Week Nine

This week was an exceptionally challenging week. The first two days should have been simple because we had library orientation, but Mrs. DeVault was out sick. Most of the students did a good job at staying behaved, but 7th period caused a lot of problems for the substitutes. This turned out to be a good thing because we suddenly had people volunteering to help out and come into 7th period to see how they were behaving. The principal has a list of all the students who cause problems consistently and he is going to keep an eye on them. On Friday the teacher in charge of detention stopped by and he sent the police officer down to sit with our class. They were better but all of the excitement also got some of them worked up. Hopefully next week they will behave so we don't have to hand out more detentions.

The students read and interpreted more poetry. They also got their poetry recitation assignment. Next Friday they have to recite a poem to the class. We will be practicing all week but it is still going to be a difficult assignment. Most students have anxiety about standing in front of their peers and this assignment also requires them to remember something. Hopefully it will go well because the students can use the extra points. The grading period is ending soon and some of the students are just now deciding to take class seriously. Maybe they will be able to do better during the second nine weeks so that they don't fail the semester. I don't want anyone to have to repeat a class but some of them do not put in any effort no matter how much we push them.