last week was a mixed week of good and bad classes. they finally understood what "text-to-self connections" were (it's a reading strategy where you can relate to something that happened int he sotry to help you understand it better) because i had them do skits about times when they were bullied, they bullied someone, or someone snitched on them. there were some pretty funny skits, one kid pretended he was like urkel with his pants up under his armpits, some glasses on, and walked all hunched over. he is also one of the smallest kids in my class--the kids LOVED it. i also had them write things that they thought they could teach and a couple of the kids wrote "i wasn't so sure about text-to-self until we started doing the skits and artwork, now i really get it!" that was a highpoint.
a low point was on friday after they took their test and i was going to have them do an activity about manners, and irony of all irony they couldn't be quiet AT ALL. i gave out written warnings all sorts of things, and we didn't get anythign done for 30 min. i finally said "if you guys can't sit here quietly for the next 5 min you will be eating lunch in my room completely silent"--that sure made everyone get quiet real fast.
anyways, i should get back to work, i promise pictures soon!!!
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