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Feb. 9th, 2011 04:46 pmMy Wednesday morning was teaching. It was tremendous fun. Words of the day were indict, indite and hepatosplenomegaly*. I brought in some meeples (thanks, Llyn!) and we worked on worldbuilding and meeple poetry. We talked about gibbous moons and crescent moons and blue moons and six other kinds of moons. We planned the next six months. We wrote. We wrote some more.
One of my students read Life Through Cellophane during the break and presented me with a book review. Also, the class decided they didn't want a summer break this year, so they watched movies and wrote movie reviews during my absence. One of them wrote all his movie reviews in sonnet form. He also wrote important episodes from the history of England in sonnet form.
These students are the best, they push themselves and care very much about writing and words and are always open to new ideas. I've got about 2 hours to do my whole afternoon's work, because I got home and collapsed a little, but it was due to such a wonderful morning. This class may be my most tiring, but it's also my favourite of all time.
*We needed extra words of the day because everyone was bursting with them and wouldn't have survived 'til next week without them. Extra words snuck in during the session, as well.
One of my students read Life Through Cellophane during the break and presented me with a book review. Also, the class decided they didn't want a summer break this year, so they watched movies and wrote movie reviews during my absence. One of them wrote all his movie reviews in sonnet form. He also wrote important episodes from the history of England in sonnet form.
These students are the best, they push themselves and care very much about writing and words and are always open to new ideas. I've got about 2 hours to do my whole afternoon's work, because I got home and collapsed a little, but it was due to such a wonderful morning. This class may be my most tiring, but it's also my favourite of all time.
*We needed extra words of the day because everyone was bursting with them and wouldn't have survived 'til next week without them. Extra words snuck in during the session, as well.