Wednesday

 This morning I again taught two seventh grade classes after I watched Mrs. Muir teach the first. The students had what I guess I would call an “in-class writing” about the material that was discussed yesterday and in their homework as well.  I have noticed that at this point in the year, any form of an assessment is highly frowned upon by the students, which to be honest, is understandable. However, as a teacher it can make running a class a bit more difficult.  Therefore, I have to apologize to my teachers if any of my “senioritis” made class even the slightest bit more difficult.

            I spent the afternoon passing out the second half of the quiz the eighth graders took yesterday and then grading them. I had the liberty of grading them at my discretion, which made me feel like I was entrusted with a lot of responsibility and well, trust. For the most part, again, the students did well. There was the exception of one question that asked the students to describe how a quote related to what happened during the Civil War. I found that this was harder for them to do, but I think it was good practice for them to have experience with this sort of analytical question. One student, however, had an excellent explanation. I‘m not sure why but this made me very excited. It was probably because it was nice to see a student producing such a successful and well-written response. However, I could also tell that she put a lot of thought and effort into what she wrote. I do not think I could have asked for anything more from the student and this consequently has been one of the highlights of my project thus far!