Sunday, January 29, 2006
Term 3, Week 2
Alright, so I am not good at doing this on a regular basis. I will keep trying though.
Tonight is going to be short. It's already 9:45 and I have to get to bed quickly. I have a big day tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., I will leave with Dr. Lane, Jake and Marie for London Middle School. Barack Obama will be speaking there. I am excited not only to see him speak, but I think this is going to be a great experience for my journalists. How often do they get the chance to cover a national speaker? Hopefully I can guide them to be journalists and not get too caught up in the celebrity of it.
Tomorrow is also the first time that I will leave my student teacher, Chrystal, alone with the class. I'm not really worried about how she will do; I know she'll be great. I am worried because she doesn't know about this yet. Of course, I am not leaving her for the entire block, just a little less than half. But I do feel bad about throwing this on her first thing tomorrow morning. I guess that's teaching for you though.
Tomorrow is pasteup for pages 1 and 12. Since Marie (sports editor, in charge of page 12) will be with me at London during what is her Spokesman period, we are going to have a challenge getting done by 4 p.m. I'm hoping that others will pick up some of the slack and help out. I'm also hoping that Andy (news editor, in charge of page 1) will be able to get a lot done on his own. He has been much more confident in himself lately, and he has also been a lot more dedicated lately. This is a good sign for tomorrow.
Tomorrow is our vocabulary workshop meeting after school. I'm really looking forward to this workshop actually. Sitting around and talking about how to effectively teach vocabulary may sound a little dry, but I could use some help in my techniques. Of course since this is right after school it complicates the page 1 and 12 deadline. I haven't quite figured out how I am going to work this yet. Maybe something will come to me in my sleep.
Tomorrow is going to be good.
Night!
Tonight is going to be short. It's already 9:45 and I have to get to bed quickly. I have a big day tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., I will leave with Dr. Lane, Jake and Marie for London Middle School. Barack Obama will be speaking there. I am excited not only to see him speak, but I think this is going to be a great experience for my journalists. How often do they get the chance to cover a national speaker? Hopefully I can guide them to be journalists and not get too caught up in the celebrity of it.
Tomorrow is also the first time that I will leave my student teacher, Chrystal, alone with the class. I'm not really worried about how she will do; I know she'll be great. I am worried because she doesn't know about this yet. Of course, I am not leaving her for the entire block, just a little less than half. But I do feel bad about throwing this on her first thing tomorrow morning. I guess that's teaching for you though.
Tomorrow is pasteup for pages 1 and 12. Since Marie (sports editor, in charge of page 12) will be with me at London during what is her Spokesman period, we are going to have a challenge getting done by 4 p.m. I'm hoping that others will pick up some of the slack and help out. I'm also hoping that Andy (news editor, in charge of page 1) will be able to get a lot done on his own. He has been much more confident in himself lately, and he has also been a lot more dedicated lately. This is a good sign for tomorrow.
Tomorrow is our vocabulary workshop meeting after school. I'm really looking forward to this workshop actually. Sitting around and talking about how to effectively teach vocabulary may sound a little dry, but I could use some help in my techniques. Of course since this is right after school it complicates the page 1 and 12 deadline. I haven't quite figured out how I am going to work this yet. Maybe something will come to me in my sleep.
Tomorrow is going to be good.
Night!
