Week Twelve

We started reading The Odyssey this week. I was a little worried when I learned we were going to be reading it. I did not study it much in high school or college, and I am not very good with Greek mythology. Mrs. DeVault had them start out by watching a clip from Clash of the Titans, and it got them excited to watch Medusa get her head chopped off. I am more excited now to see how the unit goes because Mrs. DeVault seems to have a lot of knowledge and enthusiasm for the topic.

The week was a little disjointed because we had to administer the benchmarking test. The test was not as difficult as I expected. Some of the questions did not seem to pertain to the mapping that the county uses. It did not seem to be varied much besides asking reading comprehension questions. Some of the students were frustrated because they had to read long passages to answer one or two questions. I am not sure who makes the tests for our county, but it would be nice if teachers could give feedback about the tests. There was also a "thuse" on Friday for the football team, so the students were very excited about that and not very focused in class. We kept them on task as much as we could, and we were able to finish notes to prepare them to read the story.