Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Job news!

I've been informed that Pewaukee School District is currently hiring 2 more English teachers under contract. Therefore...I'm applying! I'm so excited! I should know something by mid-October.

Other news...one of my students has convinced himself I'm "out to get him." I'm not exactly sure why...probably because I have high expectations like making my students read their novels and paying the consequences if they don't do their reading...

yes, this is a strange teenager. Actually, I imagne him to be like my brother Jimmy when Jimmy was in high school :)

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

My classes

I'm sure everyone in the blogging world is wondering how my classes are going. Let me take a minute to talk about them.

First, I teach 2 sections of nineth grade English and 4 sections of 11th grade English. Since this ends up being 3 classes a day, my days are a bit easier than my student teaching days.

Currently, my ninth grade classes are doing a short story unit. We are reading "The Most Dangerous Game," which is about a hunter who owns his own island and hunts humans. I'm struggling a bit with things to do in class other than "read and do this worksheet"; I'm struggling becuase the stories are so short that they could be done in class while still achieving the same objective.

Also, one of my nineth grade English class is A LOT slower than another one...half of my students in one class have learning disabilities.

My 11th graders are more fun to be around. Each day I have one 11th grade class that is stellar and one eleventh grade class that makes me want to pull my hair out. But that's OK> currently, we are reading To KIll a Mockingbird. I consider myself lucky that the school year's started with this novel because I taught it last year at Snowden.

Does anyone out there in cyberspace remember reading TO Kill a MOckingbird? Do any fond memories stand out about this book???

I MISS EVERYONE!

--Ashley

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Rain!

I can feel it--comin' in the air tonight

Rain, that is.

As I'm writing this blog, the wind is blowing and the breeze is coming through the window with that lovely rain smell. Paper flies off the fouton, the window shades make a noise...

Beautiful.

Ashley