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Week of April 29-May 3rd

This week at school was full of pleasant surprises. Students in my 2nd and 4th period english classes are doing a great job with their novel presentations. I've seen some creative work and detailed explanations of their projects. Most students have received full points on this assignment, some students have even scored bonus points for presenting their project on the very first day.Both English classes are also watching the film, "Schindler's List" This movie seems to reinforce the Holocaust and the novel, "Night" that students have been learning about for a better part of a month now. The highlight is definitely watching the students present their projects...and i got to grade them!!! After all....it was my lesson!!

I decided to ask my cooperating teacher for extra teaching opportunities in class. He is allowing me to teach a 4 day biography lesson. In this lesson, students will learn what a biography is and interview a family member on their past history. Then, students will write up a mini biography and type a 1 page report. Students will earn bonus points for presenting in class.

Cell phone usage still seems to be a minor problem in class. Students are always connected with their phones. it seems impossible to monitor usage...kinda feels like a broken record sometimes. One thing that I've learned is to not give students too many rules or guidelines for big projects. It's important for their imaginations to work and think freely to do a good job on their projects.