A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single STEP

After a bout of pneumonia and a protracted equipment scavenger hunt, it is time to put one foot in front of the other and take the first STEP.

The document camera is super cool. I enjoyed modeling note-taking on it; and the children enjoyed seeing themselves on it.

We start Romeo and Juliet next quarter, and I'm trying to think of some fun, interesting ways to teach it. My goal is for the ninth graders to leave my class loving Shakespeare. (Sure, studying Julius Caesar in the tenth grade might mess that up; but that's a worry for another day.*)

I think the Wiki that I have not started yet will be a cool place to post videos of the kids acting out scenes. It might even induce the truant absent kids to come to class and join in the fun.

I'll be spending the break looking for Shakespearean fun. I hope everyone has a pleasant, safe, and relaxing ten days.

Happy Easter/Passover/Spring!




* I'm kidding. Julius Caesar is not that bad.