Welcome Back to Me! It has been almost a month since my last post - and we are already 2 weeks into the school year! Things are going wonderfully, I have a wonderful bunch of kids and a fantastic staff to work with.
I am in the middle of my "Welcome to the Graphic World" unit, and have just discovered the website "Comics in Education" created by a teacher/cartoonist for his Masters thesis. Check it out! I have found that comics and graphic novels have greatly increased my student motivation to read - they actually go for the comics all the time, even at lunch and during breaks!
Other interesting things that we are up to include: (Social 20) Dramatize the French Revolution in some way in a differentiated project looking at the development of nationalism; (Social 10) Media Madness & Globalization investigation (including a web quest and blog collaboration). In Art 10/20 we are going to be starting an "Abstract from Nature" project using charcoal and chalk.
I also found out on Friday that I will be teaching Leadership 9 this semester - but am not sure of what to do! Any reader suggestions?
I am also the teacher representative for our Student Council - and am looking for ideas here too! We have our kick-off bash on Monday :)
Have fun in class!
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