Back to Blogging...and a Freebie

So my grand aspirations of posting daily throughout my internship didn't turn out so well. Such is life.Starting after Christmas, however, I will be beginning a new placement and I am going to strive to keep track of this half of the year better.

I said goodbye to my sweet 8th graders and am mentally preparing myself for 11th graders. I have a sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a dramatic difference between the two.

The great news is that I get to teach some amazing classes. I’ll be teaching College Prep American Literature, Creative Writing, and Literature and Film. I don’t think it gets better than that. I’ve been pouring through the textbook, excitedly picking out the stories and poems that I will teach. “Yellow Wallpaper,” how I can’t wait to teach you! Perhaps I will creep around the room as we read you. ee cummings, I’m going to teach you like you’ve never been taught before.

I have been busy, busy, busy wrapping up school and my semester with my 8^th graders. However, I have had some time to put together my very own Teachers Pay Teachers page. I absolutely LOVE this website and I use it for inspiration all the time, so it was just a matter of time before I created one of my very own. Right now I have a lesson for Bridge to Terabithia that is pretty great, if I do say so myself.

 It’s fun, it’s common core aligned, and best of all…. it’s free! 

Enjoy!

my biggest adventure yet

This week marks the first time I've gotten a break since January, when I began my Masters program. I've crammed in twenty one hours of credits in the past nine months, which is much tougher at the graduate level, believe me. I’ve had many a late night, a great deal of frustration, and even a few tears shed  but now that I’ve gotten to this point that I’ve been working so hard for…my internship.

Since I’m getting my Master’s Degree as well as teacher licensure through this program, my student teaching process is a bit different than most. They call it an internship and I will be spending the first semester in a middle school and second semester in a high school. Or vice versa. I’m still waiting for the finalized details.  Either way, I’m a big bundle of excitement and nervousness trying to get prepared for this adventure.

So finally I've got two short weeks to relax, try to attend to the mountain of laundry that built up over the summer, and get my home and brain organized before school starts.