This morning the fog was beautiful--even the fog in my brain. I got to class and wrote the day's lesson plans on the blackboard, laid out all my piles in the orderly manner they stay in for about 5 minutes into the class. Then I realized I was in the wrong classroom, Cloud 103 (where I teach at 11:10) instead of Cloud 102, where I should have been teaching at 8:10. But the students thought it was funny, and the class went well. I read aloud some more of their Random Acts of Kindness, and then I gave them back their unit tests and we went over a couple of questions. One fairly strong student surprised me by asking how we know when to put an s on propose and when to leave it off. Her skills are good, but she apparently never heard of the She/He/It + s in the present tense. I let them take a group T-F quiz on "Stop the Pop," today's chapter from Chew On This, and I went around to be sure they were taking turns reading and filling out the Scantron--Round Robin style. Because they were working so well in groups, I asked whether they'd like to postpone the in-class writing until Wed., and they said yes. So...I have only hundreds of evaluations to write up and print out, not responses to essays!
The 10:10 Speaking-Listening class was fun because we sat in a circle and asked follow-up questions on the students' presentations--for clarity or elaboration.
The 11:10 Speaking-Listening class finished their presentations. Two groups did a good job. One group read. I'm going to give students who messed up their presentations the chance to re-do them as their final. Students who read can speak instead--with the same material, if they wish. Students who went over the time-limit could show that they can stay within it.
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