Today was better. I'm curious to know what they thought. I still think Connecticut... is a great book, but I've got to push a bit to get them warmed up to it. Today I had them write down vocabulary words and fill out a graphic organizer while reading and listening to the story. I still spoon-fed them what to write though, and it was pretty basic who, what, when, where, kinda stuff. Some students really don't want to work for themselves. They want me to tell them what to write. I've got to shake them out of that and get them to take risk and generate their own thoughts, but I'll have to be deliberate about it. Hard to state that kind of thing as an objective, which probably speaks volumes about what's needed in our educational system.
I played my mean teacher hand-it isn't my strongest hand, but it held. A comforting thought was the reminder that I am working with teenagers. If we can just be decent to one another, each will exceed the other's expectations.
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