School

With only three weeks left of school, this week has been super crazy! Two of my classes are writing cross-curricular research papers and they will be due right before finals. I have completed all ten of the study guides that my students needed for the final and the rubric for the research paper is ready to go.

If it's one thing I've learned this week it's that teaching research papers is hard work! Since the projects are cross-curricular (meaning they write the paper for content in another subject and they get a grade in English for format, grammar, spelling, etc.) it makes it all the more difficult to coordinate.

One of the teachers I'm working with has been fantastic. I make the copies needed for what we're doing and she makes sure that the class is doing their work so they come to my class prepared. Unfortunately, it's not going as well with the other class. It's just been disorganized and the communication doesn't flow as freely. At this point, I'm really hoping we can get the papers written well and have it done and out of the way.

This year has been such a learning experience. I now have some great ideas for next year and will be adding another grade level to teach! I know that English isn't most people's favorite subjects, but I really enjoy teaching it. It's challenging and has a lot of fun activities that can be done with it.

Now, I can't wait for the summer! I'm planning to work on some things and to have some down time to relax and get things done around the house. Three weeks....only 3 more weeks...